University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The Grainger College of Engineering 6 courses 20 total credits
for the Graduate Certificate in Computing Fundamentals (on campus or online) The Graduate Certificate in Computing Fundamentals provides students with Bachelor’s degree or higher in a non-computing discipline with an accelerated foundation in computing fundamentals. The Graduate Certificate requires four bridging courses in fundamentals of computing and algorithms and two excursions in computing courses. To allow flexibility and gain deeper knowledge in a computing subject of interest, students are required to complete an independent study along with a graduate-level elective. The Graduate Certificate in Computing Fundamentals requires a minimum of 20 credit hours distributed over eight courses as follows. A course cannot be used to satisfy more than one requirement within the certificate.
| Total Hours | 20 credits |
Core Coursework
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CS 400 | Accelerated Fundamentals of Computing I | 3 |
| CS 401 | Accelerated Fundamentals of Algorithms I | 3 |
| CS 402 | Accelerated Fundamentals of Computing II | 3 |
| CS 403 | Accelerated Fundamentals of Algorithms II | 3 |
| CS 491 | Seminar | 1 |
| CS 597 | Individual Study | 3 |
| Total Core Coursework | 17 credits | |
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