Software Engineering Graduate Certificate at George Mason University

Programme overview

This graduate certificate program provides knowledge, tools, and techniques to those who are working in or planning to work in software engineering. Offered on a part-time or full-time basis, this certificate can be pursued alone , concurrently with any of the graduate degree programs in the College of Engineering and Computing , or used toward completion of the MS in Software Engineering at a later time.

Faculty: College of Engineering and Computing | Department: Department of Computer Science | Duration: 12 credits | Study mode: full-time | Location: Fairfax, VA, United States

What you will study

Total 12 credits. Curriculum courses listed include Object-Oriented Software Specification and Construction; Software Design and Architecture; User Interface Design and Development; Software Testing; Distributed Systems; Software Project Management.

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Entry requirements

In addition to general admission requirements of the university, applicants must have earned a GPA of 3.00 or better on a 4.0 scale in the last 60 credits of their baccalaureate degree. Other application requirements are as follows: A one-page statement of educational and career goals Current resume Internationally-educated students must submit their English Proficiency scores Admissions requirements to the Graduate Software Engineering Certificate are exactly the same as the admissions requirements for the Software Engineering MS program. Admission into the certificate program does not guarantee acceptance into any MS program.

Duration: 12 credits

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