Software Engineering Foundations Certificate of Achievement

Award Description:

The Software Engineering Foundations Certificate of Achievement prepares students for programming projects that span multiple people, multiple libraries, and multiple technologies. The award curriculum is structured to provide students with a strong foundation in programming and software development theory and culminates with a large-scale software implementation. As part of this certificate students are exposed to software industry tools and workflows. Students apply those tools and workflows to handle tasks such as requirements development, code design, version control, code reviewing, code debugging, quality assurance, time management and project tracking. This award is beneficial in assisting internship placement, provides avenues for career advancement, and facilitates achievement of a computer science bachelor’s degree, which is the standard for software industry positions.

 Program Description:

Prepares students for employment in the rapidly expanding field of Computer and Information Sciences and offers the skills required to function effectively in various occupations and professions requiring the use of computers. Required courses focus upon the use and functioning of the computer and relate the general study of the computer with studies of specific languages, enabling the student to combine computer hardware and software to process data into information. Upon completion of this curriculum, the student should have the capability to apply computer technology to diverse business and professional environments and be qualified for employment as an entry-level programmer in the computer and information sciences industry or transfer to 4-yearinstitution.

 Program Goals:
The goals of the Computer and Information Sciences program are to prepare students to:
1) apply computer technology to diverse business and professional environments,
2) qualify for employment as an entry-level programmer in the computer and information sciences industry
3) transfer to a 4-year institution, and/or
4) build skills of current workers that align with industry demands.

Award SLOs –  

Students who successfully complete the Software Engineering Foundations Certificate of Achievement will be able to:

·       Understand and implement programming constructs, including variables, control structures, functions, arrays/lists, classes and objects for a given programming task. Design and implement multiple class programs.

·       Determine proper software engineering processes to use in a software project. Deconstruct and compose software architecture designs. Identify and implement software design patterns in software projects

·       Develop and implement large-scale software in a team setting, executing current software engineering practices.

20-25

Prepares students for employment in the rapidly expanding field of Computer and Information Sciences and offers the skills required to function effectively in various occupations and professions requiring the use of computers. Required courses focus upon the use and functioning of the computer and relate the general study of the computer with studies of specific languages, enabling the student to combine computer hardware and software to process data into information. Upon completion of this curriculum, the student should have the capability to apply computer technology to diverse business and professional environments and be qualified for employment as an entry-level programmer in the computer and information sciences industry or transfer to 4-year institution.

The Software Engineering Foundations Certificate of Achievement prepares students for employment in the rapidly expanding field of Computer and Information Sciences and offers the skills required to function effectively in various occupations and professions requiring the use of computers. Required courses focus upon the use and functioning of the computer and relate the general study of the computer with studies of specific languages, enabling the student to combine computer hardware and software to process data into information. Upon completion of this curriculum, the student should have the capability to apply computer technology to diverse business and professional environments and be qualified for employment as an entry-level programmer in the computer and information sciences industry or transfer to 4-yearinstitution.

CISC 215