The Systems Analyst graduate certificate is designed for IT professionals interested in pursuing further professional development in the field. This program teaches the systems development life cycle and emphasizes current techniques for documenting users' requirements while producing maintainable, cost-effective systems. You'll learn project management techniques for planning and supervising software development and infrastructure related projects. The program also covers advanced database management. This certificate requires 9 credit hours for completion. Illinois State is the only university in the state with information systems and computer science programs both accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET.