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Application Development, Associate in Applied Science

Overview

Narrative

The AAS degree in Application Development will prepare students with the technical knowledge and skills necessary to plan, install, monitor and maintain applications designed to specifications for a certain task. Extensive hands-on lab time will prepare the student for careers in application development, mobile development, software development or database development. Application development may include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities that result in softwareproducts.

Career Potential: Entry Level Programmer, Entry Level Database Programmer, Software Developer, Web Developer, Web Administrator

Outcomes

Graduates of the program will:

  • Analyze, design and maintain applications, utility programs and interfaces. 
  • Describe fundamental concepts of Application Development: Software Development Life Cycle, testing, and maintenance. 
  • Configure and maintain databases and their interoperability 
  • Understand and apply the concepts of IT system administration   

Courses

First Semester

COLS101College Success

1 credits
CISC100Information Technology Fundamentals

4 credits
COMM101Introduction to Communication

3 credits
ENGL101English I

3 credits
MATH
Mathematics Elective (QL) +

3 credits
General Education Elective

3 credits
Total Credit Hours:17

Second Semester

ENGL151LEnglish II

3 credits
OR
ENGL151REnglish II

3 credits
OR
ENGL151TEnglish II

3 credits
 
CISC104Information Systems and Resources

4 credits
CISC105Desktop Operating Systems

4 credits
CISC128Client-side Scripting

4 credits
Total Credit Hours:15

ENGL151: *see note

Third Semester

BUSA221GBusiness Communications

3 credits
CISC257Server-side Scripting

4 credits
CISC270Database Systems

4 credits
Elective

3 credits
General Education Elective

3 credits
Total Credit Hours:17

Fourth Semester

CISC150Object-oriented Programming

4 credits
CISC208Mobile Development

4 credits
CISC286Linux Administration

4 credits
General Education Elective

3 credits
Total Credit Hours:15

Total Credit Hours: 64

  • Completion of BUSA221G satisfies the Writing Intensive program-related requirement.
  • One course should be designated as Diversity and Global Awareness (D).
  • For the General Education Electives, students must take three courses from at least two of the following areas: Arts & Humanities (AH); Social Science: Society and Institutions over Time (SIT) or Social Science: Scientific Study of Human Behavior (SSHB).

* Students have a choice for ENGL151 (pleaes contact your advisor for guidance). ENGL151L (Literature option), ENGL151R (Report Writing) or ENGL151T (Technical Writing).

+ Mathematics (QL) Elective includes: MATH140, MATH145, MATH150, MATH160, MATH165, MATH175, MATH176, MATH180, MATH181, MATH202, MATH210, MATH211.