This certificate program provides you with:

• Practical knowledge of at least two programming languages with additional study in at least one of the languages to enhance your marketability.
• Skills to write, compile, debug, and execute programs.
• A fundamental understanding of programming concepts and how they apply to procedural and object-oriented languages.
• Standard techniques and programming logic that will help you solve practical problems.
• Ways to find and correct errors in your programs.

Prerequisites
You should have a basic understanding of the fundamentals of programming. Specifically, you should be familiar with basic programming structures, output statements, constants, assignment statements, input statements, string and numeric variable types, conditionals, and branching and looping control structures. (If you are unfamiliar with these topics, you should take "Introduction to Programming Concepts.")

Certificate Class Requirements
A minimum of 60 hours is required –24 hours from Introductory classes, 24 hours from Intermediate classes, and 12 hours from Advanced classes. (Classes are 12 or 13 hours, unless otherwise labeled.)

Certificate Requirements
Complete the application form and return it with your $25 nonrefundable fee. To earn this certificate, you must complete the application form and a minimum of 60 hours in the classes and categories specified. If you have successfully completed some of these certificate classes through the UM-St. Louis Microcomputer Program in the 24 months prior to completing your application, they may be applied to this certificate. You can list these classes on your application form. Granting approval for these classes depends on verification of satisfactory completion of each class. Previously taken classes can be applied to only one specialized certificate.

• Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis; submitting the application and paying the fee doesn’t guarantee a seat in any class.
• You do not have to be enrolled in the certificate program to take these classes.
• You also receive CEUs for successful completion of each class. Students completing the Programming Chancellor's Certificate receive at least 6.0 CEUs. The hours completed in these classes will also be applied toward the 96-hour Chancellor's Certificate on the Computer. Other certificates are also available.

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