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For individuals seeking entry-level career opportunities, seeking career advancement or seeking professional development, the online undergraduate certificate in information systems and technology delivers much-needed IT skills.
This program is interdisciplinary — the curriculum features course work from the College of Engineering and the College of Education — and provides a dynamic and flexible experience for students working or seeking education in various fields.
Quick facts
Official name
Undergraduate certificate in information systems and technologyCampus
Program type
Undergraduate certificateAcademic home
College of Engineering | Department of Engineering and Information TechnologyDelivery mode
100% onlineAccreditation
Higher Learning CommissionPart time credit hours
12Part time estimated cost
$8,304.00*This cost is for illustrative purposes only. Your hours and costs will differ, depending on your transfer hours, your course choices and your academic progress. See more about tuition and financial aid.
Career prospects
Develop skills to:
- Design and develop algorithmic and programming solutions to solve problems, using computational thinking skills;
- Design and develop databases for effective information organization and access;
- Design and develop web pages using high-quality standards.
Students can apply these skills to help do their current jobs more effectively, which could lead to career advancement or salary increase. These skills are applicable to careers in entry-level information technology (e.g., designing or maintaining databases, IT project management, IT security, cloud system infrastructure).
Program structure
The online undergraduate certificate in information systems and technology is 100% online: no campus visits required.
Courses are semester-based. Students typically take two classes per semester and finish the program in one year.
Course work includes
- Problem solving and programming
- Web design and development
- Interactive web design with JavaScript
- Rapid development tools for online learning
- Introduction to project management
- Making and education (3D printing)
Delivery
100% onlineCalendar system
Semester-basedTypical program length
1 yearTypical course load
2 classes per semesterAccreditation
The University of Missouri is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States.
Faculty spotlight
Dale Musser was previously a faculty member in Network Learning Systems in the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri and a manager of entertainment and educational software development at IBM in Atlanta. His research and development work has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Education. He was a co-founder of MU’s Center for Technology Innovations in Education.