Admission Requirements

1. Same as College and University requirements.
2. The certificate can be pursued concurrently with other graduate programs at the University.
3. Non-degree seeking graduate students may also pursue this certificate program of study. To be approved for the program, these students must submit evidence of this non-degree-seeking graduate student status, along with the completed application form, to the Department of Business Information and Technology for review.
4. Acceptance into the certificate program is not an implied acceptance into any master’s degree program.

Program Requirements

This program requires completion of 12 semester credit hours, as follows:

• Nine hours (three courses):

• MIS 7455 - Cyber Ethics in IT Credit Hours: (3) *

• *COMP 7900 - Cyber Ethics  may be substituted for MIS 7455 .

• MIS 7670 - Information Security Mgmt Credit Hours: (3)
• MIS 7615 - Enterprise Network & Security Credit Hours: (3)

• Three hours (one course) from the following group:

• MIS 6160 - Mobile Application Development Credit Hours: (3)
• MIS 7650 - Info Syst Global Enterprise ** Credit Hours: (3)
• ACCT 7420 - Acct Databases/Systems Credit Hours: (3)

Graduation Requirements

1. To obtain the certificate, a student must complete four courses, with three selected from the first group of courses and one selected from the second group of courses, for a total of 12 credit hours.
2.  A minimum grade of B is required for each of the four courses.
3. In the semester of graduation, the student must submit an Apply to Graduate form to the Graduate School and a Graduate Certificate Candidacy form to the College Director of Graduate Studies by the deadline specified by the Graduate School.