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IT-Web and Software Developer Curriculum
Required Program Courses
10152100
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UGRD
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CRThis course is a comprehensive introduction to database concepts. The interaction between software applications and databases will be discussed. Database terminology will be introduced. Students will learn how to manage, design, and construct relational databases. Structured Query Language (SQL) will be used to define and access databases. Other topics include normalization, entity relationship diagrams, foreign key constraints, and indexes.
10152101
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UGRD
| 3
CRStudents plan and develop well-designed websites that combine effective navigation and a balanced use of text, images, and color. Emphasis is on understanding HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), accessibility, and responsive Web design. Students use media queries, CSS Flexbox and CSS Grid to create responsive websites that are easily viewable across a wide range of devices. Students deploy a web site to a web server using FTP.
10152102
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UGRD
| 3
CRStudents gain hands-on experience with the design and implementation of dynamic websites. Topics include JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, and APIs with which students thoroughly explore event-driven techniques, data storage, accessing the DOM, and JSON. Students use CSS Flexbox and CSS Grid to create websites that are easily viewable across a wide range of devices. PREREQUISITE: 10152101 Web Design and Development and 10152135 Program Logic.
10152106
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis Java course familiarizes the student with the fundamentals of the Java language including data types, operators, expressions, and conditional statements. Students learn how to set up an environment for developing Java programs, define classes and utilize class objects. Students explore object-oriented programming concepts including encapsulation and abstraction. Other topics include string manipulation, Collections, Array Lists, Exception Handling, and creating professional looking end-user interfaces. This course covers software architectural patterns, such as model-view-controller (MVC). Students use the JDBC API to communicate with a database. PREREQUISITE: 10152135 Program Logic COREQUISITE: 10152101 Web Design and Development
10152107
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis Java web-programming course provides an in-depth look at advanced features of the Java language. With a solid grasp of Java language basics, students explore more object-oriented concepts including inheritance and polymorphism. Students develop Java applications for the web using Java Server Pages (JSP), and Servlets. Topics include JSPs, Servlets, session management, Expression Language (EL), JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL), and JavaBeans. Students develop applications that communicate with a database. PREREQUISITE: 10152106 Java Programming – Beginning COREQUISITE: 10152102 Advanced Web Site Development
10152108
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UGRD
| 3
CRThe third course in the Java sequence continues exploring advanced Java topics within a Java web development platform. Students hone their skills in JSPs, Servlets, session management, Expression Language (EL), JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL), and JavaBeans. New concepts include, working with form-based security, listeners, filters, encryption, as well as, working with HTTP requests and responses headers. Students develop applications that communicate with a database. PREREQUISITE: 10152107 Java Programming - Advanced.
10152110
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UGRD
| 3
CRThe course covers using Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio to design and create databases, tables, view, functions and stored procedures. Students will also learn management tasks, how to setup security, how to encrypt data, and best practices for working with SQL server. PREREQUISITE: 10152100 Database Concepts and SQL.
10152111
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis course covers the introduction to principles and techniques for analyzing and designing information systems. Included will be the definition of the problem, fact gathering, and evaluation of alternative solutions. A majority of the course will focus on the importance and techniques of gathering requirements for a project. Students will also have the opportunity to work with various design and project management software tools. Prerequisite: 10152117 Advanced .Net Programming
10152112
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis course will familiarize the student with techniques to create Server Side processing for building fully functional Web applications. Topics covered include the use of Server Side Scripting, functions, sessions, GET, POST and session management. Students will work with PHP and MariaDB and will learn the fundamental programming concepts to build interactive databased web applications. PREREQUISITE: 10152117 Advanced .NET Programming and 10152102 Advanced Web Site Development COREQUISITE: 10152110 Programming in SQL
10152113
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UGRD
| 3
CRThe purpose of this capstone course is to provide the student with experience developing applications in a business environment. Students apply analysis, design, database, and programming techniques to develop a fully functional software application. The project progresses through all the stages of the development process including planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and deployment. Students estimate their development effort and track actual time spent within each development phase. PREREQUISITES: 10152107 Java Programming - Advanced and 10152111 Systems Analysis and Design and COREQUISITE: 10152118 Enterprise Programming in .NET.
10152115
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UGRD
| 3
CRIntroduction to the concepts and techniques of programming in the .NET environment using the C# language. Topics covered include requirement analysis, program design, coding, and debugging. The majority of projects will be Windows form applications. COREQUISITE: 10152135 Program Logic.
10152116
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UGRD
| 2
CRIn Web Tools of the Trade, students explore ways to make use of third-party web tools, libraries, and APIs. Besides working with web tools, students will also explore current events and hot topics in technology. PREREQUISITE: 10152102 Advanced Web Site Development
10152117
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis course provides the student with an object-oriented view of the .NET development environment using C#. Topics include Lists, Classes, Debugging, Error Handling, Data Access connecting to an SQL server, and designing clean readable code. Windows Forms will be used for the majority of applications. PREREQUISITE: 10152115 Beginning .NET Programming and 10152135 Program Logic.
10152118
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis course is designed to provide students with an enterprise view of the .NET development environment. The course will use Visual Studio development environment to create fully functional web sites using ASP.NET and C#. Multiple techniques will be used for database access. Students will start with web forms and move into the MVC model for development. PREREQUISITE: 10152117 Advanced .NET Programming.
10152119
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis course focuses on the development of applications for mobile devices. Students learn best practices for programming, testing, and deploying mobile applications. Students use device emulators for coding and testing mobile applications. Students effectively use layouts, themes, menus, and preferences to produce professional looking mobile applications. Students create applications that communicating with a SQLite database. PREREQUISITES: 10152102 Advanced Web Site Development, 10152115 Beginning .NET Programming, and COREQUISITE: 10152107 Java Programming - Advanced.
10152135
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UGRD
| 3
CRIn Program Logic, students learn to develop clear consistent strategies to create computer-programming solutions. Students analyze problems, review requirements, develop test plans, and then create solutions. Students learn to focus on understanding the logic behind each solution. Students also learn the proper use data types, variables and variable scope, as well as, methods, decision structures and repetition structures. Although this course emphasizes programming logic, students develop working computer programs.
Required General Studies Courses
10801136
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis course is designed for learners to develop knowledge and skills in all aspects of the writing process. Planning, organizing, writing, editing and revising are applied through a variety of activities. Students will analyze audience and purpose, use elements of research, and format documents using standard guidelines. Individuals will develop critical reading skills through analysis of various written documents.
10809198
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis science of psychology course is a survey of multiple aspects of behavior and mental processes. It provides an overview of topics such as research methods, theoretical perspectives, learning, cognition, memory, motivation, emotions, personality, abnormal psychology, physiological factors, social influences, and development.
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10801196
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UGRD
| 3
CRFocuses on developing effective listening techniques and verbal and nonverbal communication skills through oral presentation, group activity, and other projects. The study of self, conflict, and cultural contexts will be explored, as well as their impact on communication.
10801198
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UGRD
| 3
CRExplores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation to small and large groups. Topic selection, audience analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and support, delivery techniques, and other essential elements of speaking successfully, including the listening process, form the basis of the course.
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10804123
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis course integrates algebraic concepts, proportions, percents, simple interest, compound interest, annuities, and basic statistics with business/consumer scenarios. It also applies math concepts to the purchasing/buying and selling processes.
10804113
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UGRD
| 3
CRTopics include: solving linear equations, graphing, percent, proportions, measurement systems, computational geometry, and right triangle trigonometry. Emphasis will be on the application of skills to technical problems. Successful completion of College Technical Mathematics 1A and College Technical Mathematics 1B is the equivalent of College Technical Mathematics 1.
10804133
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UGRD
| 3
CRStudents will apply mathematical problem solving techniques. Topics will include symbolic logic, sets, algebra, Boolean algebra, and number bases.
CHOOSE 1 OF THE 2 FOLLOWING COURSES:
10809166
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis course provides a basic understanding of the theoretical foundations of ethical thought. Diverse ethical perspectives will be used to analyze and compare relevant issues. Students will critically evaluate individual, social and/or professional standards of behavior, and apply a systematic decision-making process to these situations.
10809172
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UGRD
| 3
CRIntroduces learners to the study of diversity from a local to a global environment using a holistic, interdisciplinary approach. Encourages self-exploration and prepares the learner to work in a diverse environment. In addition to an analysis of majority/minority relations in a multicultural context, the primary topics of race, ethnicity, age, gender, class, sexual orientation, disability, religion are explored.
10809195
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UGRD
| 3
CRThis course is designed to give an overview of how a market-oriented economic system operates, and it surveys the factors which influence national economic policy. Basic concepts and analyses are illustrated by reference to a variety of contemporary problems and public policy issues. Concepts include scarcity, resources, alternative economic systems, growth, supply and demand, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment and global economic issues.
Total: 62 Credits
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