Upgrade your skills or learn the basics of application development with .NET technology. Six new online courses in Peirce College's Business Information Systems (BIS) degree program focus on application development with .NET tools such as Visual Basic .NET, XML, and Visual Studio .NET. Application development is the process of designing, building and maintaining a computer system that will increase the efficiency, productivity, and bottom-line of an organization.
Microsoft's .NET technology builds and enhances connections between people, information, systems, and devices via the Internet. With .NET tools, such as VB .NET, you can create applications that allow degree programs written in different programming languages to communicate and work together. .NET technology accelerates the connection between people, allows real-time access to information, and promotes effective business decisions. Read more about the basics of .NET .
As businesses and organizations seek to increase the efficiency of their computing systems, and integrate technological innovations, application developers will be in demand to plan, build, test, deploy, and maintain new software applications. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, application developers belong to the highest growing profession through 2010. Position yourself for career advancement with skills in Application Development using .NET technology.
Peirce College Application Development Program
Peirce's Application Development degree program is based on the innovative ITSkillsPlus program, designed and developed by leading Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center, Micro Endeavors , Inc. All of the Application Development courses are offered entirely online. Students will need access to the Internet and a computer with at least 256MB of RAM and 2-4 GB of disk space to run Visual Studio .NET.
The Application Development degree program follows a Constructivist methodology, where courses are mainly self-study/self-discovery. A series of business case projects offer students the opportunity to gain additional knowledge, practical experience, and the mastery needed to pass industry certifications.
Application Development Course Sequence
Because a major project runs through the Application Development program, students work through these technical electives in the following proscribed sequence.
BIS 120 - Introduction to Application Development
BIS 220 - Application Development with Visual Basic/Visual Studio I
BIS 221 - Application Development with Visual Basic/Visual Studio II
BIS 320 - Database Applications and ActiveX Data Objects
BIS 321 - Structured Query Language (SQL), VB .NET and XML
BIS 420 - Component Object Model and Advanced Projects
Position yourself for career advancement with skills in Application Development using .NET technology!
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