Certificate in Information Technology
Program Overview
Certificate in Information Technology Management
The Certificate in IT Management is a four-course, affordable option for professionals who need to gain or upgrade their IT skills to meet current market demands, focusing on the managerial aspects of information technology. This program is suitable for students who would like to become IT Managers, IT Project Managers, IT Consultants, IT Strategists, Chief Information Officers (CIO), or Chief Technology Officers (CTO) among others.
Program Overview
You will be prepared to create IT strategies that support the business, innovate with IT, and manage projects, as well as develop and maintain the IT architecture and infrastructure of an organization.
Application Process
- A completed admission application and non-refundable application fee
- Graduate Program Advisement with an admission counselor
- Official Transcript(s) from a regionally accredited college or university verifying the applicant's bachelor's degree. Normally, a grade point average of approximately 3.0 or higher in upper division undergraduate work is expected
Benefits
After completing the certificate program in IT Management, students will be able to:
- Understand the methods used to design and implement IT solutions in modern organizations
- Learn how to manage IT strategically in order to gain or sustain competitive advantage and business value
- Design the IT governance, architecture, and infrastructure in modern organizations
- Learn about project management phases, knowledge areas, tools, and techniques and their applications
- Strategically manage emergent technologies in modern organizations
Program Completion Time
The certificate can be completed in as little as six months, and is based on a sequence of four 3-unit graduate courses for a total of twelve credits. This requires enrollment for at least two terms, based on 11-week term schedules. The completion time does not account for any pre-requisite courses a student may need.
Admission Requirements
The program requires a background rooted in general business, computer programming, and quantitative tools.
- At a minimum, all students entering the program need to have completed the following courses which are pre-requisites into the program:
- At least one business course (e.g., Organizational Management, Organizational Behavior).
- Object-Oriented Programming.
- Quantitative methods for business or Business statistics.
- An undergraduate degree in information systems, business, computer science, engineering, math, physics, and other natural sciences or related fields is required for admission to the program. Students with other backgrounds will be considered based on their work experience and/or completion of pre-requisite courses as noted above.
- International students (who have completed a degree outside of the US) need to submit English proficiency requirements such as TOEFL of minimum 88 or IELTS of minimum 6.5.
Courses
The curriculum consists of four courses total. The following are required courses:
- IT 508 Information Technology Management
- IT 512 Project Management
Students will also choose any two of the electives below:
- IT 509 Data Management
- IT 510 Software Planning and Development
- IT 511 Data Communication and Networking
- IT 513 Information Security
- IT 514 Distributed Systems
- IT 520 IT Strategy and Business Value
- IT 521 Healthcare Information Technologies
- IT 522 Enterprise Systems
- IT 523 IT Architecture and Infrastructure
- IT 524 Emergent Technologies and Issues
- IT 582 Special Topics (IT Management)
Tuition & Fees
- Fall 2025 - Summer 2026 Tuition:
- Alumni: $520 per credit
- Non-Alumni: $640 per credit
- Technology Fee: $60 per term
- Application Fee: $32 online, $65 paper
- Late Registration Fee for registration submitted after the add/drop deadline: $63
- Late Transaction Fee for employer reimbursement applications received after the second week of the semester: $58
- Transcript Fee: $10.00 minimum All fees are subject to change without notice. The University reserves the right to change, delete, or add to this pricing schedule as deemed appropriate. Transcripts and diploma will not be released for any student who has an outstanding balance owed to Cal Lutheran.