The I-PBC is designed for people who already have a baccalaureate degree (4 year) in a non-information technology (IT) area and who wish to take courses that will facilitate securing work in the IT field. A sample of the career opportunities for I-PBC graduates includes positions in organizations like: accounting services, airlines, automotive firms, data processing firms, K-12 education, financial management corporations, government agencies, hospitals, insurance companies, and publishing firms. 

The I-PBC consists of 29 credit hours.

Curriculum	Course Number	Credit Hours
Introduction to Informatics	INFO-I 101	4
Social Informatics	INFO-I 202	3
Information Infrastructure I (Visual Basic)	INFO-I 210	4
Information Infrastructure II (Java)	INFO-I 211	4
Website Design and Development	INFO-I 213	3
Topics in Probability and Statistics	MATH-M 133	2
Human Computer Interaction	INFO-I 300	3
Organizational Informatics	INFO-I 303	3
Information Representation or Multimedia	INFO-I 308 or DPIS-D 250	3
Total Certificate Program Hours		29

Up to six (6) credit hours from a prior degree can transfer into the I-PBC