Website Development Management

This program provides students with the knowledge needed to develop website projects in a real-world setting. Students learn how to develop websites while applying the skills needed to plan and budget resources in development projects from conceptual design to deployment.

The program is expected to produce 10 to 15 certificates per year.

There is a demand for community college students with software and design skills for employment as web designers, user experience UX/user interface (UI) designers,front-end developers, and web developers based on the labor market and workforce data.  Website Development Management program will assist students in developing the necessary skills needed in today's industry. In addition, this program encourages the retention of under served students who are in need of finishing and completing a Community College education to pursue available jobs in the area of Website Development Management.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
CS 9A/CIS 9A	Technology Project Management I	3	Y1
CS 9B/CIS 9B	Technology Project Management II	3	Y1
CIS 57	Website Planning and Production	3	Y1
CIS 67	WordPress	3	Y1
CIS 88A	Independent Studies in CIS	1	Y1

The Website Development Management Certificate of Achievement is a certificate that provides students who have earned or are working towards the completion of the Website Software Specialist Certificate with an added area of specialization in the field of Project Management. Students first complete the Website Creator Certificate,which is a certificate that provides students with the basic skills needed to create websites and then move on to learn additional skills to design, develop,and manage websites by completing the Website Software Specialist Certificate.The Website Development Management program is specifically designed for those students seeking to add project management skills and techniques to their portfolio.

The list of courses presented above are the required courses for the Website Development Management program to earn a Certificate of Achievement.  The courses above do not have an order of sequencing except for the CIS 9A and CIS 9B. The total number of units for this program is 13-units.  

The program is part of the Computer Information Systems discipline withing the Computer Science & Information Systems department.

The colleges that are offering similar programs include Coastline, El Camino, Irvine, LA Pierce, Mt. San Antonio, Saddleback, Santa Ana, Santiago Canyon.

We are expecting to have at least 20 new students enrolling in this program annually.