Computer Programming II — Algorithms and Computation Proficiency Certificate
Gain Skills to Further Your Programming Abilities
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Program Duration: Short-term
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Degree Type: Proficiency Certificate
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Total Credit Hours: 16
About This Certificate
Learn the theoretical foundations of designing computer software and hardware. You will explore web programming, traditional data structures and fundamental mathematics of computing through the Computer Programming II certificate. After completing the program, you can enter the workforce or pursue the Computer Science or Computer Information Systems degree programs.
Course Sequence
Launch Your Career in Computer Programming
- Computer Programmers est. salary $91,021
- Web Developers est. salary $76,339*
- Web Administrators est. salary $92,275
**EMSI Data, 2022; The greater Philadelphia region, PA; a percentage of people in these jobs may have a bachelor's degree or higher.
Career Outlook
$67,887
Median Salary of an Software Developer
4,496
Number of Jobs in the Region
+23.3%
10-year Job Outlook in the Region for Software Developers
Software Developer
Software developers develop, create and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs.
Starting Pay: $67,887
Typical Tasks
- Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
- Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
- Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
- Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
- Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
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