College of Science
Department of Computer Science
The USU Department of Computer Science provides a variety of learning opportunities to earn certificate specializations through USU’s online program. All the courses needed to earn these certificates are available online, meaning students can live anywhere and work on these certificates.
Among the certificates there is some overlap with the course requirements. Students who wish to pursue multiple certificates will benefit greatly from that overlap. For example, a student who completes the Software Development certificate only needs to complete two more classes (6 credits) for the Web & Mobile Developer certificate . The Cloud Computing certificate only requires one class (3 credits) on top of the Software Development certificate . The Computer Science Teaching - Level II certificate only requires two classes (6 credits) on top of the Computer Science Teaching - Level I certificate.
The Cloud Computing certificate introduces students to the tools, techniques, and skills necessary to build cloud computing applications. These are applications that utilize cloud computing resources such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure. Students earning this certification are prepared to design and implement reliable, durable, scalable, and high-available software applications. Students come away with the following skills and outcomes:
- All those listed for the Computer Science Software Development certificate.
- Learn about the different types of cloud services for computation, information storage and retrieval, communications, security, software development, and more.
- Develop skills with at least one suite of services in sufficient detail to know how to apply those services to create real solutions for real problems.
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