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AFIT's Software Professional Development Program

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Certificates Offered

Our certificate program offers up to four certificates for courses completed:

  • The Software Engineering Management Certificate is awarded in recognition of successful completion of topics related to software project management and the individual components of the software lifecycle model. It will be awarded for the completion of CSE 479, CSE 480, and CSE 481. If the student completed CSE 480 prior to 30 Sep 04, then CSE 479 is not required to received this certificate.


  • The Software Lifecycle Development Certificate is awarded in recognition of a more in-depth study of each of the phases of the software lifecycle. It will be awarded after the successful completion of CSE 482, CSE 483, CSE 484, and CSE 485.


  • The Advanced Software Development Certificate is awarded after the successful completion of CSE 486, CSE 487, and CSE 488, in recognition of these analysis, modeling, and testing topics.


  • Note: Students must complete at least two of these preceding three certificates, or, seven of the SPDP courses, in order to be eligible for CSE 496.

  • The fourth certificate, the Technical Software Development Certificate is awarded after the successful completion of CSE 489 and CSE 496, in recognition of completing the project-centered courses in the program.


SPDP is a registered educational provider for IEEE's Certified Software Development Professionals.

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