Certificate Series in Information Engineering and Management

SMU’s EMIS Department offers a series of certificates in Information Engineering and Management. Each certificate consists of selected graduate-level courses from the Masters of Science in Information Engineering and Management degree program (MSIEM) and can form the foundation of a subsequent Master’s degree. The certificates are:

  • Certificate in Information Engineering Fundamentals — designed to provide the student a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of information engineering and management and consists of three courses: EMIS 7351, EMIS 7352, and EMIS 7353.
     
  • Certificate in Information Engineering and Management — designed to provide the student training in strategies and decision-support methodologies and consists of three courses: EMIS 7360, EMIS 8356 and EMIS 7357.
     
  • Certificate in Information Technology Governance and Controls — provides an extensive background in IT governance and IT controls topics and consists of three courses: EMIS 7360, EMIS 7380, and EMIS 7382.

Master’s degree. The student may apply for admission to the Master's degree at any point in the certificate series. Upon admission, graduate courses successfully completed in the certificate series may be applied toward the Master's degree as applicable.

Admission Requirements

Admission to a certificate program requires the applicant to have:

  • A bachelors degree in an engineering or technical discipline (the technical requirement may be waived with sufficient relevant work experience) and
  • An undergraduate grade-point average of 3.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale.

Students not meeting these requirements may be admitted on a conditional basis and required to take articulation (bridging) courses (for undergraduate credit).

Certificate Requirements

Individual certificates require completion of the specified courses with a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 on a scale of 4.0:

Certificate in Information Engineering Fundamentals (9 SCH):

    • EMIS 7351 Enterprise Fundamentals*
    • EMIS 7352 Information System Architecture*
    • EMIS 7353 Information System Design Strategies

Certificate in Information Engineering Strategy (9 SCH):

    • EMIS 7360 Management of Information Technology*
    • EMIS 8356 Information Engineering and Global Perspectives*
    • EMIS 7357 Decision-Support Systems*

Certificate in Information Technology Governance and Controls (9 SCH):

    • EMIS 7360 Management of Information Technology*
    • EMIS 7380 Managing Information Technology Controls
    • EMIS 7382 Information Technology Security and Risk Management

*Required for the Masters of Science in Information Engineering and Management degree

Certificates are issued following completion of the certificate requirements and submission of the required administrative forms.

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