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
