Computer Modeling Simulation Graduate Certificate
The Complex Systems program offers graduate certificates in two specialty areas: Computational Intelligence and Computer Modeling & Simulation. Students should apply to the Graduate Certificate Program before they finish all of the coursework for the graduate certificate, because they must be currently enrolled in order to validate their admission to the graduate certificate programs, and they must be currently enrolled in order to be awarded the Graduate Certificate. All courses applied to the Graduate Certificate must be no more than 7 years old at the time of the awarding of the Graduate Certificate. Students should notify the Complex Systems office when they are finishing their last course for the Graduate Certificate and run a DARS audit to ensure all requirements have been met.
Certificate Requirements
In order to earn a graduate certificate, a student must:
· complete 15 credit hours of courses in the specialty area,
· earn a GPA of 3.25 for these courses, and
· complete the online Application for Graduation.
Admission requirements
Students admitted to the master’s or doctoral program need not apply separately for admission to a graduate certificate. But to add the certificate to their master’s or doctoral program they must submit the GO-19M or GO-19D form (see http://www.pdx.edu/ogs/forms to The Graduate School at least one term before they apply for completion of the certificate.
Students not admitted to the doctoral or master’s program must submit to Systems Science: (1) a completed Application to Graduate Program form, and (2) official or unofficial copies of academic transcripts from an institution. The admissions committee will recommend the student’s admission if his or her academic transcript shows a completed undergraduate degree with a GPA of 2.75 or higher.
Certificate Requirements
Graduate certificate students must earn at least a B in all courses and their cumulative GPA must be at least 3.25. More detailed information is available in the Systems Science Graduate Student Handbook at https://www.pdx.edu/complex-systems/.
The graduate certificate in Computer Modeling & Simulation encompasses linear systems theory, discrete, agent-based, and continuous system simulation, and statistical modeling of structure. Typical application areas include process engineering, policy evaluation, data analysis & interpretation, and the study of feedback dynamics in complex systems.
Degree Requirements
Required Course
| SySc 514 | System Dynamics | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
At least one of the following two courses:
| SySc 525 | Agent Based Simulation | 4 |
| SySc 527 | Discrete System Simulation | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4-8 |
Electives
One of the following courses if all three of the above courses are taken; otherwise two of the following courses:
| CS 545 | Machine Learning | 3 |
| Psy 523 | Structural Equation Modeling | 4 |
| SySc 535 | Modeling & Simulation with R and Python | 4 |
| SySc 540 | Introduction to Network Science | 4 |
| SySc 551 | Discrete Multivariate Modeling | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3-8 |
Total Credit Hours: 15-16