Information Technology & Cybersecurity Program Partnerships

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) ranks as the third fastest-growing technology skill in the U.S. freelance job market. Tulane partner Automation Anywhere is a global leader in RPA, empowering organizations to automate end-to-end business processes with intelligent software bots – AI-powered digital workers perform repetitive and manual tasks, resulting in dramatic productivity gains, optimized customer experience, and increased employee engagement. This partnership offers students the world’s only cloud-native and web-based automation platform combining RPA, artificial intelligence, and machine learning and analytics.

Automation Anywhere has deployed over 2.9 million bots to support some of the world’s largest enterprises across all industries in more than 90 countries. According to Forrester, “the RPA market will reach $2.9 billion by 2021”.

Tulane University Information Technology Programs partners with Automation Anywhere to offer students access to instruction and certification on Robotic Process Automation and Development, a rapidly growing field resulting in high demand for RPA developers.

Student Benefits of our Automation Anywhere Partnership

• Accelerate your career by learning highly in-demand robotic process automation bot development
• Access to the Automation Anywhere Enterprise RPA Platform, training, and globally recognized Essentials certification
• Stand out for internships and full-time roles with an in-demand certification applicable across many industries
• Earn academic course credit at the same time as preparing for the Automation Anywhere RPA Essentials certification exam
• Flexibility to earn your degree from anywhere: Our programs are designed with your work schedule and busy home life in mind. Courses are 100% online and combine synchronous and asynchronous elements.

AWS experts, along with Tulane faculty, develop and maintain course curriculum, specifically for the Tulane AWS Academy course curriculum, that keeps pace with cloud innovation. All Tulane faculty members teaching AWS Academy courses have earned an AWS Certification and are proficient in AWS technology. Through lectures, hands-on labs, group discussions, individual projects, and knowledge checks, you’ll gain a real-world understanding of AWS Cloud practices throughout the course of your studies.

The AWS Academy program gives you access to the AWS Cloud skills and knowledge you need to hit the ground running after graduation. When you graduate, you’ll have mastered skills that open doors to professional opportunities.

Forbes magazine has ranked AWS Certification as one of the top 15 most valuable IT certifications. AWS Academy courses are aligned with AWS Certifications, which means that the things you learn are directly related to the industry-recognized validation measure. You can pursue AWS Certifications to validate and showcase your AWS Cloud skills. As a Tulane IT Program AWS Academy student, you’ll receive one free practice exam and a 50% discount off your AWS Certification Exam.

Student Benefits of our AWS Academy Partnership

• It doesn’t cost anything extra. Since the AWS Academy curriculum is embedded into your coursework, you only pay your normal tuition rate.
• You can earn more money in your future career. The average salary of an AWS Certified IT employee is 29% higher than non-certified staff.
• Flexibility to earn your online master’s in information technology from anywhere: Our programs are designed with your work schedule and busy home life in mind. Courses are 100% online and combine synchronous and asynchronous elements.

The Tulane University SoPA Information Technology Programs Department has partnered with the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), a non-profit trade association and the leading provider of vendor-neutral IT certifications in the world, with more than 2,000,000 IT certifications issued worldwide.

Through this partnership, students who have successfully completed related courses are eligible to take CompTIA professional certification exams at highly discounted prices. In doing so, students will not only receive a top-tier academic degree but also gain the opportunity to achieve targeted professional certifications from the world’s leading (non-vendor) certification organization.

Student Benefits of our CompTIA Partnership

• Receive heavily discounted certification opportunities.
• Relate certification topics to academic knowledge as you learn.
• Tulane handles the certification voucher process and delivers it directly to the student as part of your course.
• Earn a top-tier academic degree, as well as related professional certifications in IT domains heavily sought after by industry employers (cybersecurity, cloud & virtualization, project/program/product management, server/network).
• Flexibility to earn your online master’s in IT from anywhere: Our programs are designed with your work schedule and busy home life in mind. Courses are 100% online and combine synchronous and asynchronous elements.

CompTIA Professional Certificate Opportunities Available for Tulane SoPA Students* Include:

• Security+
• Cloud+
• Network+
• Server+
• Project+

*available only to Tulane degree program students (undergraduate/graduate) upon completion of a related Tulane SoPA IT academic course.

The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) is a Cybersecurity certification body and technology organization offering certifications and education resources to professionals, organizations, institutions, governments, and ministries across the world.

EC-Council Academia, a division under EC-Council, has partnered with Tulane SoPA to offer discounted EC-Council certification courses such as Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH). Official EC-Council certification resources, lab technologies, exam vouchers, and more will be offered at significant discounts for students and faculty. EC-Council certifications are highly valued in both the public and private sector and carry accreditations by the US Department of Defense (DoD), the American Council on Education (ACE), CREST, ARMY CA, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and more. EC-Council has certified over 250,000 industry professionals.

Student Benefits of our EC-Council Partnership

• EC-Council is the owner and creator of the globally recognized Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification program, coining the phrase “Ethical Hacking” in today’s industry.
• Students receive automatic Exam Eligibility when purchasing any full Academia Series course.
• Earn highly recognized, accredited, and technical Cybersecurity certifications at affordable rates.
• Obtain credentials recognized by the US Department of Defense (DoD) and another military branch Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) programs.
• Receive complimentary tickets to Hacker Halted events and Global CyberLympics competitions.
• Enjoy discounts on EC-Council technologies such as CyberQ, CodeRed, Break-The-Code, or select workshops.

The Tulane School of Professional Advancement (SoPA) and the ISC2 Central Gulf Coast Chapter have partnered to offer a tuition discount to chapter members. Tulane SoPA believes in ISC2’s mission to support the Central Gulf Coast cybersecurity community (skilled professionals & anyone with an interest in learning more about cybersecurity) by sharing industry information and best practices, facilitating networking and collaboration opportunities, as well as providing professional development resources. Members consist of ISC2 credentialed professionals who hold either an SSCP, CAP, CSSLP and/or a CISSP or advanced concentration certification as well as non-credentialed professionals who have an interest in learning and practicing information security.

ISC2 Central Gulf Coast Chapter members typically work in areas of cybersecurity, information systems, software, information technology, network communications, and critical infrastructure.

The Tulane School of Professional Advancement is excited to announce our partnership with Operation Spark. As part of this agreement, graduates of the Operation Spark bootcamp will be eligible to start at Tulane with 15 credits towards their degree in Information Technology.

Operation Spark is a New Orleans-based non-profit organization that offers intensive software development training and workforce preparation to low-opportunity individuals through a bootcamp program. This application development bootcamp is designed to offer attendees the "fastest route to a career in software development."

The partnership establishes guidelines and procedures for the granting of undergraduate course credit to Operation Spark students who have successfully completed the Operation Spark Adult Workforce Immersion Program. Specifically, upon successful completion of the Operation Spark program, graduates will be eligible to receive prior learning credit for five (5) Tulane SoPA Information Technology undergraduate courses for a total of 15 credits:

• CPST 1200
• CPST 2200
• CPST 2400
• CPST 3410
• CPST 3250

In doing so, Tulane SoPA Info Tech will continue the great work by our partners at Operation Spark by offering their graduates a clear and attainable path to a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology/Integrated Application Development. For more information about this agreement and this pathway for students, please visit the Tulane SoPA BS in Information Technology website or contact SoPA Information Technology Programs Dept. Director, Prof. Ralph Russo.

PeopleCert is the global leader in the assessment and certification of professional skills, partnering with multi-national organizations and government bodies to develop and deliver market leading exams worldwide. PeopleCert maintains a comprehensive portfolio of 700+ exams delivered in 25 languages across 200 countries every year, including the global programs of ITIL as the exclusive provider.

Tulane University Information Technology Programs partners with PeopleCert to offer students access to instruction and certification on ITIL and DevOps, two best practice IT Management frameworks that are in use in many/most mid-to-large information technology companies.

Student Benefits of our PeopleCert Partnership

• Accelerate your career by learning highly in-demand information technology best practices
• A heavily discounted, industry-recognized, and highly in-demand professional certification exam voucher is available as part of the course.
• Prepare for the certification exam in class, taught by an experienced, credentialed expert on ITIL and DevOps
• Earn academic course credit at the same time as preparing for an ITIL and DevOps certification exam
• Flexibility to earn your degree from anywhere: Our programs are designed with your work schedule and busy home life in mind. Courses are 100% online and combine synchronous and asynchronous elements.

ServiceNow is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider, offering IT service management tools to the IT operations of large corporations.

ServiceNow experts, along with Tulane faculty, develop and maintain a course curriculum that keeps pace with PaaS innovation. All Tulane faculty members teaching our IT Service Management curriculum courses have earned ServiceNow Certification and are highly proficient in this technology. Through lectures, hands-on labs, group discussions, individual projects, and knowledge checks, you’ll gain a real-world understanding of IT Service Management practices throughout the course of your studies and will be career-ready after graduation. As a Tulane IT Program student, you’ll be able to earn two ServiceNow certifications during your IT Service Management course.

Read the course announcement here.

Student Benefits of our ServiceNow Partnership

• It doesn’t cost anything extra: Since the ServiceNow curriculum is embedded into your coursework, you only pay your normal tuition rate.
• Accelerate your career by learning a highly in-demand skillset.
• Flexibility to earn your degree from anywhere: Our programs are designed with your work schedule and busy home life in mind. Courses are 100% online and combine synchronous and asynchronous elements.
• ServiceNow is a cutting-edge platform used by +80% of the Fortune 500 with a 99% renewal rate.
• ServiceNow has 6,900 unique customers and over 1,300 unique partners, all with ServiceNow-related roles.
• A free industry-recognized certification exam voucher is available as part of the course.