The certificate in systems development is open to anyone with an associate or bachelor’s degree in IT. UNO students enrolled in the Division of Continuing Studies’ Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies degree program with an IT-related concentration and students in any of the College of IS&T undergraduate degree programs are also eligible to enroll in this certificate program. Systems development practitioners seek to optimize the design, implementation, and use of information systems for organizational purposes. The study of information systems and quantitative analysis involves application of computers, mathematics, statistics, and other quantitative techniques in the solutions of a wide variety of business problems. While computer science often concentrates on building the computer tools which make computers useful, it is information systems and quantitative analysis which specifically focuses on effectively applying these tools in the solutions of everyday business problems. The discipline of management information systems (MIS) includes the acquisition, deployment and management of information systems resources. MIS encompasses the development, implementation and management of computers, communications and data for organization-wide systems as well as departmental and individual technology systems. It also includes the responsibility for acquiring new information technology and incorporating it in the organization’s strategy, planning and practices. Undergraduate certificates allow the College of IS&T to offer a path for individuals who do not hold a bachelor's degree to advance their education along a focused, profession-orientated course of study and to have those studies acknowledged, documented, and later (should the student so desire), applied to a related bachelor’s degree program.