Graduate Certificate in Information Systems Development

Who is the Information Systems Development Certificate program for?

Companies of all sizes depend on information systems to manage their operations, production, communications, records, distribution, sales and customer interactions. Information systems often need to be developed and/or customized for the specific needs of the company or industry and with business goals in mind.

Drexel’s Post-Baccalaureate/Graduate Certificate in Information Systems Development is an interdisciplinary certificate program jointly offered by Drexel's LeBow College of Business and College of Computing & Informatics (CCI) that provides broad knowledge on analyzing, designing and deploying information systems.

This certificate is part of a suite of five Business Information Technology certificates that can be applied toward Drexel’s Master of Science in Business Information Technology (MSBIT), also offered through LeBow and CCI. Three certificates must be completed to receive the MS degree, including our required foundational Certificate in Information Technology & Management.

Fast Facts

Information Systems Development Curriculum

IMPORTANT NOTE: Drexel operates on the quarter, not semester, system, offering classes during four 10-week terms throughout the year. 

The courses in this certificate provide you with both technical and business skills and knowledge, and they cover business agility, database management, and the latest approaches to development of information systems and application software. 

The curriculum includes five required courses:

• INFO 540: Perspectives on Information Systems
• INFO 650: Database Management Systems 
• CT 630: Application Software Construction and Operation
• MIS 624: System Analysis & Design
• MIS 652: Business Agility and IT

Please visit Drexel’s Course Catalog for a full description of each required course for this program. You can also find a sample Plan of Study for the certificate.

Admissions

Please visit our Graduate Admissions section for admissions requirements and application deadlines.

Customize Your Education with Our Business Information Technology Certificates

CCI and LeBow also offer a suite of graduate certificates to allow students to customize their education. In addition to the Information Systems Development Certificate, we offer the following modular, stackable certificates in Business Information Technology:

• Digital Transformation: Focuses on preparing an organization for the rapid changes required to embrace technologies that are transforming industries.
• Information Technology and Management: Provides fundamental knowledge, business application, management and administration of information technology.
• Information Technology Strategy & Execution: Emphasizes software economics, project management, information technology planning, and strategy and execution.
• Organizational Security: Emphasizes securing business information infrastructure, cloud security, security policy, assurance and forensics.

Note: Students in the MSBIT will be required to complete the Information Technology & Management certificate in addition to two other certificates listed above.

Additional Information

For more information, please contact the College of Computing & Informatics’ graduate recruitment team at cciinfo@drexel.edu, or Noor Jemy, LeBow College of Business’ assistant director of graduate student services – advising, naj42@drexel.edu.