Software Development, CSC

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Program Description/Purpose: This program provides students with a thorough understanding of software design and development. Students will learn how to create applications using multiple programming languages. This program prepares the student to design and implement traditional/legacy stand-alone and client-server applications using procedural and object-oriented development techniques.

Occupational Outcomes: Entry-level positions in software design and development. When combined with experience and possible completion of the IST degree program, students earning this CSC can find employment opportunities in a number of areas like software developer trainee, junior programmer/analyst, or other related entry-level positions.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Students will comprehend software and systems design with a focus on Event-Driven application development using the Visual Basic.NET programming language.
Students will comprehend software and systems design with a focus on Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) application development using the Java programming language.

Courses are displayed under the semester in which they are regularly offered and are recommended to be taken in this sequence to ensure timely graduation. It is possible that a course shown in a particular semester may not be offered due to low enrollment or other factors.

Certificate Curriculum

Fall Semester

SDV 101 - Orientation to IT Professions 1 cr.
ITD 110 - Web Page Design I 3 cr.
ITP 100 - Software Design 3 cr.
Programming Elective (Choose ONE course from CSC 221 , ITP 150 , or ITP 160 ) 3 cr.

Spring Semester

ITP 112 - Visual Basic.NET I 4 cr. ¹
ITP 120 - Java Programming I 4 cr. ¹
Programming Elective (Choose ONE course from ITP 270 ¹, CSC 222 ² or approved ITP/CSC programming courses)

Program Total: 22 Credits

¹ ITP 100 is the pre-requisite for ITP 112 , ITP 120 , ITP 270 .

² CSC 221 is the pre-requisite for CSC 222 .

Credit for Certification can be awarded for this course: ITP 120 - Java Programming I .

Course credit will be awarded for certifications issued within 5 years of the formal written request by a student. The formal request must include a statement that the student understands that credit for prior learning credit may not transfer to a 2-year college, 4-year college, or university.