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Program Duration: Short Term
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Degree Type: Proficiency Certificate
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Total Credit Hours: 20
About This Certificate
In 2019, 81% of Americans owned smartphones. With the number of people who rely primarily on mobile internet access trending upwards and 5G growing steadily on the horizon, the demand for mobile web development skills has yet to reach its peak.
That is why the Mobile App Development PC certificate program aims to efficiently prepare students to begin careers as native application developers for Android and iOS operating systems. But you don't have to be a Computer Science major or an experienced programmer to enroll; this course sequence includes classes in programming fundamentals as prerequisites to those which teach languages specific to the Android and iOS platforms.
This program teaches students how to design and create a mobile application from beginning to end. Learning how to use application programming interfaces (APIs), you will create apps that interact with mobile device hardware and sensors. Skills like interface design, form creation and data capturing from user interfaces will teach you to master the coding and creative thinking that are essential in generating high-quality application content. In courses near the end of this sequence students create their own applications for phones and tablets using these concepts.
Course Sequence
Launch Your Career as a Software Developer for Applications
- Web developer - est. salary $74,718
- Computer programmer - est. salary $101,872
- Web administrators - est. salary $112,557
Career Outlook
Median Salary of Web and Digital Interface Designers
Number of Jobs in the Region
10-year Job Outlook in the Region for Web and Digital Interface Designers
Web and Digital Interface Designers
Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers, to complete the full scope of Web development projects.
Starting Pay: $50,964
Typical Tasks
- Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.
- Communicate with network personnel or Web site hosting agencies to address hardware or software issues affecting Web sites.
- Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to improve design quality.
- Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
- Create searchable indices for Web page content.
- Create Web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.
- Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
- Develop and document style guidelines for Web site content.
- Develop new visual design concepts and modify concepts based on stakeholder feedback.
- Develop or implement procedures for ongoing Web site revision.
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