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Graduate certificates are designed to give the engineering professional an added credential without having to complete the entire degree. Students can select from three ground-breaking graduate certificate options, where subject matter learned in the classroom can be applied at work the next day. Programs are offered in a self-paced, non-cohort format only. Degree completion time for each certificate program will vary.
- Weeknight classes (some Saturday courses may be available)
- Convenient Virginia campus - Loudoun location in Ashburn
- 12-18 credit programs, depending on certificate
- Transfer up to six credits of approved graduate credits for advanced standing
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The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers three stand alone graduate certificates. These certificates are designed for practicing engineers who want to acquire state-of-the-art skills to compete in a booming industry. Students earn graduate level credit for each three credit-hour course, and upon successful completion of the program are awarded a graduate certificate in the area of specialty. Depending on the Graduate Certificate program selected, the number of credit hours required will range from 12-18 hours. Students may take up to two courses per semester. All credits earned in the graduate certificate program are fully transferable to the Master of Science programs. Upon admittance into the M.S. program a student can immediately matriculate into an existing Master of Science cohort program or curriculum.
The graduate certificate in Telecommunications Security and Electronic Warfare provides students with a broad knowledge of fundamental principles of telecommunication security including cryptography, speech and data scrambling, linear and nonlinear transformations, block and stream ciphers, the Data Encryption Standard (DES), key management, digital signatures, message authentication, hash functions, and public key algorithms. Courses will introduce electronic warfare such as jamming, anti-jamming, spoofing, hacking, and EM pulse.
Classes meet on weeknights or on Saturdays.
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