Advanced Digital Technologies
Overview
Degrees Offered: AAS
Program Begins: Fall, Spring, Summer
Delivery Method: Online, On Campus
Phone: 701-224-2429
Email: bsc.cet@bismarckstate.edu
Description
With an ever-changing workplace, many employers desire graduates who have well-rounded educational backgrounds including skills related to digital technology. The Advanced Digital Technology degree offers students an opportunity to combine three short-term certificates (16+ credits each) that are job skill related into one AAS degree. The certificates would include coursework from technical fields including cybersecurity, mobile application development, management, and exercise science.
The Advanced Digital Technologies degree empowers students to customize their degree based on educational and professional goals. The short-term certificates are designed to provide you with workforce-ready technical skills in addition to strengthening your critical thinking, analysis, problem solving, and communication skills.
Preparation
Students should be able to clearly articulate individual career goals. Students are recommended to work with an advisor to customize their education plan to align with their career goals.
Requirements
Students who complete the curriculum requirements earn an Associate in Applied Science degree.
Career Opportunities
The Advanced Digital Technology degree provides opportunities for career advancement, increased job responsibility, or preparation for alternative employment.
Program Certificate Options
- Accounting
- Applied Arts
- Applied Communication
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Specialist
- Arts Business
- Athletic Coaching
- Business End User Security
- Business Fundamentals
- Computer Networking
- CPA Accounting
- Digital Broadcasting
- Digital Forensics and Incident Response
- Education Foundations - Substitute Teaching
- Eligibility Worker
- Exercise Science
- Foundations in Emerging Technologies
- Geospatial Technology
- Graphic Design Technology
- Industrial Robotics
- Insurance
- IT and Cybersecurity Governance
- Leadership
- Management
- Mechanic I
- Mechatronics I
- Mechatronics II
- Modern Computing Technologies
- Offensive and Defensive Security
- Operator I
- Petroleum Production Advanced Operator
- Petroleum Production Operator II
- Power Process Advanced Operator
- Power Process Operator II
- Print and Digital Publications
- Psychology
- Secure Programming
- Security and Hacking
- Security Operations
- Small Business Entrepreneurship
- Software Analysis
- Sport and Fitness Management
Development of additional certificates is in progress.