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Computer Software Development

Kirkwood Community College

Associate's DegreeAcademic

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Those who can be both creative and logical, who enjoy working with computers, and especially those who would like to learn how to produce their own solutions for business and other computing needs, should consider a career in Computer Software Development. This degree helps graduates enter the growing and well-paid field of computer programming.

Credits

69 credits

Format

In-Person

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Iowa

    Iowa

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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
SOCOccupationMethodWageGrowthOpenings
Match confidence: high15-1252.00Software Developerstitle_inference$133,080 median$211,450 top+15.8%26,770
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.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

Performance metrics for this program

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Completion Rate
21%
Placement Rate
63%