Secure Software Engineering Certificate

With the global threats of cyber-crime, our nation’s continued security and economic prosperity depend on the availability of an increasing cybersecurity workforce. The Department of Computer Engineering offers a 9-unit Secure Software Engineering (SSE) Certificate program to students who seek career opportunities in cybersecurity and information assurance. The courses in the certificate program cover critical aspects in the security domain, including network security, software security, and cyber risk management.

Here are the requirements that you need to know.

1. In order to be eligible for admission to an advanced certificate, students complete an intake form or apply through CalState Apply and submit an official transcript(s) (noting the completion of a U.S. bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree from an accredited and/or recognized institution from a foreign country). Students must have a minimum of 2.5 undergraduate GPA.

2. Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 in all advanced certificate coursework, with no less than the grade of “C” in any course. A maximum of 4 units of coursework with a grade of “C” can count toward an advanced certificate. A maximum of 4 units of coursework may be repeated. Undergraduate lower division courses are not applicable to advanced certificates. A maximum of 30% of any graduate degree program units (e.g., 9 units for a 30-unit Master’s degree) can be completed from another institution and/or units from Open University (including advanced certificate courses) at SJSU with approval from the department or school. The choice of grading requirements may have implications for transferability to degree programs (University Policy S16-17 [pdf]).

3. One course requirement can be replaced with another course depending on the department schedule.

4. The advisor/director of the program is responsible for verifying a student’s satisfactory completion of the academic requirements established for the program and for forwarding a copy of the certificate audit completion form to the Office of Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The Office of the Registrar records the completion of the program on the student’s transcript. 

Secure Software Engineering Certificate Coordinators: Younghee Park & Bernardo Flores

If you have any questions, please email younghee.park@sjsu.edu and bernardo.flores@sjsu.edu with your full name and student ID number.

If you are interested in obtaining this certificate, follow the above mentioned steps in the program requirements tab.

Please note that we cannot adjust the course schedules due to your conflicts and we cannot make substitute courses except for the above course lists.