Computer Science

Certificate Program

If you're interested in the Post-Bac Computer Science Minor Program, click here.)

With technology advancing at a rapid pace, opportunities for advanced applications of computer science are limitless. Professionals with experience and knowledge of the "hottest" topics in computer science — databases, Linux, object-oriented programming, software engineering, network and systems administration, parallel and distributed computing — are rapidly advancing in salary and opportunity. This four-course graduate-level program will update your skills and broaden your knowledge in computer science, through a "design your own specialty certificate" taught by Tufts' renowned faculty in computer science. Completion of the certificate requires grades of B- or better in all courses. Courses are transferable into the Tufts M.S. program upon acceptance to that program.

Who should apply?
The program is open to individuals with at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, or a closely related field with approved work experience. Individuals completing the Post-Bac Computer Science Minor Program are also encouraged to apply.

Program of Study
The certificate requires four graduate-level courses in Computer Science. This flexible program allows the student to cluster course electives around a particular interest or specialty area. Course may be chosen from our regular department offerings or from our COMP 150 Special Topics offerings, which are offered in particularly "hot" area of interest, or in a unique specialty area of Tufts faculty.

Special Topics Courses:
These courses change every semester are often high-demand and extremely popular. Recent offerings have included:

• COMP 150FP Functional Programming
• COMP 150MDC Multimedia Data Compression
• COMP 150GA Stochastic Search and Genetic Algorithms
• COMP 150CB The Art of Commercial Software Development
• COMP 150VIZ Visualization
• COMP 150CCS Computational Models in Cognitive Science
• COMP 150HI Artificial Intelligence in Health Informatics
• COMP 150AML Advanced Topics in Machine Learning
• COMP 150CM Computational Metabolomics
• COMP 150IR Information Retrieval
• COMP 150PGM Probabilistic Graph Models
• COMP 150BBR Behavior-Based Robotics
• COMP 150PBT Protein Bioinformatics Topics
• COMP 150TDA Time Series and Digital Audio
• COMP 150SRL Statistical Relational Learning
• COMP 150TUI Tangible User Interfaces
• COMP 250BCI Brain-Computer Interaction

Regular Department Courses (partial list):

• COMP 106 Object-Oriented Programming for GUIs
• COMP 111 Operating Systems
• COMP 112 Computer Networks
• COMP 114 Network and System Administration
• COMP 115 Database Systems
• COMP 116 Introduction to Computer Security
• COMP 126 Numerical Analysis
• COMP 131 Artificial Intelligence
• COMP 135 Introduction to Machine Learning
• COMP 136 Statistical Pattern Recognition
• COMP 160 Algorithms
• COMP 163 Computational Geometry
• COMP 165 Cryptography
• COMP 167 Computational Biology
• COMP 170 Theory of Computation
• COMP 171 Human-Computer Interaction
• COMP 175 Computer Graphics
• COMP 180 Software Engineering
• COMP 181 Compilers

Tuition:
Certificate students pay a course rate for each required certificate course of $3,430 per course (2012-2013).

For more information about Tufts Computer Science courses and programs:
Go to Computer Science web page.
For Application Forms for the certificate program.

For specific questions, contact the Faculty Advisor:
Anselm Blumer (617) 627-3651