SMU's innovative courses, powered by Flatiron, are built for your journey — whether you're advancing in your career, enhancing your skills, or starting fresh. Wherever you're headed, our career pathways are designed to get you there.
A nationally ranked private university located near the heart of Dallas, SMU is a distinguished center for global research with a liberal arts tradition.
SMU’s 11,000 diverse, high-achieving students come from all 50 states and 90 countries to take advantage of the University’s small classes, hands-on research opportunities, leadership development, community service, international study and innovative programs.
The University offers a strong foundation in the humanities and sciences and undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs. SMU Continuing and Professional Education (SMU CAPE), under the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, helps adults learners gain access to new skills, make career changes, or spark creativity.
These technology programs, powered by Flatiron, aim to further the university’s mission to provide opportunities for online learning, offered through SMU Continuing and Professional Education (SMU CAPE).
Our career pathway programs prepare you for the fields of software development, data science, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, game programming and design, or ux/ui through a hands-on virtual classroom environment. We empower talented instructors to teach the most in-demand skills and a dedicated support team to provide students with extensive support along the way.
About Flatiron School
Flatiron School is a leader in tech education, offering immersive programs in artificial intelligence, software engineering, data science, cybersecurity, game design, game programming, and product design. Known for its rigorous curriculum, Flatiron School has successfully launched thousands of careers in the tech industry.
We employ skillful instructors with at least five years of professional industry experience. To keep our curricula competitive, we routinely update our program to ensure students acquire the skills and knowledge needed for a successful career in tech.
Learning a new skillset is a rigorous and time-intensive pursuit. That’s why we provide a hands-on virtual classroom environment. With a 5:1 student-instructor ratio, we are able to give students the attention and support they need to succeed.
Students engage in real-world learning activities with in-class work that provides the opportunity to work together with other classmates to simulate professional environments. Throughout the program, you’ll use what you’ve learned on complex projects that will build up your professional portfolio and demonstrate your skills.
From day one, our team puts the students first. With a helpful admissions team, passionate instructors, and dedicated student success and career services teams, you could not be in better hands as you go on this rigorous web development, or data science journey. Explore our student support.
SMU Continuing and Professional Education (CAPE) has offered noncredit learning experiences for the DFW community and beyond since 1953.
SMU CAPE programs provide accessible and meaningful learning experiences in today’s hottest topics. CAPE programs are developed and delivered by SMU's Office of Global, Online and Continuing Education.
Whether you want to build games, design products, prevent the next cyber attack, or create the next internet-breaking AI, we provide the training to bring your ideas to life.
Let's build your future together.
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