At a minimum, all students entering the program need to have completed the following courses which are pre-requisites into the program:

At least one business course (e.g. Organizational Management, Organizational Behavior).
Object Oriented Programming.
Quantitative methods for business or Business statistics.
These courses are offered at Cal Lutheran (and are not part of the certificate program). Relevant work experience in the IT field will also be considered.

An undergraduate degree in information systems, business, computer science, engineering, math, physics, and other natural sciences or related fields is required for admission to the program. Students with other backgrounds will be considered based on their work experience and/or completion of pre-requisite courses as noted above.

International students (who have completed a degree outside of the US) need to submit English proficiency requirements such as Toefl of minimum 88 or IELTS or minimum 6.5.
International students (who have completed a degree outside of the US) need to submit English proficiency requirements such as For the TOEFL, the minimum acceptable score is 570 for the paper-based test, 230 for the computer-based test and 88 for the internet-based test.or IELTS or minimum 6.5.