Career Pathway Certificate of Completion

Catalog Year 2017-2018

Student completing this advanced certificate will be able to demonstrate proficiency in server-side, back-end development of applications and solutions to web site design. Completers will have advanced instruction in data transfer between websites and servers. Skills learned here include scripting tools, data transfer tools, database and data record development, and content management. Open-source solutions is examined in this training. Students wishing to participate in this certificate must show proficiency equivalent to the skills described in the Front-End Developer Career Pathway Certificate.

Program Outcomes

At the completion of this program, students should be able to:

• Design and implement basic scripting code to add interactive functionality to a Web page
• Design websites to accommodate the requirements and limitations of changing computing platforms
• Design websites to take advantage of basic search engine optimization techniques

The program, Web Developer / Back-End Developer, is not financial aid eligible. However, the related degree program, Computer Information Systems: Web Management is aid eligible.