Software Development | Jefferson Community 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

Credentials this program stacks toward

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What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Micro-Credential)

Well-defined coding tasks — implement under code review on an established codebase.
Version control basics (branch, commit, pull request) — use correctly on a team's repository.
Local development environment — set up and run reliably for an existing service.
Unit tests for new code — write to coverage standards on assigned features.
Bug reports with clear reproduction steps — diagnose and fix on isolated components.
Code-review feedback — incorporate accurately on submitted pull requests.
Existing system documentation — read and apply when implementing assigned tasks.
Standard logging and error handling — add to new code following team conventions.
Build and CI/CD outputs — interpret and respond to on individual changes.
Standup updates and ticket hygiene — communicate consistently in a sprint team.

Program Details

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Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

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Financial Aid

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Scholarships

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