Software Development Program

This course covers the fundamentals of HTML, CSS, and HTTP protocols. Students learn about client-server interaction and how to work with images, text, and style sheets to create and publish web pages.

This course introduces concepts like variables, if statements, strings, functions, and arrays. The basics of data storage and graphical user interface (GUI) components are also covered.

Students implement these concepts using Python, which is a general purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to combine “remarkable power with very clear syntax” and its standard library is large and comprehensive.

This course teaches students how to set up and run a website in a server environment, from email to basic database design. Students learn how to work with Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP).

This course teaches students how to use JavaScript and AJAX, which give websites the functionality and versatility that all users and employers are looking for.

This course teaches Java, a general purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented language that is specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is intended to let application developers “write once, run anywhere” (WORA), meaning that code that runs on one platform does not need to be recompiled to run on another. Java is currently one of the most popular programming languages in use, particularly for client-server web applications.

This course covers a programming language called C#. It’s an object-oriented computer programming language that requires more up-front design elements to anticipate more possibilities of use.

This course goes more in-depth on C#.NET, which is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines. It was developed by Microsoft within its .NET initiative.

This course provides an introduction to the programming language called Visual Basic.NET. VB.NET is an object-oriented computer programming language that can be viewed as an evolution of the classic Visual Basic (VB) that is implemented on the .NET framework. VB.NET is a great introduction to the .NET libraries and is still necessary to know for legacy programs.

This course teaches students about ASP.NET CORE. It’s a web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic websites, web applications, and web services.

This course covers creating and maintaining legacy databases using Microsoft’s SQL. MSSQL is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft. It’s a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, either on the same computer or on another computer across a network (including the internet). Near the end of the course, migration to Azure databases is also covered.

This seminar provides an opportunity for the student to apply the techniques and processes for
developing a career path and to learn lifetime career management tools and skills. Topics include
career-planning, job searching, developing career search documents, refining interview skills, and
preparing for a new position.

The internship component of the program is the practical application of a student’s knowledge and skills in an industry environment. The industry shall be directly related to the student’s program of study. The internship requires full-time day attendance working in the industry setting.