Certificate in Informatics

The Informatics Certificate is open to graduate students who wish to complement their own disciplinary studies with foundational and applied knowledge in informatics

• provides a coordinated corpus of informatics courses on which disciplinary programs can base their own informatics-related curricular efforts

Certificate Requirements:

• complete a minimum of 18 s.h. for the Informatics Certificate including at least 9 s.h. in area I, Foundations of Informatics, and at least 9 s.h. in area II, Disciplinary Requirements.
• candidates must apply for admission by designating the specific subtrack to which they are applying and be in good academic standing in an existing graduate degree program.

Each candidate’s application will be evaluated by a committee of subtrack faculty, who then make an admissions recommendation to the Graduate College.

Plans of study for the informatics certificate may not completely substitute for coursework or examinations required within the requirements of the disciplinary degree program.