Digital Platforms for Service Innovation, Graduate Certificate (Boston)

Graduatemajor2027 catalogEngineeringBoston12 semester hours totalverified parse

Course 1

From the catalog
Complete a cross-disciplinary training course from the appropriate course 1 option list.
This requirement offers cross-disciplinary training in one of two areas: in social sciences or business for learners with a background in engineering or computer science and in knowledge engineering for learners with a background in the social sciences or business. Students should complete one of the courses listed below or submit a petition to their advisor for a different course that they believe is suitable. Some options to meet this course 1 requirement are prerequisites of options to meet the course 3 requirement of this program. Students are encouraged to examine course 3 options when planning their course 1 selection.

One of:
- Course 1 for Learners with Background in Engineering or Computer Science — all of:
  - PHIL 5005 — Information Ethics
  - PHIL 5010 — AI Ethics
  - PPUA 5262 — Big Data for Cities
  - PPUA 6502 — Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
- Course 1 for Learners with Background in the Social Sciences or Business — all of:
  - CS 5800 — Algorithms
  - IE 6400 — Foundations for Data Analytics Engineering

Course 2

ENGR 6010 — Fundamentals of the Platform Economy

Course 3

From the catalog
Complete an elective from one of the following elective lists. Students should choose one of the courses listed below or submit a petition for a different course they believe is suitable. Some options to complete this requirement have prerequisites outside the curriculum for this certificate program.

One of:
- Modeling and Algorithms Electives — all of:
  - CIVE 7100 — Time Series and Geospatial Data Sciences
  - CIVE 7380 — Performance Models and Simulation of Transportation Networks
  - CIVE 7381 — Transportation Demand Forecasting and Model Estimation
  - CS 5340 — Computer/Human Interaction
  - CS 5800 — Algorithms
  - ECON 5140 — Applied Econometrics
  - EECE 5642 — Data Visualization
  - EECE 5644 — Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
  - EECE 7398 — Advanced Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  - IE 6200 — Engineering Probability and Statistics
  - IE 7215 — Simulation Analysis
  - IE 7275 — Machine Learning and Data Analytics
  - OR 6205 — Deterministic Operations Research
  - PPUA 5261 — Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making
- Urban Affairs Electives — all of:
  - CIVE 5373 — Transportation Systems: Analysis and Planning
  - CIVE 6566 — Sustainable Urban Transportation: Netherlands
  - CIVE 7385 — Public Transportation
  - PPUA 5262 — Big Data for Cities
  - PPUA 5263 — Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy
  - PPUA 5265 — Global Urbanization and Planning
  - PPUA 5266 — Urban Theory and Science
  - PPUA 6201 — The 21st-Century City: Urban Opportunities and Challenges in a Global Context
  - PPUA 7237 — Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems
- Policy and Regulation Electives — all of:
  - ENSY 5000 — Fundamentals of Energy System Integration
  - PPUA 5260 — Ecological Economics
  - PPUA 5264 — Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change
  - PPUA 6500 — Principles of Public Administration
  - PPUA 6502 — Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
  - PPUA 6506 — Techniques of Policy Analysis
- Energy and Environment Electives — all of:
  - CIVE 5363 — Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy
  - CIVE 5699 — Special Topics in Civil Engineering
- Product Management and Platform-Based Business Model Innovations Electives — all of:
  - EMGT 6225 — Economic Decision Making
  - MKTG 6200 — Creating and Sustaining Customer Markets

GPA requirements

Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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