Software Engineering | University of Nebraska at Omaha

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: proficient (Level 3)(based on Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)

Service-level designs — propose, document, and lead implementation across a team's domain.
Cross-cutting concerns (auth, observability, data modeling) — own across one or more services.
Production reliability and on-call response — handle autonomously across a team's services.
Performance, security, and cost trade-offs — analyze and decide on within a service or feature area.
Technical specs and design docs — author and shepherd through review for non-trivial changes.
Cross-team integrations — negotiate and deliver across organizational boundaries.
Architectural debt and migrations — plan and execute incrementally on an owned service.
Hiring loops and technical interviews — conduct competently across leveling guidelines.
Mentorship across the team — provide on design, code quality, and career growth.
Roadmap input from a technical perspective — contribute consistently in product planning.

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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