Non-Credit Certificates

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Asana Project Management

Start Date: May 10, 2022

The Asana Project Management Certificate program prepares you for a career in the growing field of project management through hands-on practice with tools such as Asana and spreadsheets. You will gain a strong understanding of project management concepts including stakeholder management, risk management, and tracking key milestones. Through projects, you will practice your skills and build a portfolio of work to show to future employers, in addition to earning a certificate offered in partnership by NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Asana.

 

Facebook Digital Marketing

Start Date: August 23, 2022

The Facebook Digital Marketing Certificate program prepares you for a career in the growing field of digital marketing through hands-on practice with tools such as Facebook Ads and Google Analytics. You will gain a strong understanding of core digital marketing concepts including brand positioning and market segmentation, and will learn how to run digital ads and analyze the results. Through project work, you will practice your skills and build a portfolio of work to show to future employers, in addition to earning a certificate offered in partnership by NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Facebook.

 

Salesforce Administrator

Start Date: May 10, 2022

The Salesforce Administrator Career Certificate offers you hands-on practice with all the Salesforce tools needed to prepare you for careers in the growing field of customer relationship management (CRM). You will gain a strong understanding of business processes in sales, the sales cycle, and more. Through assigned projects, you will practice your skills and develop a portfolio of work to show to future employers, in addition to earning a certificate offered in partnership by NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Salesforce Trailhead.

 

Tableau Data Analytics Certificate

Start Date: May 10, 2022

The Tableau Data Analytics Certificate will prepare you for a career in the growing field of data analytics through hands-on practice with tools such as Tableau and MySQL. You will gain a strong understanding of core analytics concepts and will hone your skills through projects, building a portfolio of work to show future employees, with no prerequisites or experience in data analytics required. Upon completion, you will earn a certificate co-branded with NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Tableau.

Data Science

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Information Visualization

The Information Visualization Specialization provides you with the necessary knowledge and practical skills to develop a strong foundation in information visualization and to design and develop advanced applications for visual data analysis. The specialization is organized around four courses that cover fundamentals, applied perception, advanced visualization method and interactive visualization. This specialization prepares you to work on complex data science projects that require the development of interactive visual interfaces for data analysis.

 

Introduction to Commodity Markets: Understanding Energy Market Fundamentals

The Introduction to Commodity Markets program is designed to introduce financial professionals to the intricacies of energy markets, starting at the macro level with main markets and structures and progressing to topics including basic commodity structures and instruments, statistical analysis, commodity forwards, swaptions, and spread options.

 

Introduction to Databases

The Introduction to Databases Certificate program will teach you everything you need to know to start using a relational database management system in the Web, the Cloud, and embedded applications. Database development and administration skills are required in most Information Technology, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Computer Science jobs. The courses utilize the open-source relational database MySQL.

 

Machine Learning and Finance

The Professional Certificate in Machine Learning and Finance will provide you with the key skills for constructing machine learning models, and using data to inform decisions. Whether you are a trader, financial analyst or programmer; whether your focus is on portfolio management or quantitative analytics, you will acquire the skills to apply both Classical Machine Learning and Neural Network/Deep Learning solutions to problems in finance. As important: you will learn a systematic approach to problem solving through data analysis, increasing your value in the emerging data-driven world.

 

Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning in Finance

The Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning in Finance Specialization aims to provide you with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to develop a strong foundation on core paradigms and algorithms of machine learning (ML), with a particular focus on applications of ML to various practical problems in Finance. The specialization also aims to help students to be able to solve practical ML-amenable problems that they may encounter in real life.

 

Tableau Data Analytics Certificate

The Tableau Data Analytics Certificate will prepare you for a career in the growing field of data analytics through hands-on practice with tools such as Tableau and MySQL. You will gain a strong understanding of core analytics concepts and will hone your skills through projects, building a portfolio of work to show future employees, with no prerequisites or experience in data analytics required. Upon completion, you will earn a certificate co-branded with NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Tableau.

 

Design

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AR/VR Development and 3D Graphics

This seven-month professional certificate provides the skills and knowledge that companies such as Apple, Wayfair, Google, and Verizon value as they make the shift to XR development. You will learn XR essentials and fundamentals for developing in Unity to build AR and VR experiences, as well as use scripting to create, navigate, and customize 3D graphic assets to construct interactive virtual environments.

 

Information Visualization

The Information Visualization Specialization provides you with the necessary knowledge and practical skills to develop a strong foundation in information visualization and to design and develop advanced applications for visual data analysis. The specialization is organized around four courses that cover fundamentals, applied perception, advanced visualization method, and interactive visualization. This specialization will enable you to work on complex data science projects that require the development of interactive visual interfaces for data analysis.

 

Integrated Digital Media

Whether you are a current or aspiring UI/UX Designer, Graphic Designer, or Multimedia artist, the Integrated Digital Media MicroMasters Certificate program will equip you with the critical knowledge, as well as the technical and creative skills for designing interactive digital experiences. You will leave this program with programming skills and media frameworks that will elevate your career. By the end of your coursework, you will also have a professional portfolio of work that exemplifies your technical and creative skills, which you can present to peers, graduate school programs, and potential employers. This certificate program consists of four courses: Creative Coding, Theories of Media and Technology, Media Law, and the Integrated Digital Media Capstone.

 

Professional Certificate in UX Design for AR/VR

As emerging technologies such as AR, VR and voice interaction drive more utility consumer and enterprise applications such as augmented e-commerce, banking, and fitness, XR is poised for explosive growth. The Professional Certificate in UX Design for AR/VR is a comprehensive six-month program created for UX designers or individuals with visual design experience who are ready to make the shift into creating user experiences for these new and emerging interaction patterns and possibilities.

 

Virtual Production: 3D Asset Creation and Workflows Using Unreal Engine and Maya

This three-week course will introduce the fundamentals of the 3D to Virtual Production pipeline, covering the basics of 3D asset creation to design aesthetically rich and virtual environments in Unreal Engine 4 (UE4). Participants will learn how to create 3D assets in Autodesk Maya (modeling, texturing, and animating), and then how to use these assets to build a dynamic scene in the Unreal Engine, utilizing custom-built models, physically-based materials, and lighting effects.

 

Virtual Production: Mixed Reality Filmmaking

This three-week course will explore the fundamentals of emerging mixed reality cinematic techniques that are quickly becoming integral production tools in both the film and gaming industries. Practical camera and video fundamentals will first be covered and how they translate into Unreal. From there we will quickly build full cinematic scenes in engine using the Marketplace for assets and animated virtual cameras and lighting on the Sequencer.

 

Virtual Production: Remote Multi-User Collaboration & Content Creation in the unreal engine

This two-week online intensive is designed to help digital filmmakers, content directors, producers and technologists identify the types of virtual production tools, techniques and skills that are most relevant to their projects. For content creators using or just digging into Unreal Engine for the first time, this course covers remote multi-user collaboration techniques and scalable practices for short- and long-form workdelivers timely knowledge.

 

Virtual Production: World Building & Natural Aesthetics in the Unreal Engine

This flexible three-week online course will introduce the fundamentals of worldbuilding and environment design for digital worlds. The course will consider some conceptual frameworks for creating compelling worlds, the practical concerns for how to bring your worlds to life in Unreal Engine, as well as how best to capture, present, or explore your world. There is a strong focus on taking observations of and inspiration from nature.

 

Cyber Security

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Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

The CISO Certificate Program will equip you with the tools, skill set, and frameworks required to succeed as a cybersecurity leader. Our expertly developed curriculum focuses on a risk-driven security approach that will help you design and develop an information security roadmap that aligns and scales with your organization’s growth trajectory. You will learn to assess, govern, measure, and quantify information security and threats while exploring new and emerging technologies and the latest trends in cybersecurity.

 

Cybersecurity Fundamentals

The Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate program will teach you core cybersecurity competencies including information security, network security and penetration testing. This exposure will allow the student to better understand the different opportunities available for employment in the cybersecurity sector. Demand for cybersecurity is exploding in both the United States and worldwide.

 

Enterprise Cybersecurity

The Enterprise Cybersecurity certificate will provide you with advice on cutting-edge strategies to advance your cybersecurity career. Provide you with skills to understand the correlation between data science and cybersecurity risk at an enterprise level, insight on both traditional and new and emerging systems, identifying and analyzing patterns for deviations and threats, and more.

 

Introduction to Cyber Security

Introduction to Cyber Security Specialization was designed to help learners develop a deeper understanding of modern information and system protection technology and methods. The learning outcome is simple: We hope learners will develop a lifelong passion and appreciation for cyber security, which we are certain will help in future endeavors. Students, developers, managers, engineers, and even private citizens will benefit from this learning experience.

 

Mobile Payments Security

The Mobile Payment Security course in cybersecurity allows professionals to explore the core concepts in one of the fastest-growing fields: mobile payment security. Whether you are an analyst, architect, or administrator, this course will help you master the key challenges in any mobile payment implementation from EMV to secure enrollment to tokenization and beyond. Upon completion, you will receive a Verified Certificate from NYU/edx.

 

Threat Intelligence and Cybersecurity Analytics

The Threat Intelligence and Cybersecurity Analytics Certificate will equip you with knowledge of the threat intelligence life cycle, and provide approaches to perceiving and neutralizing cyberthreats before harm can be done. You'll also gain executive-level risk management skills to engage the Board of Directors' in effective governance of cyber risk, techniques to extend your threat intelligence program knowledge to support local, industry-specific, regional, and international intelligence sharing efforts, and more.

Programming & Computer Science

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Computer Science Fundamentals

The Computer Science Fundamentals Certificate program introduces learners to the basics of computer programming and computer systems, including hardware, operating systems and computer networking. No prior knowledge of programming or computer systems is required. This certificate program consists of these three courses: Introduction to Networking, Computer Hardware and Operating Systems, and Basics of Computer and Programming.

 

Introduction to Databases

The Introduction to Databases Certificate program will teach you everything you need to know to start using a relational database management system in the Web, the Cloud, and embedded applications. Database development and administration skills are required in most Information Technology, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Computer Science jobs. The courses utilize the open-source relational database MySQL.

 

NYU Tandon Bridge

Created for students with non-technical undergraduate degrees, the 100% Online NYU Tandon Bridge program is an affordable, flexible way for students to gain the experience needed to be admitted into select graduate programs without the GRE. With major unmet demand for qualified professionals in computer science, data science, cybersecurity, and other high-growth tech fields, there's never been a better time to pursue an advanced engineering degree. Students who complete this 17-week or 24-week program are eligible to apply for select STEM Master’s degree programs at NYU Tandon or our partner schools.

 

Programming & Data Structures

The Programming & Data Structures Certificate program will teach you core computer science competencies in programming and data structures. Understanding how programming works is essential in many technical disciplines such Information Technology, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Computer Science. The courses utilize the C++ programming languages to establish a solid foundation in programming and data structures for the students.

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Asana Project Management

The Asana Project Management Certificate program prepares you for a career in the growing field of project management through hands-on practice with tools such as Asana and spreadsheets. You will gain a strong understanding of project management concepts including stakeholder management, risk management, and tracking key milestones. Through projects, you will practice your skills and build a portfolio of work to show to future employers, in addition to earning a certificate offered in partnership by NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Asana.

 

Facebook Digital Marketing

The Facebook Digital Marketing Certificate program prepares you for a career in the growing field of digital marketing through hands-on practice with tools such as Facebook Ads and Google Analytics. You will gain a strong understanding of core digital marketing concepts including brand positioning and market segmentation, and will learn how to run digital ads and analyze the results. Through project work, you will practice your skills and build a portfolio of work to show to future employers, in addition to earning a certificate offered in partnership by NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Facebook.

 

Salesforce Administrator

The Salesforce Administrator Career Certificate offers you hands-on practice with all the Salesforce tools needed to prepare you for careers in the growing field of customer relationship management (CRM). You will gain a strong understanding of business processes in sales, the sales cycle, and more. Through assigned projects, you will practice your skills and develop a portfolio of work to show to future employers, in addition to earning a certificate offered in partnership by NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Salesforce Trailhead.

 

A Linear System Approach to Wave Propagation

This course treats systems governed by the wave equation via the tools of linear system theory: convolutions and space/time Fourier transforms. The course will benefit both wireless communication researchers and signal processing researchers. It will equip you to pursue advanced research topics, such as super-directive antenna arrays, large intelligent surfaces, holographic MIMO, wireless power transfer, wavefield extrapolation, and video motion detection. The course also serves as a physical introduction to multidimensional signal processing.