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Software Engineering Certificate

Purpose:

The Software Engineering Certificate is designed to prepare the graduate for employment as en entry-level computer programmer/software engineer, or to prepare the already experienced graduate to change his/her career direction.

Program Objectives:

A graduate should be able to:

  • demonstrate the skills necessary to be employed as a computer programmer/software engineer.
  • demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed for further education and career advancement.
  • provide the technical core which can be applied to the Associate in Applied Science degree in Computer Systems - Software Engineering Option.

Curriculum:

First Semester

CIS 111 Computer Science I: Programming and Concepts 3
CIS 114
(6 Credit Hours)		 The Internet and HTML 3

Second Semester

CIS 111B Computer Science II: Object-Oriented Programming 3
CIS 122 Visual Basic 3
CIS 126 Assembler 3
CIS 151
(12 Credit Hours)		 Systems Analysis and Design 3

Third Semester

CIS 112 Computer Science III: Data Structures and Algorithms 3
CIS 136 Visual C# 3
CIS 235 Object Oriented Programming in C++ 3
Elective
(12 Credit Hours)		 CIS 3

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT: 30

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