这个由16个单元组成的证书计划将为工程师提供所需的技能，以应对架构系统，系统系统和软件密集型系统日趋复杂的未来。此外，对体系结构的明确关注已显示出巨大的潜力，可以改善当前软件开发的最新水平并缓解其许多问题。<br>该程序使学生了解概念，原理和最新技术。软件架构中的最新方法，介绍使用SysML进行系统建模的原理和方法，将软件工程过程模型和管理方法应用于大型软件系统的设计和架构，并指导架构师完成概念，实施，部署，最后是系统退休。如果学生后来被录取为计算机科学理学硕士，则该证书所采取的课程可能适用于该学位。
This certificate program will provide engineers with the skills required to face the increasingly complex future in architecting systems, systems of systems and software-intensive systems. Students will be exposed to the concepts, principles and state-of-the-art methods in software architectures. This program introduces principles and approaches for modeling systems using SysML, applies software engineering process models and management approaches to the design and architecture of large software systems, and guides the architect through every phase of the conception, implementation, deployment and finally retirement of software systems. It is expected that participants in the certificate program will have completed an undergraduate degree in computer science or a related field and will have several years of practical experience in software engineering and/or systems engineering. If students are later admitted to the Master of Science in Computer Science, the courses taken for the certificate may be applied to that program.