Drone photographer, agricultural surveyor, 3-D modeler, power line inspector, rooftop inspector, search and rescue team member, drone flight instructor – with a career in drones, the sky is the limit!
If you want to learn more about career opportunities, job growth, and average salaries in drone operations, check out My Next Move.
Drone Academy
The Drone Academy is a five-module, non-credit program geared towards enthusiastic hobbyists and working professionals who are interested in gaining the knowledge and skills needed for drone operation, aerial photography and videography, FAA certification exam preparation, and computational photography and 3D mapping.
Each module can be completed as a stand-alone option, and participants can customize the program depending on their specific areas of interest. Participants who complete all five modules will gain a strong understanding of safe drone aviation, will be prepared to successfully pass the FAA exam, will learn the best practices for making quality aerial stills and videos using Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, and learn how to use Px4d software for landscape mapping and 3D modeling.
As the human impact on the environment continues to grow, so does the need for trained professionals in environmental fields that integrate the biological, physical, and earth sciences. If you want to learn more about career opportunities, job growth, and average salaries for jobs in environmental science, geography, and marine science, check out My Next Move.
For Credit Certificate Programs
Choose from a variety of credit-level certificate programs. Participating in credit-level programs requires formal admission to SCSU.
Undergraduate Certificate Programs
Geographic Information Systems, Certificate
A 12-credit, undergraduate certificate program with no prerequisties required.
Sustainability Leadership, Certificate
A 12-credit, undergraduate certificate program with no prerequisties required.
Mathematics plays a central role in many fields, from science to computer programming, from finance to economics. It is a critical component in an extensive spectrum of fields. If you want to learn more about career opportunities, job growth, and average salaries for the XXX, check out My Next Move.
Noncredit Training
Online, self-paced training in partnership with MindEdge. Register and start learning today.
Certificate in Data Analytics
Whatever your profession. Whatever your field. As a professional, and certainly as a leader, you will be asked to make a decision based on data. This certificate will introduce the different types of decisions made in an organizational setting, why quantitative analytics is important, and how data quality can affect decision making. This certificate highlights appropriate quantitative methods and ways to ensure quality and accuracy through research design.
For Credit Certificate Programs
Choose from a variety of credit-level certificate programs. Participating in credit-level programs requires formal admission to SCSU.
Graduate Certificate Programs
Applied Statistics, Graduate Certificate
Southern's 12-credit, graduate-level certificate in Applied Statistics is designed for individuals who wish to augment or begin studies in applied statistics. Students are trained in the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data. By enrolling in the certificate program, students build competency in the field of applied statistics that is beneficial to a wide range of careers because it improves individuals' data analytic skills.
Data Science, Graduate Certificate
Southern's 12-credit, graduate-level certificate in Data Science is designed for business and industry professionals who work with data or who are interested in data-driven decision-making. The certificate introduces students to Basic Python programming concepts, Python libraries, machine learning algorithms and models, and basic statistical and mathematical principles. Students learn analytical skills taught with current industry-standard tools, as well as fundamental programming skills to retrieve, manipulate, and visualize data. They also learn to apply machine learning, data mining, and inferential statistical techniques to identify patterns in data and make predictions.
The city of New Haven supports the second largest and growing Life Science and Blue Economy Cluster in New England and is home to major Life Science and Blue Economy companies. Many of these companies are growing and need talented technicians and scientists. If you want to learn more about career opportunities, job growth, and average salaries for science and science education jobs, check out My Next Move.
Noncredit Training
Online, self-paced training in partnership with MindEdge. Register and start learning today.
Noncredit Boot Camps
Blue Economy Innovation Bootcamps
The B.E. Innovation Bootcamp introduces the principles and best practices of innovation and design thinking and challenges participants to ideate innovations and engage in a design thinking exercise focused on sustainable Blue Economy solutions.
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BioPath Bootcamps
A series of non-credit-bearing, industry-sought boot camps to afford students and mid-career professional opportunities to retool and up-skill.
Free Educator Professional Development
The Institute for Real World Education and Curriculum Advancement (IRWECA) is a partnership between the Office of Research and Innovation at SCSU and the Connecticut State Department of Education.
The goals are:
- increase educator awareness of academic and career opportunities in STEM and Manufacturing
- support educators’ development and implementation of new teaching and learning aligned with the needs of those companies
IRWECA has 2 components:
- summer industry experience
- supports for education teams during the academic year
For Credit Certificate Program
Participating in credit-level programs requires formal admission to SCSU.
Graduate Certificate Programs
Choose from a vareity of noncredit training programs to further your manufacturing career.
Fully online programs with instructor-moderated training in partnership with Ed2Go.