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@heading(Model for Characterizing and Creating Certificate
Programs in Technology-Specific Areas)
@heading(CMU-CS-96-128)
@center(@b(Carol L. Hoover))
@center(May 1996)
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Rapid changes in technology have resulted in an increasing need
to transfer state-of-the-art technical concepts to practicing
technologists. These technical professionals and their employers
seek in-depth educational opportunities to acquire advanced
knowledge of emerging technologies; but often they cannot afford
the time and money to pursue advanced degree programs. To satisfy
industry's need to assimilate state-of-the-art concepts in shortened
time spans, educational institutions have developed certificate
programs. A certificate program is a set of one or more courses 
related to a particular technical area. Certificate programs are
less extensive than degree programs. In this paper, we present a
model for analyzing and creating certificate programs. We apply
the model to the analysis of certificate programs offered by four
schools in areas related to software engineering. Then we use our
"meta-model" to generate a generic model for the creation of graduate
certificate programs in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie
Mellon University. Lastly, we discuss issues related to the creation
of certificate programs.

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@b(Keywords:@ )@c<Certificate programs, graduate software engineering programs,
professional education, software engineering education, technology-specific
educational programs>
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