Certificate in Distributed and Cloud Computing

The Certificate in Distributed and Cloud Computing provides an introduction to core concepts in distributed systems and cloud computing. Students develop foundational familiarity with system coordination, scalability, and cloud-based deployment models, with applications to modern computing environments.

Certificate programs offer working professionals an opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills in the specific areas of computer science. A certificate representing proven academic performance is presented after the required nine credit hours of coursework is completed with a GPA of 3.0/4.0. Courses taken may be later applied toward a computer science master's degree program.

Curriculum

Select nine credit hours from the following:9
CS 451
Introduction to Parallel and Distributed Computing3
CS 546
Parallel and Distributed Processing3
CS 550
Distributed Systems3
CS 552
GPU Programming for Deep Learning3
CS 553
Cloud Computing3
CS 554
Data-Intensive Computing3
CS 570
Advanced Computer Architecture3
Total Credit Hours9