General Arts & Science – University Profile (Certificate)

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Total credits: 15

Get a deeper understanding of cloud computing — the delivery of computing system resources such as software, databases, servers, data storage, and more — over the Internet. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of private, hybrid or public cloud delivery.

Specialized Courses

• Internet of Things
• Storage Systems
• Virtualization
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Distributed & Parallel Computing
• Security & Privacy in the Cloud
• Cloud Economics
• Cloud Monitoring & Governance

Specialized Career Opportunities

• Cloud Software Engineer: Develop large-scale production clouds.
• Cloud Developer: Create new cloud services and improve current cloud products.
• Cloud Automation Specialist: Design and implement automated technologies and processes that support your employer’s cloud offerings.
• Cloud Architect: Use software development and information technology skills to build hybrid DevOp platforms that leverage your employer’s web services, cloud and on-premise data centres.
• Systems Administrator – Cloud Operations: Automate, organize, monitor and maintain all of your employer’s cloud-based systems.
• Cloud Services Adviser: Sell and market various cloud solutions, such as Office 365 or Watson analytics.

Learn how to apply statistical analysis, data mining and other advanced techniques to draw new and useful insights from large data sets. Confidently interpret and share information about the data patterns you discover.

Specialized Courses

• Business Processes
• Data Analysis & Visualization 1
• Big Data Management & Processing
• Data Analysis & Visualization 2
• Data Warehouse Design & Implementation
• Machine Learning Techniques
• Data Mining
• Business Communication

Specialized Career Opportunities

• Data Scientist: Perform data analysis and develop and implement predictive models.
• Data Architect: Design and implement big data solutions that support the Data Warehouse Environment (DWE).
• Data Analyst: Apply current technologies, concepts and methodologies to build development projects that integrate various data sources.
• Data Developer: Use Big Data architectures to migrate data from various databases, implement latest technologies and meet functional and technical requirements.
• Big Data Platform Engineer: Design, build and administer platforms that combine several big data applications and utilities within a single solution.

Master the algorithmic, programming and mathematical techniques used to develop software components for computer games.

Specialized Courses

• Gameplay Programming 1
• Game Engine Architecture
• Gameplay Programming 2
• Computer Graphics & Animation
• Artificial Intelligence for Games
• Game Tools and Data-Driven Design
• Multiplayer Games
• Games in Emerging Technologies & Hardware

Specialized Career Opportunities

• Game Developer: Design new games, including art and animation, or write programs to implement a game.
• Gameplay Programmer: Enhance computer games with gameplay features that improve the user experience.

Learn the specialized skills needed to plan, construct, optimize and manage the computer networks that businesses and organizations rely on every day.

Specialized Courses

• IP Engineering 1
• Network Access Technologies
• Network Service Applications
• IP Engineering 2
• Enterprise Network Operations
• IP Engineering 3
• Emerging Topics in Networking
• Internet Core Technologies

Specialized Career Opportunities

• Network Engineer: Design, install, maintain and support computer networks.
• Data Network Services: Troubleshoot computer network performance issues, analyze network traffic, plan capacity solutions and ensure service readiness.
• Network Quality Assurance Engineer: Perform manual and automatic quality assurance testing for networks.

Learn how to develop effective simulation software using techniques such as discrete event modelling, continuous system modelling, probabilistic modelling and mathematical modelling.

Specialized Courses

• Introduction to Modelling & Simulation
• Mathematical Modelling
• Graphics and Visualization
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• Modelling & Simulation Methods
• High Performance Software Design
• Advanced Graphics and Visualization
• Advanced Modelling and Simulation

Specialized Career Opportunities

• Medical Imaging Software Specialist: Evaluate existing technologies, develop and implement algorithms and conduct system-level engineering to analyze, visualize, manipulate and integrate medical image-based solutions. 
• Data Visualization Specialist: Independently design, visualize and implement data visualization solutions using data visualization best practices.
• Imaging Programmer: Use advanced programming knowledge, template development environments and image processing software packages to process medical image data. 
• Modelling Specialist: Perform predictive modelling and data mining (including the design, development, maintenance and implementation of models) to identify trends and outliers, apply statistical methods to the data and interpret the results, and develop and design clear and informative data visualizations.