The Yamacraw Mission is a collaborative effort to position Georgia as a global leader in high-technology industries and to create several thousand new jobs in the fields of software engineering and electronic design. The Yamacraw Education Center provides the education and training needed to prepare individuals for these new positions, to retrain professionals in the area of embedded systems, and to keep these engineers on the leading edge of new developments in the field. Look for detailed information on the Yamacraw Education Center continuing education programs to be released Fall 1999. As a part of the Yamacraw Mission, the SPSU Office of Continuing Education is developing a number of professional continuing education options for individuals interested in Georgia s strategic initiative to become a global leader in designing high bandwidth communications systems and components. An embedded computing system works as a part of a larger system.
Embedded systems are a part of every aspect of our lives.
As a part of the process of preparing individuals for positions within Yamacraw-based industry, SPSU will be unveiling a new certificate program as well as a number of preparation classes. Additional specialized certificates and related professional development classes focusing on the Yamacraw Mission will also be offered. In addition, SPSU is offering academic credit classes based on Yamacraw.