Digital Design

The digital design certificate program creates technical professionals proficient in the modern digital technology. It describes the fundamental hardware design concepts of combinational and sequential circuits; introduces electronic design automation tools; covers the latest architectural features of today's processors and teaches quantitative analysis of hardware/software trade-offs. Finally, the capstone course surveys the processors currently in use and focuses on design of microprocessor-based systems. The prerequisite for the certificate program in digital design is a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Information Science. The curriculum requires successful completion of: CPEN 214, 315, 414, and 422.