Software Developer, Certificate
Certificate—36 credit hours
Curriculum Code 1305
This program prepares students with programming skills that will, when combined with a degree and/or industry experience, provide the background for entry-level software development positions. Information technology professionals may also pursue this program to enhance their versatility and career advancement potential.
Within this certificate’s courses, students will gain hands-on experience using at least two programming languages, C# and Java. Software development lifecycle issues — including solution conception, design, implementation, and testing — are addressed with hands-on experiences using the latest hardware and software development tools.
Required Career Courses
27 credit hours as follows:
Electives
Select 9 credit hours that have not been selected above:
| CSC-140 | Introduction to Computer Science | 3 |
| CSC-240 | Advanced Computer Science | 3 |
| CIS-126 | PHP Programming I | 3 |
| CIS-131 | Website and User Interface Design | 3 |
| CIS-199 | Special Short Topics in Technology | 1 |
| CIS-200 | Special Topics in Technology | 3 |
| CIS-226 | PHP Programming II | 3 |
| CIS-251 | Adv.Website Dev:Javascript & jQuery | 3 |
| CIS-297 | Website Design: WordPress | 3 |
(NOTE: CIS-199 and CIS-200 can be repeated up to three times for credit as long as different topics are selected.)
Suggested Schedule
Semester 1 (9 credit hours)
| CSC-140 | Introduction to Computer Science | 3 |
| OR- | | |
| CIS-105 | Introduction to Coding | 3 |
| - | | |
| CIS-123 | Database Design | 3 |
| CIS-151 | Website Development: HTML & CSS | 3 |
Semester 2 (9 credit hours)
Semester 3 (9 credit hours)
Semester 4 (9 credit hours)
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective | 3 |