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Microsoft Applications Development - CCL

Major: 5838
Effective Term: 2012 Spring Final Term: Current
Award: CCL
Total Credits: 22
Description: The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Microsoft Applications Development is designed to provide training for developers who develop, deploy, and maintain applications and components using Visual Studio: Visual Basic (VB), C++, and Structured Query Language (SQL). It also provides training for Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) certification examinations. The Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) credential is appropriate for professionals who use Microsoft technologies to develop and maintain department-level applications, components, Web or desktop clients, or back-end data services or work in teams developing enterprise applications.
Job Description: Microsoft Certified Application Developers are professionals who use Microsoft technologies to develop and maintain department-level applications, components, Web or desktop clients, or back-end data services or work in teams developing enterprise applications.
Opportunities: Career opportunities include programmer, programmer analyst, and software developer.

Consumer Program Costs and Career Information: PV
Program Notes: Students must earn a grade of "C" or better for all courses required within the program.
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
Students entering the Microsoft Applications Development program often come with background or experience in the computer programming area. Students must consult with a program advisor as the program prerequisites may not be necessary and may be waived as requirements to the program.
Admission Criteria: None
Program Prerequisites
 Credits: 6
 CIS105Survey of Computer Information Systems3
+CRE101College Critical Reading (3) OR 
  Equivalent as indicated by assessment (3) OR 
  Permission of Department or Division3
Required Courses
 Credits: 22
 BPC/CIS133DAInternet/Web Development Level I (3) OR 
 BPC/CIS133AAInternet/Web Development Level I-A (1) AND 
+BPC/CIS133BAInternet/Web Development Level I-B (1) AND 
+BPC/CIS133CAInternet/Web Development Level I-C (1)3
 CIS102Interpersonal and Customer Service Skills for IT Professionals1
+CIS159Visual Basic Programming I3
+CIS164AGOracle: Data Modeling and Relational Database Design2
+CIS259Visual Basic Programming II3
+MST172Visual Basic .NET Web Application Development4
+MST176Visual Basic .NET XML Web Services Development3
+MST254Microsoft SQL Server Design and Implementation3

Program Competencies

  1. Design and create web pages using markup and programming languages. (BPC/CIS133DA or BPC/CIS133AA and BPC/CIS133BA and BPC/CIS133CA)
  2. Use effective oral and listening communications skills in a help-desk environment. (CIS102)
  3. Utilize appropriate Visual Basic forms, tools, and language components to code solutions for various problems. (CIS159)
  4. Utilize Visual Basic to identify and solve advanced problems, including programming ADO.NET. (CIS259)
  5. Analyze user information requirements to develop a data model. (CIS164AG)
  6. Use Visual Basic .NET to build Web-based applications. (MST172)
  7. Develop Extensible Markup Language (XML) Web Services and Server Components. (MST176)
  8. Implement database design using Microsoft Structured Query Language (SQL). (MST254)

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