2024-2025 Catalog

PHP Programmer, Certificate

Certificate—18 credit hours

Curriculum Code 1344

This program prepares students with programming skills to design and develop web pages with dynamically generated content that will, when combined with a degree, provide the background for entry-level software development positions or enhance an information technology professional’s versatility and career advancement potential.  This program will present students with a wide range of topics with PHP programming including the following: PHP language constructs and usage, procedural model of PHP, web technologies, object model of PHP programming and object-oriented design, access a remote database, migrate a database to another platform, security features, Open Source concepts and topics.

Required Career Courses

18 credit hours as follows:

CSC-140Introduction to Computer Science

3

OR-

CIS-105Introduction to Coding

3

-
 

CIS-123Database Design

3

CIS-126PHP Programming I

3

CIS-151Website Development: HTML & CSS

3

CIS-226PHP Programming II

3

CIS-292SQL/Database Applications

3

Suggested Schedule

Semester 1 (9 credit hours)

CSC-140Introduction to Computer Science

3

OR-

CIS-105Introduction to Coding

3

-
 

CIS-123Database Design

3

CIS-151Website Development: HTML & CSS

3

Semester 2 (3 credit hours)

CIS-126PHP Programming I

3

Semester 3 (6 credit hours)

CIS-226PHP Programming II

3

CIS-292SQL/Database Applications

3

(Note: CIS-292 is offered in the fall semester only.)