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PURPOSE: The Computer Programmer Career Studies Certificate prepares students to design and implement traditional/legacy stand-alone and client-server applications using procedural and object-oriented development techniques. The material presented in this certificate will help prepare students for the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer Certification.
OCCUPATIONAL OBJECTIVES: Entry-Level Computer Programmer; Analyst; Software Developer; Web Programmer.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Implement basic programming concepts including: control flow, methods, data structures, OOP, and exception handling.
- Understand and apply SQL skills including queries, functions, stored procedures, design, and security.
- Develop MVC applications that focus on the architecture, access data from database, CSS skills. This will include web and database server interactions and setup.
- Create Use Case models and ERDs. Work through all stage of the development life cycle while developing a large project that crosses multiple disciplines.
- Implement database connections, delegates, collections, interfaces, LINQ, and Entity Framework.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: General college curricular admission
PROGRAM NOTES: The Computer Programmer Career Studies Certificate will fulfill the IT concentration electives in the Information Systems Technology Associate of Applied Science degree.
Students should check their advisement report in SIS and meet with their faculty advisor.
IT courses used for this program may not be more than 10 years old.
Credit for Prior Learning: Students in this program may be eligible for credit for prior learning. See an Information Systems Technology (IST) academic advisor for further information.
