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Graduate Certificate in Natural Language Processing at Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University, United States

Programme overview

Certificate preparing students for work as NLP engineers who analyze, design and implement NLP-based systems, including framing NLP problems, building text-preprocessing pipelines, evaluating deep neural network models, creating explainable models and assessing ethics and fairness. Offered at Great Valley and World Campus.

Duration: 9 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: University Park, PA, United States

What you will study

Three required 3-credit courses: A-I/DAAN 570 Deep Learning, A-I 574 Natural Language Processing and A-I 575 (or IE 575) Foundations of Predictive Analytics. Minimum grade of C in each course and overall GPA of 3.0.

Career pathways

NLP Engineer.

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Entry requirements

The successful applicant is generally expected to have a minimum combined junior/senior grade-point average of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale. Courses taken in the certificate program may be applied toward Master of Software Engineering degree, subject to restrictions outlined in GCAC-309 Transfer Credit . Certificate students who wish to have certificate courses applied towards the Master of Software Engineering must apply and be admitted to that degree program. Admission to the Master of Software Engineering graduate degree program is a separate step and is not guaranteed.

Duration: 9 credits

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