The School of Politics, Security and International Affairs, the School of Public Administration, and the Department of Computer Science, offer a Graduate Certificate in Network Analysis and Applications that consists of 12 credit hours at the graduate level. Upon completing the certificate, students will be able to analyze networks either via pre-determined network analysis programs, by implementing the analysis via packages available in libraries in a suitable programming language, or by programming the analysis from scratch.
The Graduate Certificate in Network Analysis and Applications consists of 12 credit hours at the graduate level. Of these, 3 credit-hours are acquired via the core-course, 6 credit hours must be chosen from the list of restricted electives (see below). 3 additional credit hours are elective courses that can include a) one more of the courses listed as restricted electives; b) another elective course to be approved by the program advisor; c) independent studies with an affiliated faculty member to be chosen with approval from the program advisor and the selected faculty member.
Total Credit Hours Required: 12 Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Bachelor's Degree
Degree Requirements
Required Course
3 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- IDS6606 - Approaches to Network Analysis and Applications (3)
Restricted Electives
9 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Students will need to complete one of the following options to receive the certificate in addition to the required course.
- Complete 1 of the following
Option 1- Complete at least 3 of the following:
- COP5537 - Network Optimization (3)
- CNT5805 - Network Science (3)
- CAP6315 - Social Media and Network Analysis (3)
- POS6729 - Political Network Analysis (3)
- PAD6829 - Network Analysis in Public Policy and Management (3)
- PAD7827 - Network Governance (3)
Option 2- Complete all of the following
- Complete at least 2 of the following:
- COP5537 - Network Optimization (3)
- CNT5805 - Network Science (3)
- CAP6315 - Social Media and Network Analysis (3)
- POS6729 - Political Network Analysis (3)
- PAD6829 - Network Analysis in Public Policy and Management (3)
- PAD7827 - Network Governance (3)
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following types of courses: Non-restricted elective course approved by the the program advisor.
Option 3- Complete all of the following
- Complete at least 2 of the following:
- COP5537 - Network Optimization (3)
- CNT5805 - Network Science (3)
- CAP6315 - Social Media and Network Analysis (3)
- POS6729 - Political Network Analysis (3)
- PAD6829 - Network Analysis in Public Policy and Management (3)
- PAD7827 - Network Governance (3)
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following types of courses: XXX 6908: Independent study to be approved by a selected faculty member and the program advisor.
Grand Total Credits: 12
Application Requirements
Application Deadlines
