Jan. 28-30 Virtual Operations, Campus Remains Closed

Bowie State University will continue with virtual operations for all classes and office operations through Friday, January 30, 2026. The campus will be closed to all non-essential personnel, and all campus activities are canceled. All buildings except residence halls and the dining hall will be closed. Essential personnel should report on time. This is due to the extended time required to clear the extensive snow and ice accumulation on campus. University crews are making every effort to resume campus operations, as a safe return to in-person learning and work remains our top priority. Only essential personnel and residential students are permitted access to the campus through Jan. 30. For more information, please visit BowieState.edu/weather. 

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Department of Computer Science

Certificate Program Required Courses

To obtain the certificate, candidates must complete a set of four courses (3 credits each) from the chosen track (together with their prerequisite courses, if any), achieving a 3.0 grade point average or better.

Track: Database Management/Artificial Intelligence

COSC 531 - Database Design (3 credits) 

COSC 535 - Information Privacy and Security (3 credits)

COSC 573 - Artificial Intelligence I (3 credits)       

COSC 631 - Database and Information Systems II (3 credits)           

COSC 673 - Artificial Intelligence II (3 credits)     

COSC 690 - Selected Topics (3 credits)    

Track: Networks and Distributed Systems

COSC 535 - Information Privacy and Security (3 Credits)

COSC 585 - Computer Communications Networks I  (3 Credits)  

COSC 678 - Modeling and Simulation  (3 Credits)  

COSC 685 - Computer Communications Networks II  (3 Credits)   

COSC 687 - Distributed Computer Systems  (3 Credits)  

COSC 691 - Selected Topics  (3 Credits) 

 

Track: Scientific Software Development

COSC 528 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3 Credits)

COSC 541 - Numerical Analysis I (3 Credits)

COSC 641 - Numerical Analysis II (3 Credits)

COSC 675 - Applied Combinatorics and Graph Theory (3 Credits)

COSC 676 - Queuing Theory (3 Credits)

COSC 678 - Modeling and Simulation (3 Credits)

 

Track: Software Engineering

COSC 535 - Information Privacy and Security (3 Credits)

COSC 540 - Human Factors (4 Credits)

COSC 565 - Software Engineering I  (3 Credits)

COSC 665 - Software Engineering II  (3 Credits)

COSC 719 - Image Processing I (3 Credits)

COSC 678 - Modeling and Simulation (3 Credits)     

                 

Track: Graphics and User Interfaces

COSC 518 - Computer Graphics I (3 Credits)            

COSC 690 - Selected Topics in Multimedia and Internet Computing (3 Credits) New Course

COSC 540 - Human Factors   (4 Credits)

COSC 591 - Selected Topics in Remote Sensing (3 Credits)

COSC 618 - Computer Graphics II (3 Credits)   

COSC 719 - Image Processing I (3 Credits)   

COSC 692 - Selected Topics  (3 Credits)

Track: Geographical Information Systems and Image Processing

COSC 518 - Computer Graphics I (3 Credits)

COSC 590 - Selected Topics in Geographic Information Systems (3 Credits) New Course

COSC 591 - Selected Topics in Remote Sensing (3 Credits) New Course

COSC 691 - Selected Topics in Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3 Credits) New Course

COSC 719 - Image Processing I (3 Credits)

 COSC 692 - Selected Topics  (3 Credits)