Software Development

Course Requirements

Exploring Software Development

Course Description:

This pre-requisite course provides an overview of a variety of topics that will be covered in the Software Development program.  Students are required to pass this course before being accepted into the Software Development program.

Certificate:

Completion of this course certifies proficient basic skills and understanding of software development principals and systems based on a score of 80% or higher on competency exams. A Certificate of Skill Competence is available upon request.

This course fulfills requirements for the following Programs:

• Software Development

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• Comprehend concepts, principles and skills taught
• Build and configure a Linux virtual machine as a server
• Leverage version control using "git"
• Build a self-hosted website with one or more simple web applications

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 80 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Admission Requirements

• Students must be at least in the 11th grade and meet with an IT Faculty member prior to enrolling into this program
• Students will be assessed using the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) and test at the 11th grade level in math and reading, unless a transcript showing completion of an Associate’s degree or higher credential is provided

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

Full Stack Web Development

Course Description:

This course introduces students to all the elements of full stack web application development, including design and layout components (HTML/CSS), scripting (JavaScript), frameworks (React), and services (NoSQL databases).

This course fulfills requirements for the following Programs:

• Software Development

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• "Become familiar with the following technologies that are commonly used to build web-based applications: - HTML - CSS - JavaScript - Node.js - NoSQL (MongoDB) - React"

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 200 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Admission Requirements

Prerequisites: Exploring Software Development

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

Projects UI/UX, and People

Course Description:

Topics in this course cover the people side of software development, including managing projects, understanding how users interact with apps, and designing appealing apps.

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• Project management and preparing for (and optionally taking ) the ComTIA Project+certification
• Agency models, such as Lean, Agile and Scrum
• Understand how to design and test the user experiences (UX)
• Follow basic graphic design principles
• Introduction of photo manipulation and vector graphics software
• Sketching and prototyping user interfaces
• Creating web apps that adapt to the device they're running on (Responsive Design) - A/B testing

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 200 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

Back End Development

Course Description:

Students gain a broader understanding of server-side programming by building restful API’s and managing back end resources.

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• Knowledge of server systems (Prepare for and optionally acquire CompTIA certifications such as Server+ and Linux+)
• Understand basic security requirements when building services on a server
• Understand data storage concepts such as normalization, relationships between datasets, and query languages
• Understand use cases for relational databases, document stores, and real-time data synchronization solutions
• Learn about Big Data and data science - Learn the Python programming language, used by data scientists and developers alike
• Learn to use regular expressions and powerful tools for manipulating data
• Become familiar with PHP, a popular tool for building APIs and web applications

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 200 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

DevOps I

Course Description:

Students are introduced to concepts and tools that allow developers to design, develop, and test at scale, such as cloud computing, serverless functions, configuration management, and continuous integration.

This course fulfills requirements for the following Programs:

• Software Development

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• Understand the purpose of DevOps
• Become acquainted with cloud solutions such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, etc., and build services and/or applications on those platforms
• Learn about container management (Docker)
• Leverage skills taught in previous courses, in addition to these new components to complete student- and/or instructor-led projects

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 100 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

Mobile Development

Course Description:

Students are taught how to design apps for mobile devices that run Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android operating systems, using both natively supported languages, as well as JavaScript by means of React Native.

This course fulfills requirements for the following Programs:

• Software Development

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• Languages and/or technologies taught include: - Java - Android Studio - Swift - XCode - JavaScript

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 300 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

DevOps II

Course Description:

This course is targeted at students who wish to boost their skills in virtualization and cloud computing.

This course fulfills requirements for the following Programs:

• Software Development

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• Designing Microsoft Azure infrastructure solutions (certs available)
• Becoming certified as an AWS DevOps Engineer (cert available)
• Understand VMware vSphere (cert available)

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 200 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

Developing for Apple Platforms

Course Description:

This course focuses on developing software for Apple’s ecosystem of platforms, including macOS, tvOS, and watchOS.

This course fulfills requirements for the following Programs:

• Software Development

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• Native development using Swift
• Near-native development using JavaScript
• Greater understanding of XCode's toolsets
• Introduction to graphics on Metal

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 200 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

Developing for Microsoft.net

Course Description:

This course is designed for students wishing to gain experience with Microsoft’s .NET architecture for application development.

This course fulfills requirements for the following Programs:

• Software Development

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• Gain proficiency with C#
• Design applications using ASP.NET MVC
• Learn how to deploy .NET apps on Microsoft's Azure infrastructure

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 200 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

Game Development

Course Description:

Students will learn about some of the tools used to create entertaining 2D and immersive 3D games.

This course fulfills requirements for the following Programs:

• Software Development

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• C++ (supported on most gaming platforms)
• C# (used by Unity for game logic)
• Unity Game Engine development
• Creating 3D models for game environments

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 200 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

Media Production

Course Description:

Through self-led training and several projects, students will learn how to create compelling visual content for use in-app, or in other areas of their (or their employer’s) business, such as product promotion or training.

This course fulfills requirements for the following Programs:

• Software Development

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• "By the end of the course, students will have experience with: - NLE environments (non-linear editing tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple's Final Cut Pro X, and/or Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve) - Script creation and production planning - Project and time management - Post-production pipelines of editing, color correction, and video transcoding for mass delivery - Social media video delivery"

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 200 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.

Computer Science Primer

Course Description:

This course is for the student who, upon completion of the program, wishes to obtain a university Computer Science degree

This course fulfills requirements for the following Programs:

• Software Development

Competencies (skills you will learn):

• Develop a greater understanding of computer science concepts, such as - Commonly used algorithms - Data structures - Memory management
• Students will complete one or more research-style projects using C++, C#, and/or other languages learned in the program that demonstrates their understanding of the concepts and principles taught.

Course Structure

This is a competency-based course offered in open-entry/open-exit format.

Course Length:

The estimated length of this course is 200 hours. Actual course length will depend upon your schedule and your ability to master the subject material.

Course Location & Schedule:

Tooele Tech Campus
88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fridays

Textbooks & Materials:

Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop.

Tuition & Fees:

Tuition is based on the number of enrolled classroom hours. High school students are exempt from tuition, but are responsible for course and program fees. Please visit the Tuition pages of this web site or contact Student Services for current tuition and fee information. This course has a monthly fee of $15.