Information Technology – Software Developer | Gateway Technical College

Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

ProgrammingCritical ThinkingJudgment and Decision MakingReading ComprehensionSystems AnalysisActive LearningSystems EvaluationComplex Problem Solving

Knowledge

Computers and ElectronicsMathematicsCustomer and Personal ServiceEnglish Language

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionOral ExpressionProblem SensitivityDeductive ReasoningNear VisionInformation OrderingWritten ExpressionInductive ReasoningCategory Flexibility

Tasks

Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost
Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation.
Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain info

Technology

Word processing softwareDevelopment environment softwareObject or component oriented development softwareData base user interface and query softwareDocument management software

Tools

Application serversComputer serversDesktop computersDigital camerasDirectory serversFlash disksGraphics processing unit GPUIn circuit emulators ICELogic analyzersMainframe computersMulti-core central processing unit CPUNotebook computers

Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

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Occupations matched to this program, with median wage, top wage, growth, and openings
SOC	Occupation	Method	Wage	Growth	Openings
Match confidence: high15-1252.00	Software Developers	title_inference	$133,080 median$211,450 top	+15.8%	26,770

Program Pathways

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What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Associate's Degree)

Multi-file features — design and implement end-to-end within an existing service.
Integration points (APIs, queues, databases) — work across confidently in a familiar stack.
Test strategy (unit, integration, end-to-end) — apply appropriately to assigned features.
Production incidents on owned components — investigate and resolve with reduced guidance.
Performance and scalability concerns in code — recognize and address in routine work.
Code reviews for peers — provide substantive feedback on a team's pull requests.
Estimates and breakdowns for medium tasks — produce reliably in sprint planning.
Refactoring of legacy code — execute safely in well-tested areas of the codebase.
Cloud services and platform tooling — use correctly in standard team workflows.
Junior developers on routine work — guide on patterns and conventions during onboarding.

Program Details

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Requirements

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Financial Aid

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