The Graduate Certificate in Engineering Science offers core courses relevant to electrical, software or systems engineering. Complete four courses (#8 units) from one of the following fields: Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Systems Engineering. Each field of study has a huge number of courses to choose from, which cover a diversity of relevant topics. On completion, choose to progress to the 24-unit Master of Engineering Science. Because courses in the graduate certificate are taken from the master's course list, you can transfer study credits to the higher-level program. Fields of study Civil Engineering The 21st century is an era of great global and local challenges: climate change and the greenhouse effect, clean energy, reliable water supplies, infrastructure for booming populations, sustainable resource development, efficient and effective communications, to name but a few. These challenges create tremendous opportunities for a new generation of engineers. This is the dawn of a new engineering age where engineers are part of the solution at all scales from molecular to global. The GCEngSc(Civil Engineering) will equip Civil engineers with the necessary skills to actively contribute to finding solutions to these challenges. Students will advance their Civil engineering knowledge and skills and demonstrate their learning through practice-focused and advanced technical courses, experiential learning experiences, and research projects. Electrical Engineering Courses cover traditional electrical areas such as power systems, electronics and signal processing, as well as more specialized areas, including biomedical, computer systems, radio frequency and microwave, software, telecommunications). Projects generally follow the research interests of staff. Current interests include power electronics; problems of power delivery in a deregulated environment; modeling of semiconductor devices; development of sensors for the mining industry; and the automated analysis of pathology slides. This broadly-based program extends graduate career opportunities in telecommunications, electronics, computer hardware, control systems or power systems. Graduates are also employed by companies varying from the large and long-established to small, new start-up companies. Software Engineering This field of study consists of an extensive menu of intermediate- and advanced-level courses, which are designed to build on your existing engineering skills. In total, there are nearly 40 courses to choose from. Specific topics include operating systems, artificial intelligence, information systems, implementing compilers and interpreters for programming languages, and many more. Graduates typically work for global companies, state and federal government departments, and in many small, specialized and emerging companies.