The Graduate Certificate in Computer Systems Engineering is designed for students and professionals seeking knowledge and skills in state-of-the-art parallel hardware architectures, parallel software programming, algorithms, and networking technologies. Students stay current on rapidly advancing technology and learn to problem-solve for future challenges.

Students interested in graduate work should refer to CSU's Graduate and Professional Bulletin.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

  1. Think critically about computing systems, including hardware, software, and hardware-software co-design issues.
  2. Communicate effectively both with technical experts in their field and with experts from related fields who do not have a specific background in computer systems.
  3. Assimilate advanced knowledge from disciplines of science and engineering to broaden their expertise in computer systems.

Effective Fall 2021

Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.

Select three courses from the following: 111-12
CS 530
Fault-Tolerant Computing
CS 545
Machine Learning
CS 556
Computer Security
CS 575
Parallel Processing
ECE 528/CS 528
Embedded Systems and Machine Learning
ECE 554
Computer Architecture
ECE 558
Manycore System Design Using Machine Learning
ECE 561/CS 561
Hardware/Software Design of Embedded Systems
ECE 658/CS 658
Internet Engineering
ECE 661
Advanced Topics in Embedded Systems
Program Total Credits:11-12

 *This certificate may have courses in common with other graduate certificates. A student may earn more than one certificate, but a given course may be counted only in one certificate.

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At least one ECE course is required.