IU faculty developed this six-course curriculum to promote excellence in computer instruction to help dual credit instructors meet their professional goals, and in turn,  to improve the learning outcomes and classroom experiences of their beginning Computer Science students. 

The six-courses required for the Graduate Certificate in Political Science are identical to the computer science component in M.A.T. in Computer Science. Certificate students can stack their computer science coursework into the M.A.T. should they opt to pursue the master’s degree. 

Requirements 

To earn the IU collaborative Graduate Certificate in Computer Science students much complete the following six courses (18 credit hours): 

• CSCI-T 500 CS Foundations  

• CSCI-T 510 Introduction to Computing and Programming 

• CSCI-T 520 Introduction to Software Systems 

• INFO-T 530 Introduction to Informatics 

• CSCI-T 540 Introduction to Data Science 

• CSCI-T 550 Introduction to Cybersecurity