AI and machine learning

In this certification, you’ll learn about artificial intelligence through theoretical and practical lenses. Through a series of lectures and team-based projects, you’ll gain an understanding of statistical machine learning, supervised and unsupervised learning, knowledge representation and reasoning, deep learning and more. Upon completing this certification, you’ll be prepared to:

• Advance your career in AI.

• Identify opportunities to leverage AI in your current role.

• Strengthen your foundational skills in mathematics.

• Train and optimize deep neural networks.

• Understand machine learning paradigms and ways to create autonomous agents.

• Work effectively on machine learning projects.

Courses

Choose and pass three of the following courses with a “B” or better to earn your certification:

Big data

This certification prepares you to bring data insights to organizations in all industries and play a key role in driving business decisions. You’ll discover data mining techniques and learn to apply mathematical theory to big data analysis, classification, clustering and association rule mining. When you complete practical projects led by expert faculty, you’ll also gain a variety of skills in areas such as:

• Data models and processing.

• Data visualization.

• Java and Python.

• NoSQL databases and queries.

• Reinforcement learning.

• Spatial data.

Courses

Choose and pass three of the following courses with a “B” or better to earn your certification:

Cybersecurity

Build essential cybersecurity skills by studying cryptography, network security and software security. In this certification, you’ll select three courses from a variety of topics from information assurance and encryption to data privacy and secure network design. Upon completing this certification, you’ll understand how to:

• Apply protection, detection and reaction best practices in cybersecurity to organizations across industries.

• Protect and defend information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication and confidentiality.

Courses

Choose and pass three of the following courses with a “B” or better to earn your certification:

Software engineering

Software engineering encompasses a combination of engineering, computing, project leadership and software construction. This project-based certification focuses on developing your ability to successfully complete high quality products that are maintainable, reliable and scalable. Upon completion, you’ll have a variety of knowledge and skills valued by employers across disciplines, such as:

• Applying software development concepts to blockchain technology.

• Completing software testing to validate the sustainability of smart mobile applications.

• Practicing software architecture and design principles.

• Predicting software reliability using operational profiles.

Courses

Choose and pass three of the following courses with a “B” or better to earn your certification: