Computer Technology & Information Management

From Access to XML, UC Berkeley Extension's programs and courses in computer technology and information management provide the innovative training you'll need to not just survive but thrive in the dynamic IS/IT field.

Featured Courses

New! Enterprise System Analysis, Modeling, and Design with UML delivers UML's functionality by showing how it unifies every step of integration and development from business modeling, through architectural design and application deployment.
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New! Analytics for Forecasting, Decision, and Risk Management increases your conceptual understanding of modern mathematical and practical computational software methods that are now being deployed globally for financial risk management.
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New! Modern E-Commerce Business Models and Technologies prepares you for the Internet way of doing business, using case studies and demonstrations to explore a wide range of modern e-commerce business and technology concepts and examples.
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New! Essentials of IT Project Management in Healthcare addresses the phenomenal impact IT has had on healthcare delivery in a hands-on project-oriented course.
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New! Introduction to MATLAB and SCILAB presents how to write scripts, perform calculations, use the command line, import data from files, plot data, integrate with C++ or Java, and build GUIs.
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New! MATLAB and SCILAB for Economists, Scientists, and Engineers uncovers the advanced language features and full flexibility of these powerful platforms for mathematical computation.
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New! Jump Start: Building Java Enterprise Applications with Spring, Hibernate, and Seam gives students a "jump-start" in using Spring, Hibernate, and Seam by working through application examples to make use of common productivity tools.
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New! Contemporary Real Time Programming and Operating Systems explores real-time programming for high-performance multi-core processors and compares popular real-time operating systems.
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New! Image Processing Concepts and Algorithmic Approaches introduces the concepts and techniques of two-dimensional image processing with applications ranging from security, medical imaging, and manufacturing to robotics and remote sensing.
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Some courses in these subject areas are also available online.

Featured Certificate

New! Professional Sequence in Database Management has been designed to be more abstract or theoretical rather than tied to a specific database program. Special consideration is given to cross-platform issues, although specific database programs will be used to perform examples and assignments.

Subject Areas

Analysis & Design of Information Systems

Database Management Systems

Image Processing

Information Systems Applications

Microsoft Development

Open Source & Operating Systems

Programming Languages & Object-Oriented Programming

Technology Applications in Business

Areas of Related Interest

Business & Management

Electronic Engineering

Certificates & Series

Computer Information Systems

Computer Programming (discontinued)

Database Management

Java Programming

Microsoft Access Series

Software Project Management

Systems Analysis

UNIX/Linux System Administration

Using the SAS System

Call for Instructors and Course Proposals
UC Berkeley Extension invites highly qualified instructors to submit course proposals to academic and professional departments within Extension. Areas of interest include
  • Managing Long Term SOX Compliance
  • Web Collaboration: Getting It Right
  • Computer Programming Techniques for Clusters and Clouds
  • Desktop Linux for Recreational Users
  • Project Management for Enterprise Systems


  • Appointments are by agreement for the length of the academic term. Send letters of interest, course proposals, and resumes or CV’s to jobs@unex.berkeley.edu. Letters of reference are also accepted, if included with your submission; please refer to the University’s statement on confidentiality found at http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html.

    This call for instructors and course proposals will remain open indefinitely.

    The University of California Berkeley Extension is committed to diversity in its staff, faculty, and student body, and invites all qualified people to apply, including minorities and women, veterans and individuals with disabilities. AA/EEO.