Computing Science Certificate is a certificate in Computer Sciences programme taught at Douglas College in New Westminster, Canada. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,600 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Computer Sciences
Duration: 2 semesters
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 3,600 / total
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Computing Science Certificate helps you build your computer literacy, and gain a solid foundation in applied and academic computer programming and computing science. The program includes courses in Python and C++ programming, and using Raspberry Pi. Upon graduation, you'll be prepared to work in software development, programming, and information security analysis.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Beyond Douglas College's General College Admission Requirements, this Certificate in Computing Science requires BC Pre-Calculus 12 with a minimum grade of "B" (or equivalent). Admission to the College itself still requires satisfying one of Douglas's five general criteria — British Columbia secondary school graduation or equivalent, standing one course short of it, being 19 by the first month of the first semester, being 17 with at least a year out of school, or a special-needs/Evergreen/Leaving-School credential after 12 years of schooling — and meeting its English Language Proficiency requirement, for example IELTS Academic overall 6.5, TOEFL iBT 83, PTE Academic 56, or Duolingo English Test 110. No interview, portfolio or minimum admission GPA is stated.
Application Details
Start Date:Douglas runs three fifteen-week semesters a year: Fall from September to December, Winter from January to April and Summer from May to August. The programme page lists intakes in Fall (September), Winter (January) and Summer (May). The Fall 2026 semester began on 8 September 2026 and Winter 2027 classes begin on 4 January 2027.
Application Deadline:Douglas publishes college-wide application windows rather than a single date for every programme, and the domestic and international timetables are different. DOMESTIC APPLICANTS apply on EducationPlannerBC. Applications for a semester open about eleven months ahead, at 9:00 a.m. on the first business day of the opening month: 1 October for the following Fall, 1 February for the following Winter, 1 June for the following Summer. Douglas labels this a limited-enrolment programme, so it sets no single fixed closing date: the round shuts when the intake fills, and the college’s own test is whether the programme still appears in the EducationPlannerBC drop-down list. Applicants are acknowledged in writing about two to three weeks after applying, and qualified applicants are then ranked against the programme’s published criteria. INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS follow Douglas’s separate college-wide dates, not the domestic ones: the Fall (September) 2026 intake closed on 31 May 2026, Winter (January) 2027 closes on 30 September 2026, and Summer (May) 2027 closes on 31 January 2027. Limited-enrolment programmes can fill before those dates and open-enrolment ones last only while seats do, so Douglas advises applying early enough to leave room for a study-permit application. Read from the programme page and the college deadline pages on 6 September 2026; Douglas had not yet published Summer 2027 domestic closing dates.
