The Information Systems Solutions (ISS) graduate certificate program provides students with little or no information systems industry experience with critical knowledge, skills, and abilities in leading the definition, creation, and deployment of systems serving businesses and other organizations. This includes both planning and managing systems projects and making direct technical contributions to those systems. Expressed in more detail, this includes creating and aligning information technology (IT) strategies, determining systems requirements and designs, planning and executing project work, directly developing software capabilities, and creating architectures and deployment processes to deliver these systems capabilities to organizations. In addition to these technical skills, the program emphasizes soft skills, including communication, teamwork, negotiations, and ethical behavior.
Admissions Requirements
To be considered for admission, applicants must have earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university by the time of initial enrollment. Previous academic history, letters of recommendation, demonstrated motivation and aptitude to undertake graduate-level work and professional experience are all taken into consideration.
In addition to the Graduate School admissions requirements, you must provide a professional resume, one letter of recommendation from an individual that can assess your readiness for a master’s level certificate program, and a Statement of Purpose. GMAT or GRE scores are not needed.
Current graduate students may combine their degree with a graduate certificate.
Curricular Requirements
- Prerequisites: Requirement of prior programming and database courses/skills: Students must have completed: A) two undergraduate programming courses equivalent to UA courses MIS 221 and MIS 321 and B) an undergraduate database course OR demonstrate equivalent knowledge via professional experience or direct demonstration of skills to faculty.
- Minimum Required Hours: 12 credit hours
- All 12 credit hours earned in the ISS certificate program may be used directly in the Management Information Systems (M.S.) degree program.
- The overlap of the certificate with the associated degree program is intentional as the certificate may serve as a stepping stone to the full degree program for those that are non-degree students. This is a stackable credentials approach to graduate education that offers individuals knowledge advancement and flexibility.
| INFO SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS CERT | Hours |
| MIS 520 | Systems Analysis And Design | 3 |
| MIS 521 | Enterprise App Development (Prereqs: MIS 321 & MIS 330) | 3 |
| MIS 525 | Informatn Systems Project Mgt | 3 |
| 9 |
| Management Information Systems 1 | |
| Sys Development/Implementation 1 | |
Transfer Credit
No transfer credit is accepted. See the Graduate School's Policy on Transfer of Credit.
Time Limits for Degree Completion
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Academic Misconduct
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Withdrawals and Leave of Absence
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Academic Grievances
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Grades and Academic Standing
See the Graduate School policy on Grades and Academic Standing.
