Digital Technology Generalist (Undergraduate Certificate) [CAS]
Offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Digital Technology Generalist (Undergraduate Certificate) is designed for students seeking to acquire digital technology skills required by employers across a broad range of professions. Students completing the program have fulfilled the requirements for the Digital Technology Generalist Credential of the Greater Washington Partnership (GWP).
Admission to the Program
Open to undergraduate degree and nondegree students.
Certificate Requirements
- 16 credit hours with grades of C or better
- Minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA
- Compliance with all regulations for a certificate (Undergraduate Academic Regulation 10.3)
Course Requirements
Probability and Statistics (4 credit hours)
Complete 4 credit hours from the following:
Data Manipulation and Data Ethics (3 credit hours)
Complete 3 credit hours from the following:
Data Security (3 credit hours)
Data Visualization and Communication (3 credit hours)
Complete 3 credit hours from the following:
- ECON-480 Senior Research Seminar (3)
- ENVS-454 Geographic Information Systems (3)
- GDES-360 Data Visualization and Information Design (3)
- ISCI-401 Communicating Science to the Public (3)
- ISCI-422 Healthcare Information Technology (3)
- STAT-428 Spatial Data Analysis (3)
Data Analytics (3-4 credit hours)
Complete 3-4 credit hours from one of the following:
Arts and Humanities
- LIT-204 Hidden Figures and Cultural Calculations (3)
- MATH-125 The Math Workshop (3)
- MATH-227 Hidden Connections (3)
- PHYS-326 Science for Future Presidents (3)
- SOCY-275 Epidemiology of Everyday Life FA5 (3)
Economics
Sciences
- BIO-110 General Biology I FA5 (4)
- BIO-210 General Biology II FA5 (4)
- CHEM-110 General Chemistry I FA5 (3)
- CHEM-210 General Chemistry II FA5 (3)
- ENVS-250 Living on Earth FA5 (3)
- HLTH-115 Why Aren't We Dead Yet? The Role of Public Health in Society FA5 (4)
- HLTH-205 Introduction to Nutrition FA5 (3)
- PHYS-105 General Physics I FA5 (4)
- PHYS-110 Principles of Physics I FA5 (4)
- PHYS-205 General Physics II FA5 (4)
- PHYS-210 Principles of Physics II FA5 (4)
- PSYC-115 Psychology as a Natural Science FA5 (3)