Software Development

Value Benefit:

Software developers are in high demand right now with a projected 22.8-percent employment growth for software developers through 2022. Software developers can expect to find employment in a range of industries, including computer systems design, electronic product manufacturing, finance, web-based systems, and network security.

The profession’s superb job prospects, low unemployment rate, and excellent median salary landed it the top spot in the US News & World Report's Best Jobs rankings.

Learn more in our industry insight article: Building a Career in Software Development

Content Area Overview:

• Provides a foundation in tool, techniques, and principles that underlie modern software development;
• Understand object-oriented programming and the core principles that make object technology the most used approach to building complex software systems;
• Learn to write code to solve a variety of problems;
• Create effective unit tests for all codes;
• Learn all aspects of the software lifecycle: requirements, design, testing, and maintenance;
• Explore traditional models like the waterfall and special attention on agile development models and techniques: refactoring and continuous integration;
• Learn the Unified Modeling Language (UML);
• Apply object-oriented design patterns;
• Learn details of distributed computing and builds from developing a stand-alone library to designing and developing an operational web-based service that is accessible via web browsers and mobile devices;
• Manage, design, and develop complex software systems.

Courses:

• CS 5044: Object-Oriented Programming with Java (Core)
  • Prerequisite: Knowledge of programming languages such as Java, C, C++, or C#; offered fall, spring, summer
• CS 5704: Software Engineering (Core)
  
  • Prerequisite: CS 5044; offered fall and spring
• CS 5744: Software Design & Quality
  • Prerequisite: CS 5704; offered fall
    
• CS 5244: Web Application Development
  • Prerequisite: CS 5044; offered fall and summer
• CS 5254: Mobile Application Development
  • Prerequisite: CS 5044; offered spring