{"id":30587,"date":"2011-08-01T09:46:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T13:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/?page_id=30587"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:05:11","slug":"undergraduate-certificate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/met\/programs\/computer-science\/undergraduate-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Certificate in Computer Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sidebar\">\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<p>For contact information, please visit the Metropolitan College <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/contact\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Department of Computer Science offers the Certificate in Computer Science to students seeking to build skills in C++ and Java software development.<\/p>\n<p>There is a significant and growing demand for C++ and Java software development specialists. This certificate provides students with the skills necessary to become part of a C++ or Java development team. Students who complete this program also acquire background required to enter the software engineering certificate program and the Master of Science in Computer Science program.<\/p>\n<h2>Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">Knowledge of discrete mathematics, computer architecture, and the programming languages C++ or Java.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">Proficiency in introductory discrete mathematics and algorithms, computer architecture, and the use of common constructs in C++ or Java, including common data structures.<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">Competence sufficient to be able to learn more advanced discrete mathematics and algorithms, system architecture, and C++ or Java features.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Admissions Information<\/h2>\n<p>For current admissions information, please visit the Metropolitan College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/admissions\" data-gc-link=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/admissions\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Prerequisite<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET CS 201 Introduction to Programming or equivalent experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Curriculum (four courses\/16 units)<\/h2>\n<p>Choose one of the following tracks:<\/p>\n<h3>Java Programming Track<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET CS 232 Programming with Java<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET CS 248 Discrete Mathematics<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET CS 342 Data Structures with Java<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET CS 472 Computer Architecture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>C++ Programming Track<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET CS 231 Programming with C++<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET CS 248 Discrete Mathematics<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET CS 341 Data Structures with C++<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET CS 472 Computer Architecture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students must earn a grade of C or higher in each course taken toward the certificate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact For contact information, please visit the Metropolitan College website. The Department of Computer Science offers the Certificate in Computer Science to students seeking to build skills in C++ and Java software development. There is a significant and growing demand for C++ and Java software development specialists. This certificate provides students with the skills necessary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2696,"featured_media":0,"parent":15444,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30587"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98380,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30587\/revisions\/98380"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}