Campus contact for this program:
Professor Frank Ravanshad, FRavanshad@hcc.commnet.edu

Certificate

This certificate program is designed to provide the fundamental programming and software development knowledge and skills required for entry-level positions in software development. The program has as its learning outcomes the demonstrated proficiency in the skills listed below:

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the information technology field, demonstrate problem-solving and creative-thinking skills 
• Apply programming concepts and techniques and utilize a programming language to design, code, compile, execute and debug programs 
• Apply relational database concepts to query and manipulate data in relational databases 
• Apply web development principles and technologies including HTML and CSS to create functional web pages 
• Demonstrate a basic understating of the Linux operating system, its GUI and command-line environments, and its tools 
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of computer science concepts and skills necessary for software development 
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the role of different software technologies and software components 
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the interaction between different software components such as the front-end, back-end, data manipulation and retrieval, data storage, and the deployment environment used in application software systems 
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of software development life cycle and necessary environments for writing and deploying software 
• Demonstrate the ability to use a high-level programming language effectively to develop small-scale application software systems