USF St. Petersburg’s new nine-week bootcamp programs prepare students for emerging tech careers.
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By Adriana Reeves
USF now offers technology bootcamps that are aimed at helping students prepare for a career in tech.
USF partnered with the online learning platform Springboard to offer online cyber security and user interaction and user experience (UI/UX) design bootcamps that are open to anyone. The courses are offered completely online and allow students to learn at their own pace.
Students are paired with a mentor that they will meet with 1:1 for the duration of the program.
After enrolling, students are asked to fill out a profile that helps match them with a mentor. The mentors are experienced professionals in the field who provide students with career and professional portfolio feedback.
The bootcamp also offers optional career services to help students navigate their job search.
The cyber security bootcamp is a six-month course with a total of 21 learning units, a capstone project and CompTIA Security+ certification exam preparation. The exam is included in the bootcamp tuition.
Applications for the cyber security bootcamp are open until Oct. 25 to apply and classes begin on Nov. 1. Tuition is $11,900 and students who pay upfront receive a 7% discount.
According to the program’s website, “Cyber Security Bootcamp trains you with job-ready cybersecurity analysis skills through a combination of curated curriculum from industry experts and hands-on project work, including 30+ technical labs and 30+ projects.”
Like the cyber security program, the UI/UX design bootcamp is open to anyone.
The UI/UX bootcamp is a nine-month online program that allows students to learn at their own pace.
“The [UI/UX] bootcamp covers a combination of lectures, readings, projects and career resources that are geared toward industry best practices. Additionally, you will get access to 300+ hours of optional coursework and projects in case you plan to switch careers into UI/UX Design in less than a year,” the website reads.
UI/UX bootcamp tuition is $13,950. Students who pay upfront receive a 10% discount.
A Springboard representative said he’s confident in students’ career potential when they complete their journey in the bootcamps.
“Students who have completed these programs to-date have received job offers from highly coveted companies including Accenture, Dell, Deloitte, IBM, JP Morgan Chase, Microsoft and more,” the representative said in an email to The Crow’s Nest.
For more information on how to enroll in the bootcamps, visit usfbootcamps.com.
