Knowledge of software and hardware is important in today’s fast-paced IT world and making sure everything is running smoothly is essential to running an effective operation. You’ll emerge from the Software and Information Systems Testing one-year post-grad program with a better understanding of the testing paradigms and methods associated with IT and software development. You’ll understand software and hardware, how to ensure quality control, and how to use project management approaches and business analysis techniques.

Centennial College's Mobile Applications Development program will ensure you'll develop the necessary skills to enter the fast-growing mobile software applications ("apps") development market. In the graduate certificate program's courses, you'll learn to develop mobile apps for Google Android and Apple iOS devices. In addition to core fundamental courses, the offering will cover advanced topics in mobile app development, web and enterprise technologies, user interface (UI), user experience (UX), emerging technologies, and more. You'll apply the knowledge you gain in this college technology program to a capstone project during which you'll develop mobile apps for business, gaming, health care, social networks, the Internet of Things, and other areas of interest to which your imagination takes you.

Develop expertise in this field of national priority and advance your engineering career. There is a long-recognized national shortage in the hypersonics workforce within the U.S. With its location among several federally funded or government institutions and labs that have a critical interest in hypersonic technology-- the Naval Air and Surface Warfare Centers, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Naval Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, and AEDC Hypervelocity Tunnel 9-- the University of Maryland is perfectly positioned to provide the only graduate certificate in engineering in hypersonics in the area, directly addressing the current deficiencies in the hypersonics workforce.

The technological world lives and depends on data. Whereas sophisticated use of data analytics used to be a competitive advantage, the employment of information scientists is now becoming an industry standard. Data warehousing, security, business intelligence, information storage and retrieval, and data mining are all crucial areas that industries must employ to remain competitive on a local and global scale.

The continual advancement in intelligent systems has changed the way these technologically advanced machines observe and respond to the world around them. Machine intelligence has been revolutionary in industries such as automotive, manufacturing, navigation, security, surveillance, and gaming. Intelligent systems are extremely complex and require advanced training in image processing, artificial intelligence, computer vision, noise filtering, texture description, image registration and tracking, and cybersecurity.