Post-degree certificate designed to enhance skills in object-oriented technologies. Students gain experience in object-oriented programming, database systems, and web development while also learning to apply AI-assisted programming tools to support problem-solving, code generation, and debugging.
This program is available to be completed 100% online.
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This certificate will be automatically awarded when the certificate requirements are completed. If you do not want to receive the certificate, please notify the Office of the Registrar at RegistrarOffice@tri-c.edu.
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Program Learning Outcomes
This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- Operate in a diverse team environment with professionalism, integrity and accountability.
- Explain and implement technologies that are impacted by legal and ethical issues.
- Plan, organize and prioritize tasks in order to meet project deadlines.
- Adapt to change within their profession by demonstrating a commitment to continuous research and learning.
- Apply knowledge of programming, website maintenance, operating systems, networking and security to install, configure, troubleshoot and provide ongoing support and maintenance for technology related organizational systems.
- Apply knowledge of programming (application, web, data and security) at the enterprise level and use industry standards, guidelines and use appropriate tools to gather requirements, develop, test and quality assure organizational information technology business systems (new and existing).
- Work as part of a development team using industry standards and guidelines.
Suggested Semester Sequence
| First Semester | Credit Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| IT-1026 | Introduction to Computing | 3 |
| IT-1051 | Introduction to Programming | 3 |
| IT-2310 | Web Programming | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 9 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| IT-2321 | Interactive Web Development | 3 |
| IT-2352 | Database Systems | 3 |
| IT-2651 | Object-Oriented Programming | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 9 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| IT-2031 | Server-Side Web Development | 3 |
| IT-2660 | Data Structures & Algorithms | 4 |
| IT-2700 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 10 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 28 | |
MATH-1140, MATH-1141, MATH-1200, MATH-1270, and MATH-1280 can no longer count towards fulfilling the college-level mathematics requirement. These courses were re-classified as developmental mathematics by the state of Ohio in 2016. Tri-C established a 5-year transitioning window for students who had completed these courses prior to 2016 to apply them towards meeting graduation requirements, which expired in Summer 2021. It is highly recommended to see a counselor to determine the appropriate math required for your current major.