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Build specialized skills

  • Choose across concentrations: Select any four courses from our Clinical and Life Sciences, Educational Practices, Professional Business Studies, VLSI Engineering, or AI and Applied Technology offerings.
  • Customize learning: Build a concentration that reflects your unique interests, whether that means diving deep into one area or blending skills across several.
  • Develop cross-disciplinary expertise: Gain a versatile skill set that spans multiple fields, preparing you to adapt and thrive in any industry or career path.

Advance your expertise across disciplines

Not every career fits neatly into one discipline. While our other concentrations let you choose four courses within a single area of focus, Interdisciplinary Studies lets you select any four courses across our full range of concentrations, from clinical and life sciences to business, education, engineering, and applied technology, so you can build a program that reflects your own goals and interests. Whether you're exploring multiple fields or combining skills that don't traditionally overlap, this concentration gives you the freedom to shape a path that's entirely your own.

Customize your learning path

Choose ANY 4 courses from these topics:

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AI Application Development

Develop practical AI applications using machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, and natural language processing. Build and deploy intelligent systems that solve complex real-world problems using modern AI frameworks.

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AI for Business

Learn how to apply AI to improve productivity, decision-making, and business operations. Explore generative AI, prompt engineering, automation, and emerging AI technologies through practical, hands-on learning.

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AI Engineer

Build practical AI applications using large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and AI agents. Gain hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying intelligent solutions that automate workflows and solve real-world business challenges.

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Computer Programming

Build a strong foundation in programming through hands-on experience with Python, Java, object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms. Develop the problem-solving skills needed to create efficient, reliable software applications.

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Data Science & Data Analytics

Develop the data science and AI skills needed to analyze complex datasets, build predictive models, and solve real-world problems. Gain hands-on experience with machine learning, data engineering, analytics, and modern AI tools.

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Embedded Systems

Build expertise in embedded hardware and software development. Explore firmware, Linux, FPGAs, PCB design, high-speed systems, and edge AI through practical, project-based learning.

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Software Engineering & Quality

Build practical software engineering skills through modern development practices, quality assurance, and DevOps. Learn to design, develop, test, and deploy software using industry-standard tools, Agile methodologies, and AI-enhanced workflows.

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User Experience & Web Design

Design user-centered digital experiences through hands-on learning in UX, web, and mobile design. Build practical skills in research, prototyping, interface design, and emerging technologies to create engaging digital products.

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Bioinformatics

Develop the computational and analytical skills essential to today's genomics, biotechnology, and healthcare industries.

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Clinical Trials Design and Management

Gain a practical understanding of the scientific principles, current regulations, and ethical issues underlying clinical research.

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Medical Devices Quality and Design

Learn the fundamentals and underlying concepts of regulatory compliance, as well as global harmonization quality compliance initiatives.

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Regulatory Affairs

Embark on a journey of discovery that emphasizes patient safety, ethics, and compliance, gaining a thorough understanding of regulatory intelligence, federal regulations, and global regulatory requirements.

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Early Childhood Education: Associate Teacher

Gain the knowledge and practical skills needed to work in preschools, child care centers, and other early learning environments. Study child development, curriculum, and evidence-based teaching practices that prepare you for the Associate Teacher role.

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Early Childhood Education: Advanced Teacher

Build advanced knowledge in child development, curriculum, inclusive teaching, and leadership. Designed for experienced educators, these courses prepare you to take the next step in your early childhood education career.

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Early Childhood Education: Supervision and Administration

Gain the knowledge and leadership skills to supervise or direct early childhood education programs. Study administration, staff development, curriculum, and child development to prepare for leadership roles in early learning settings.

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Special Education Teacher Assistant

With more than 850,000 students in California receiving special education services, schools urgently need well-prepared support professionals. Get the knowledge, skills, and credentials to serve as a highly effective paraprofessional in today’s diverse learning environments.

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Educational Therapy

Level the playing field for students of all ages in this Association of Educational Therapists-approved training program. Fast-track your career and learn to build your own practice.

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AI for Business

Learn how to apply AI to improve productivity, decision-making, and business operations. Explore generative AI, prompt engineering, automation, and emerging AI technologies through practical, hands-on learning.

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Business Administration

These courses build on the huge body of science underlying the latest best practices for management. You will gain practical skills to handle the day-to-day aspects of running a business and study evidence-based methods to maximize company performance.

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Human Resources Management

How do you recruit and retain top employees in a competitive market? Learn to manage the new generation of workers through total rewards programs, new analytics, an AI technologies. Build a culture with meaning.

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Marketing Management

These courses integrate essential marketing concepts with today’s most relevant practices, including digital marketing, analytics, customer engagement, and new tools such as AI-powered content creation and marketing automation.

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Project and Program Management

Our students, aspiring and seasoned project and program managers, learn from industry leaders who are guiding teams in Silicon Valley’s largest companies, most innovative startups, and trend-setting organizations.

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VLSI Engineering

You'll explore ASIC, semiconductor, EDA, device, and integrated circuits. In our VLSI lab, our instructors will give you the opportunity to get hands-on experience with hardware specification, logic design, verification, synthesis, physical implementation, circuit design, integrated circuit product testing, and the latest EDA tools on Linux.

Track 1: Front-end Design
For professionals pursuing careers in application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) architectural definitions and logic designs for its implementation.

Track 2: Back-end Design
For professionals interested in the physical implementations of ASIC designs from synthesis to silicon.

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AI Application Development

Develop practical AI applications using machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, and natural language processing. Build and deploy intelligent systems that solve complex real-world problems using modern AI frameworks.

View course list

AI for Business

Learn how to apply AI to improve productivity, decision-making, and business operations. Explore generative AI, prompt engineering, automation, and emerging AI technologies through practical, hands-on learning.

View course list

AI Engineer

Build practical AI applications using large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and AI agents. Gain hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying intelligent solutions that automate workflows and solve real-world business challenges.

View course list

Computer Programming

Build a strong foundation in programming through hands-on experience with Python, Java, object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms. Develop the problem-solving skills needed to create efficient, reliable software applications.

View course list

Data Science & Data Analytics

Develop the data science and AI skills needed to analyze complex datasets, build predictive models, and solve real-world problems. Gain hands-on experience with machine learning, data engineering, analytics, and modern AI tools.

View course list

Embedded Systems

Build expertise in embedded hardware and software development. Explore firmware, Linux, FPGAs, PCB design, high-speed systems, and edge AI through practical, project-based learning.

View course list

Software Engineering & Quality

Build practical software engineering skills through modern development practices, quality assurance, and DevOps. Learn to design, develop, test, and deploy software using industry-standard tools, Agile methodologies, and AI-enhanced workflows.

View course list

User Experience & Web Design

Design user-centered digital experiences through hands-on learning in UX, web, and mobile design. Build practical skills in research, prototyping, interface design, and emerging technologies to create engaging digital products.

View course list

Bioinformatics

Develop the computational and analytical skills essential to today's genomics, biotechnology, and healthcare industries.

View course list

Clinical Trials Design and Management

Gain a practical understanding of the scientific principles, current regulations, and ethical issues underlying clinical research.

View course list

Medical Devices Quality and Design

Learn the fundamentals and underlying concepts of regulatory compliance, as well as global harmonization quality compliance initiatives.

View course list

Regulatory Affairs

Embark on a journey of discovery that emphasizes patient safety, ethics, and compliance, gaining a thorough understanding of regulatory intelligence, federal regulations, and global regulatory requirements.

View course list

Early Childhood Education: Associate Teacher

Gain the knowledge and practical skills needed to work in preschools, child care centers, and other early learning environments. Study child development, curriculum, and evidence-based teaching practices that prepare you for the Associate Teacher role.

View course list

Early Childhood Education: Advanced Teacher

Build advanced knowledge in child development, curriculum, inclusive teaching, and leadership. Designed for experienced educators, these courses prepare you to take the next step in your early childhood education career.

View course list

Early Childhood Education: Supervision and Administration

Gain the knowledge and leadership skills to supervise or direct early childhood education programs. Study administration, staff development, curriculum, and child development to prepare for leadership roles in early learning settings.

View course list

Special Education Teacher Assistant

With more than 850,000 students in California receiving special education services, schools urgently need well-prepared support professionals. Get the knowledge, skills, and credentials to serve as a highly effective paraprofessional in today’s diverse learning environments.

View course list

Educational Therapy

Level the playing field for students of all ages in this Association of Educational Therapists-approved training program. Fast-track your career and learn to build your own practice.

View course list

AI for Business

Learn how to apply AI to improve productivity, decision-making, and business operations. Explore generative AI, prompt engineering, automation, and emerging AI technologies through practical, hands-on learning.

View course list

Business Administration

These courses build on the huge body of science underlying the latest best practices for management. You will gain practical skills to handle the day-to-day aspects of running a business and study evidence-based methods to maximize company performance.

View course list

Human Resources Management

How do you recruit and retain top employees in a competitive market? Learn to manage the new generation of workers through total rewards programs, new analytics, an AI technologies. Build a culture with meaning.

View course list

Marketing Management

These courses integrate essential marketing concepts with today’s most relevant practices, including digital marketing, analytics, customer engagement, and new tools such as AI-powered content creation and marketing automation.

View course list

Project and Program Management

Our students, aspiring and seasoned project and program managers, learn from industry leaders who are guiding teams in Silicon Valley’s largest companies, most innovative startups, and trend-setting organizations.

View course list

VLSI Engineering

You'll explore ASIC, semiconductor, EDA, device, and integrated circuits. In our VLSI lab, our instructors will give you the opportunity to get hands-on experience with hardware specification, logic design, verification, synthesis, physical implementation, circuit design, integrated circuit product testing, and the latest EDA tools on Linux.

Track 1: Front-end Design
For professionals pursuing careers in application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) architectural definitions and logic designs for its implementation.

Track 2: Back-end Design
For professionals interested in the physical implementations of ASIC designs from synthesis to silicon.

View course list

 

Ready to complete your concentration?

Once you have completed ANY 4 courses from the above topics and your final grades are posted, submit your completion fee through the Student Portal to begin the concentration review process. Allow 5–8 weeks to receive your concentration certificate.

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