This fully online, interdisciplinary program includes classes in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Computer Science, and Crop Sciences departments at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

To earn the certificate, students must successfully complete 12 credit hours of courses, all of which can be transferred to the master’s degree program.

General Certification requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Complete at least 12 credit hours. See individual certificate requirements below.
• Take courses for academic credit and earn a minimum average GPA of 3.0
• Students must apply and be accepted to the non-degree program before registering for classes that are part of the certificate
• Coursework cannot be used to qualify for multiple certificates but can count towards the M.Eng in Digital Ag program.

Required Courses:
CPSC 499 Data Processing and Analysis (4hrs)
CS 412 Introduction to Data Mining (4 hrs)

Pick one:
CS 598 Practical Statistical Learning (4 hrs)
CS 410 Text Information Systems (4 hrs)
ABE 498 Data and Uncertainty Analysis (4 hrs)