Certificate Program
The following outline is for students declaring their major Fall 2006 (or after). All other COSC majors should visit their advisors with any questions.
To obtain the certificate, candidates must complete a set of four courses (3 credits each) from the chosen track (together with their prerequisite courses, if any), achieving a 3.0 grade point average or better.
Track: Database Management/Artificial Intelligence| COSC | 531 | Database and Information Systems I | 3 |
| COSC | 631 | Database and Information Systems II | 3 |
| COSC | 573 | Artificial Intelligence I | 3 |
| COSC | 673 | Artificial Intelligence II | 3 |
| COSC | 635 | Information Privacy and Security | 3 |
| COSC | 690 | Selected Topics | 3 |
Track: Networks and Distributed Systems
| COSC | 585 | Computer Communications Networks I | 3 |
| COSC | 685 | Computer Communications Networks II | 3 |
| COSC | 687 | Distributed Computer Systems | 3 |
| COSC | 678 | Modeling and Simulation | 3 |
| COSC | 635 | Information Privacy and Security | 3 |
| COSC | 691 | Selected Topics | 3 |
Track: Scientific Software Development
| COSC | 541 | Numerical Analysis I | 3 |
| COSC | 641 | Numerical Analysis II | 3 |
| COSC | 528 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 3 |
| COSC | 678 | Modeling and Simulation | 3 |
| COSC | 675 | Applied Combinatorics and Graph Theory | 3 |
| COSC | 676 | Queuing Theory | 3 |
Track: Software Engineering
| COSC | 565 | Software Engineering I | 3 |
| COSC | 665 | Software Engineering II | 3 |
| COSC | 519 | User Interfaces and Human Factors | 3 |
| COSC | 678 | Modeling and Simulation | 3 |
| COSC | 635 | Information Privacy and Security | 3 |
| COSC | 676 | Selected Topics | 3 |
Track: Graphics and User Interfaces
| COSC | 518 | Computer Graphics I | 3 |
| COSC | 618 | Computer Graphics II | 3 |
| COSC | 519 | User Interfaces and Human Factors | 3 |
| COSC | 525 | Topics in Multimedia and Internet Computing | 3 |
| COSC | 621 | Image Processing | 3 |
| COSC | 693 | Selected Topics | 3 |
Track: Geographical Information Systems and Image Processing
| COSC | 518 | Computer Graphics I | 3 |
| COSC | 520 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| COSC | 530 | Remote Sensing | 3 |
| COSC | 620 | Advanced Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| COSC | 621 | Image Processing I | 3 |
| COSC | 694 | Selected Topics | 3 |
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