IT Analytics Graduate Credit Certificate Program

Person-in-ChargeRaghu Sangwan
Program CodeISITA
Campus(es)

Great Valley

World Campus

The Graduate Certificate in IT Analytics is a program for students who aim to pursue a career as an IT System and Data Analyst where skills will include responsibilities to design, build, and monitor the IT infrastructure for effectively supporting business operations.

Courses taken in the certificate program may be applied toward a master of science degree in Information Science, subject to restrictions outlined in GCAC-309 Transfer Credit. Certificate students who wish to have certificate courses applied towards a graduate degree must apply and be admitted to that degree program. Admission to the graduate degree program is a separate step and is not guaranteed.​

Effective Semester: Summer 2024
Expiration Semester: Summer 2029

Admission Requirements

Applicants apply for admission to the program via the Graduate School application for admission. Requirements listed here are in addition to Graduate Council policies listed under GCAC-300 Admissions Policies. International applicants may be required to satisfy an English proficiency requirement; see GCAC-305 Admission Requirements for International Students for more information.

  1. The successful applicant is generally expected to have a minimum combined junior/senior grade-point average of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale.
  2. Courses taken in the certificate program may be applied toward Master of Software Engineering degree, subject to restrictions outlined in GCAC-309 Transfer Credit. Certificate students who wish to have certificate courses applied towards the Master of Software Engineering must apply and be admitted to that degree program. Admission to the Master of Software Engineering graduate degree program is a separate step and is not guaranteed.

Certificate Requirements

Requirements listed here are in addition to requirements listed in Graduate Council policy GCAC-212 Postbaccalaureate Credit Certificate Programs.

Required Courses
DAAN 862Analytics Programming in Python3
IE 575Foundations of Predictive Analytics3
INSC 846Network and Predictive Analytics for Socio-Technical Systems3
Total Credits9

All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C or better and an overall GPA of 3.0.

Courses

Graduate courses carry numbers from 500 to 699 and 800 to 899. Advanced undergraduate courses numbered between 400 and 499 may be used to meet some graduate degree requirements when taken by graduate students. Courses below the 400 level may not. A graduate student may register for or audit these courses in order to make up deficiencies or to fill in gaps in previous education but not to meet requirements for an advanced degree.

Contact

Campus Great Valley
Graduate Program Head Raghu Sangwan
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) or Professor-in-Charge (PIC) Guanghua Qiu
Program Contact

Sharon V. Patterson
svp40@psu.edu
(610) 648-3318

Campus World Campus
Graduate Program Head Raghu Sangwan
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) or Professor-in-Charge (PIC) Guanghua Qiu
Program Contact

Sharon V. Patterson
svp40@psu.edu
(610) 648-3318