Technology

Online Degree and Certificate Programs

Master the fundamentals of acoustics to prepare for a rewarding career in audio, biology, medicine, geology, electronics, physics, music, architecture, or other emerging fields.

Position yourself to be a leader in the fast-growing 3D printing industry. This online master's program draws upon the resources and faculty of Penn State’s renowned College of Engineering to offer students the analytical and practical skills required for using additive manufacturing technologies.

Gain hands-on experience with the latest innovative software programs and study curriculum designed by experts in the field. This online program can help you develop data analysis skills and explore applied statistics without delving too deeply into the foundations of mathematical statistics.

This 33-credit artificial intelligence master's degree will help you gain the skills and knowledge needed to develop intelligent systems and explore new frontiers in artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and computer vision.

This 30-credit artificial intelligence master's degree with the AI Engineering Option can help you gain the skills and knowledge needed to develop intelligent systems and explore new frontiers in artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and computer vision.

The Applied and Generative AI Option of the AI master’s degree is tailored for tech-savvy professionals who want to translate artificial intelligence into real operational value. Emphasizing low-code and no-code tools, the curriculum focuses on applying AI to improve processes, support data-informed decision-making, and lead innovation initiatives without requiring deep software development expertise.

The Master of Computer Science (MCS) degree is a 30-credit online, interdisciplinary master’s program that aims to prepare students to drive the design, development, and deployment of software systems across a broad array of application domains to meet contemporary social and technical challenges.

Cultivate the knowledge and practical skills required to collect, classify, analyze, and model data at large and ultra-large scales and across domains using statistics, computer science, machine learning, and software engineering with this online data analytics master's degree program.

Build skills and knowledge for analyzing big data to solve business problems. Learn to design and build large-scale databases, then extract, interpret, and present information that drives effective solutions.

Build a practical skill set that can help support data-driven business decisions. The business analytics option of this master’s degree focuses on preparing students for positions such as business analyst and analytic system designer.

Keep pace with the rapidly changing field of digital communication, and become a voice of truth in the age of digital journalism and media. This online degree program is designed to give you a strong foundation in journalism, while allowing you to customize your degree through course work in telecommunications, visual media, and media management.

Build a strong portfolio as you learn to develop and deliver compelling design using information technology and communication skills in this online degree program. You'll create projects using leading multimedia applications and programming languages in this dynamic, project-based curriculum.

Prepare for a broad range of electrical engineering careers by focusing on practical, hands-on course work developed by experts in the field. This online master's degree program does not require GRE scores or a thesis.

This online master's program in enterprise architecture and business transformation (EABT) integrates both business strategy and enterprise technical execution. EABT improves organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and agility by delivering holistic business-aligned and digitally focused systems.

The Penn State enterprise technology integration major combines foundational course work in information technology, application development, and business fundamentals with specialized courses in systems integration. Learn to integrate enterprise IT solutions to help organizations succeed.

Prepare for a career in the private and public sectors as a data analyst, decision-maker, and communicator. This online data analytics degree prepares students with the math, science, and computer skills needed to perform detailed data analytics, as well as communication fundamentals required to present data to a variety of audiences in written, visual, and spoken formats.

This online GIS master’s degree program can help you uncover insights and relationships to improve strategic decision making. Learn to apply industry best practices and the latest mapping tools to integrate, visualize, and interpret geospatial data. Customize your GIS degree program with 30 online courses.

In this online homeland security (HLS) master’s program, you can acquire a broad base of knowledge relevant to current policies and programs of the homeland security administration, focusing on preventing cyber attacks and understanding cyber laws.

Combine intelligence analysis with geospatial science and technology to gain situational awareness and provide a decisive advantage in preventing and responding to homeland security threats. This online degree program can help improve the accuracy of your organization's most critical intelligence assessments.

This online information science master’s degree program can prepare you to face evolving IT challenges, including integration, security, and data analysis. You’ll also explore developing state-of-the-art IT applications and managing IT staff and projects to ensure business continuity.

Develop practical IT skills through hands-on projects and an internship. This online degree program is designed for working professionals without formal IT training who want to pursue a career in technology management.

This online bachelor’s IT degree program explores how we can strengthen the power of information and technology and use it to increase human potential. The course work focuses on creating innovative systems and technology solutions in a wide range of industries.

Learn to evaluate the impact of technology on learning while you expand your skills in instructional design and instructional technology. This online master's degree program explores best practices in the field of learning design using practical, real-life examples.

Tailor this online master's degree program to support your educational and professional goals. This non-thesis Penn State program offers a relevant and flexible nuclear engineering curriculum with course work developed by experts in the field.

Learn to leverage technical expertise and project development skills to successfully implement renewable energy systems and sustainable business policies through the courses offered in this online degree program.

Prepare yourself to analyze risk, design secure systems, and ensure that proper levels of privacy are maintained in business and government. Penn State’s security and risk analysis degree focuses on the technologies, education, and policies to protect people, information, and other assets.

This ABET–accredited online software engineering degree program is ideal for creative thinkers interested in coding and computer programming, mathematics, chemistry, and physics. During your senior year, you will work with real companies during an industry-sponsored design project.

Learn cutting-edge approaches to creating, maintaining, and improving software systems. This cohort-based online master's program mimics the remote-workplace environment often found in the global marketplace.

The M.S. in Spatial Data Science can help you leverage vast amounts of geospatial data to identify patterns, develop insights, and solve location-based problems. Prepare to work where GIS and spatial analysis intersect with the principles of data science, visualization, and programming.

Establish foundational knowledge of additive manufacturing (3D printing) and improve the critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity skills needed by additive manufacturing engineers with this online certificate program.

In this online AI engineering certificate, you can learn to design, build, and maintain machine learning and natural language models while honing your programming skills.

Apply artificial intelligence in strategic and organizational contexts for competitive advantage in this 9-credit, online AI Strategy, Leadership, and Business Impact graduate certificate. Designed for business leaders, this non-technical program focuses on the enterprise application of AI to drive smarter decisions and stronger business outcomes.

Strengthen your data analysis and statistics skills while training on the latest industry-standard software programs. This online certificate program blends practical and theoretical data analysis and can give you the tools and knowledge you need to handle and analyze data for your organization.

This 9-credit online artificial intelligence for business and innovation certificate explores how to use low-code/no-code AI platforms to drive innovation and solve real-world business challenges with practical AI and applied machine learning. No extensive programming is required.

This AI certificate equips professionals to apply artificial intelligence to real-world digital transformation. Learn to design responsible, governable AI systems, build autonomous agents, and drive automation that improves decision-making, efficiency, and organizational performance.

The Graduate Certificate in Audio Devices and Signal Processing provides students with a comprehensive understanding of audio devices and signal processing principles, enabling them to critically evaluate and solve related problems using advanced techniques and software simulation tools, such as MATLAB.

Learn to analyze, architect, design, implement, and manage the technical aspects of an enterprise IT system to meet business objectives. Explore the latest theories in information science, including cloud computing, blockchain, machine learning, and more.

This online graduate certificate focuses on computer vision, the subfield of AI covering the design and applications of computer-based, machine vision systems that can interpret visual information and make decisions. The certificate is embedded within the artificial intelligence master's program.

This 9-credit online data analytics certificate program focuses on quantitative business analytics skills needed to interpret and analyze data to support informed business decisions. It can help you prepare for a career as a data analyst or business analyst and is embedded within the base program of the data analytics master’s degree.

In this online data analytics and engineering program, you can learn to design, build, and maintain large-scale data infrastructure as well as program for data modeling, integration, warehousing, and analysis.

This 9-credit online data engineering certificate program focuses on developing, deploying, and maintaining data within large-scale databases. It can help you prepare for a career as a data engineer or data architect and is embedded within the base program of the data analytics master’s degree.

Learn the latest production techniques for generating computer-based graphics and media-rich productions. This online digital arts certificate program blends art theory with the latest web-based technologies, allowing you to work in an innovative virtual space as you explore graphic arts and design.

Learn to use course design and innovative technology to create and deliver impactful online teaching and learning experiences. This 9-credit e-learning design certificate program takes a project-based approach to instructional design.

Learn how to effectively integrate instructional technology into your curriculum to enhance your students' learning outcomes by enrolling in our online educational technology certificate program.

Obtain skills and knowledge that can support your work as an engineer who designs electrical devices and systems that usher in the future. Courses with a grade of B or better from this 9-credit certificate can be applied to the World Campus Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering.

Develop a unique skill set that incorporates business, strategy, and the technology that powers it. This online graduate certificate program can provide you with the expertise to make strategic decisions and create IT solutions that solve complex business challenges.

Gain advanced knowledge of enterprise information security technology, gap analysis, migration planning, and network strategy with this online enterprise information and security technology architecture certificate program.

Extend your knowledge and stand out in a competitive job market by studying online to learn the essential business management functions of SAP, the leading global provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.

This 9-credit online graduate certificate program focuses on the foundations of artificial intelligence, including intelligent agents, search and planning, machine learning, and predictive analytics. The certificate is embedded within the artificial intelligence master's program.

This 9-credit online data science certificate program covers the foundations of data science methodology. It is ideal for those who wish to pursue a career as a data scientist or data analyst and is embedded within the base program of the data analytics master’s degree.

This online GIS certificate program provides students with hands-on course experiences to develop technical skills using the latest mapping tools in the geospatial industry. Kickstart or advance your career as a GIS analyst or applications specialist. Learn how you can apply credits toward a master’s degree.

This online programming certificate can expand your web mapping and coding skills. Geospatial professionals can learn to create web-based interactive mapping applications that support spatial data science. Prior programming experience is not required.

Build the foundation for a leadership role in any IT–related field. This 12-credit certificate program focuses on practical skills that can be immediately implemented in the information technology workplace.

Build your understanding of information systems security, risk management, digital forensics, knowledge management, cybersecurity, crisis and disaster management, and web security and privacy in this online graduate certificate.

Gain the predictive analytics skills needed to design, build, and monitor IT infrastructure to effectively support business operations. Learn by working with real-world data using the R statistical system and Python programming language.

This 9-credit online engineering certificate focuses on skills needed to excel at design thinking, requirements engineering, and systems architecture. It can help you prepare for a variety of careers related to the engineering and development of new products, processes, and systems.

This 9-credit graduate certificate focuses on natural language processing (NLP), a subfield of AI centered on the interaction between computers and human language. This certificate is embedded within the artificial intelligence master's program.

The Graduate Certificate in Noise Control and Building Acoustics provides students with a comprehensive understanding of noise control and building acoustics, applying critical thinking to evaluate and solve related problems. Students will use advanced knowledge and software tools, such as MATLAB, to analyze issues and communicate their solutions using online learning resources.

Learn to support the implementation and use of informatics tools in technology-rich health care environments. The curriculum in this online certificate program includes courses in electronic health records, clinical decision support tools, and other topics geared specifically for registered nurses who work directly with technology.

Learn to leverage data gathered from drones, satellites, and lidar. This certificate focuses on remote sensing, terrain mapping, and image analysis and draws upon the resources of one of the most respected online GIS programs in the U.S.

Learn to secure systems, evaluate and measure risk, and maintain proper levels of privacy by using the latest tools and techniques in this online security and risk analysis undergraduate certificate program.

Explore the science of consumer preference. The course work for this online graduate certificate program can help you learn how to obtain market data through research and translate that data into desirable product features.

This online software engineering certificate can provide you the knowledge and skills needed to analyze, architect, design, implement, and manage the technical aspects of large-scale software system development.

Focus on electric-driven study as you prepare to lead development in the rapidly expanding solar energy sector. This online certificate program includes courses that offer a foundation in project development, system design and analysis, and process improvement.

This online spatial data science certificate program can prepare you to design new mapping and analysis solutions to address real-world problems that involve space, place, and location. Learn to harness the power of spatial data through advanced analytical techniques and visualization approaches.