The Certificates of Specialization are offered by the
Sarasota-Manatee campus only, and provide IT students a way to focus
on specific areas of interest without adding extra hours to the
degree. USF-SM currently offers five undergraduate IT certificates of
specialization in the following areas. Each certificate requires 5
courses, 15 credits from the specialization with a grade of B- or
better. Certificates can be completed in a year if the student takes
all courses available each semester. Course equivalencies must be
approved by the College Dean.
Certificate
Areas of Specialization
- Enterprise Applications Development
(any 5 courses, 15 credits)
Remember, technology is an enabler for
business performance. So, if you
revel in customized solutions,
web-based or mobile, to deliver
business-driven solutions that
effectively integrate and
support business processes,
organizational structures, and
corporate cultures, this is the
concentration for you.
- CIS 3303
Unified Modeling Language or
Comprehensive Java (COP 3931
Sel Topics)
- COP 3515
Requirements & Program Design
- COP 3XXX Systems Programming (JavaEE)
(Currently listed as COP3931
Selected Topics)
- CIS 3373
Secure Software Development
- CIS 4510 IT
Project Management
- CEN 3722
Human-Computer Interface
- Information Security (any 5 courses,
15 credits)
If you want a cool job
making a difference by standing between
your organization and the
hackers/malware out there, you would be
interested in this concentration. The
InfoSec expert analyzes how intruders
breached the infrastructure in order to
identify additional systems/ networks
that have been compromised.
Investigating traces left by complex
attacks requires a forensic expert who
is not only proficient in the latest
forensic, response, and reverse
engineering skills, but is astute in the
latest exploit methodologies.
- CIS 3360
Principles of Information Security
- CIS 3367
Architecting Operating Systems
Security
- CNT 3403 Network
Security and Firewalls
- CIS 4365
Disaster Recovery and Business
Continuity Planning
- CIS 4368
Database Security and Audits
- CIS 4366
Computer Forensics and
Investigations
- CIS 3362
Cryptography and Information
Security
- CIS 4204
Ethical Hacking
- CIS 3XXX Web
Application Security (Currently
listed as CIS3932 Selected Topics)
- CIS 4361
Information Security Management
- Information Technology Management (any 5
courses, 15 credits)
An
IT Technology Manager is responsible for
managing all of the organization’s technologies,
from desktops to the backbone, including all
mobile devices. Primary duties include:
analyzing systems and processes; maintaining
workstations and networks; and designing,
developing and maintaining Web-based
applications. If you are innovative, enjoy all
aspects of technology, specially cutting edge
and emerging technologies, this is the field for
you.
- CIS 4412 IT Resource
Management
- CIS 4361 Information Security
Management
- CIS 4510 IT Project
Management
- CIS 4368 Disaster Recovery
and Business Continuity Planning
- CEN 3722 Human-Computer
Interface
- Systems Administration (any 5
courses, 15 credits)
Among the top 10 jobs for the
next decade and beyond. A Systems Administrator must be
well-versed in computer hardware and software applications -
must have good troubleshooting skills, since part of the job
description is to diagnose problems and correct them. It is a
specialized field, and good candidates are usually worth
whatever salary they ask.
- COP 3XXX Systems Programming (JavaEE)
(Currently listed as COP3931
Selected Topics)
- CTS 3165 Linux
Essentials
- CTS 4348 Linux
Administration
- CIS 3615
Secure Software Development
- CIS 4361
Information Security Management
- CIS 4510
IT Project Management
- Web Design and Development (any 5 courses,
15 credits)
If you are interested in
the Web and like to solve problems using computers, if you want
to design and develop web-pages which work and look pretty, then
this concentration is the one for you. You will learn several
Web languages, as well as learn how to work with databases. Job
opportunities are very flexible ranging from working as part of
a team to freelancing and running your own business.
- CGS 3853 IT Web Design
- CGS 3854 Web Development
(JavaScript)
- COP 4834 Data-Driven
Websites
- CGS 4853 Rich Internet
Applications (Web 2.0)
- COP 4816 XML
Applications
- CGS 3847 e-Commerce II
- CIS 3XXX Web
Applications Security (Currently listed
as CIS 3932 Selected Topics
