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Web Applications Development


Associate degree program Certificate program

Associate in Web Applications Development

The Pierce College Web Applications degree is designed to educate students in the technical and business aspects of web based applications. Students who graduate with this degree will be prepared to build and maintain commercial web sites.

Students will learn about the design of user interfaces based on browser technology, about web servers and web server side scripting technologies, about application and database interfaces to those web servers, and about the security needed for the entire architecture.

Students explore the complex world of design and business requirements issues and learn the critical–thinking and decision–making skills necessary to support and develop comprehensive, integrated and effective web based solutions.

Students entering the program should be able to type at least 35 wpm. A college level reading ability is strongly recommended.

CIS Requirements (45 credits) Credits Clock Hours
CIS 121 Intro to Computer Info Systems 5 50
CIS 122 Structured Program Design 5 50
CIS 130 Microcomputer Applications 5 50
CIS 134 Computer Operating Systems 5 50
CIS 150 Computer Installation & Troubleshooting 5 50
CIS 260 Database Management Systems 5 50
CIS 265 Data Communications & Networks 5 50
CIS 280 Systems Analysis & Design 5 50
CIS 290 Supervised Internship 5 50
 
Web Integration (40 credits)
CIS 185 Visual Basic Programming 5 50
CIS 215 Intro to Web Programming 5 50
CIS 216 Web Services 5 50
CIS 217 Server Side Development (using C# or Java) 5 50
CIS 261 SQL (Structured Query Language) 5 50
CIS 269 Advanced SQL Programming and Tuning 5 50
CIS 286 Application Development 5 50
DDSGN 150 Fundamentals of Web Design 5 50
 
Related Instruction Requirements (20 credits)
*ENGL 101 Composition – Exposition (5) 5 50
Select One:
*BUS 240 Human Relations in the Workplace 5 50
–or–
PSYC 110 General Psychology
Select One:
*MATH 121 Pre–Calculus I 5 50
–or–
MATH 281 Introduction to Statistics
–or–
CIS 201 Computer Science I
–or–
PHIL 120 Introduction to Logic
Select One:
SPCH 110 Fund. Of Public Speaking 5 50
–or–
SPCH 210 New Media Presentation
 
Total Credits/Hours Required 105 1050
 
*Meets related instruction requirement for professional/technical programs

Certificate in Web Applications Development

The Pierce College Web Applications Certificate is designed to update technical skills for workers who are already employed in the web development area. Students who receive this certificate will be able to demonstrate to their employers that they are able to build and maintain commercial web sites.

Students will learn about the design of user interfaces based on browser technology, about web servers and web server side scripting technologies, about application and database interfaces to those web servers, and about the security needed for the entire architecture.

Students explore the complex world of design and business requirements issues and learn the critical–thinking and decision–making skills necessary to support and develop comprehensive, integrated and effective web based solutions.

Students entering the program should be able to type at least 35 wpm. A college level reading ability is strongly recommended.

CIS Requirements (45 credits) Credits Clock Hours
CIS 185 Visual Basic Programming 5 50
CIS 215 Intro to Web Programming 5 50
CIS 216 Web Services 5 50
CIS 217 Server Side Development (using C# or Java) 5 50
CIS 261 SQL (Structured Query Language) 5 50
CIS 269 Advanced SQL Programming and Tuning 5 50
CIS 286 Application Development 5 50
DDSGN 150 Fundamentals of Web Design 5 50
 
Related Instruction Requirements (15–18 credits)
MATH 281 Introduction to Statistics 5 50
–or–
MATH 107 Introduction to Contemporary Math
 
BUS 105/106 Business English I and II (8 credits total) 5–8 50–80
–or–
ENGL 101 Composition–Exposition (5 credits)
 
*BUS 240 Human Relations in the Workplace 5 50
–or–
PSYC 110 General Psychology
 
Total Credits Required 55–58 550–580
 
*Meets related instruction requirement for professional/technical programs