Certificate of Achievement | 255 clock hours
SAT Instruction Division
Taylorsville Redwood Campus TB 517
General Information 801-957-4073
Program Information 801-957-4974
Program Website
Academic and Career Advising
Program Faculty
Douglas Miller, Diego Pardo
Program Description
The student will be introduced to different programming languages. Students will discover the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging/troubleshooting and maintaining the source code of computer programs. Students will create programs that produces a certain desired behavior in various labs.
Career Opportunities
Students who complete this program will be qualified to work as Software Quality Assurance Technicians. Utah is expected by 2024 to have a 33% increase in these positions according to www.careeronestop.org
Estimated Cost for Students
Tuition and student fees: $619.55
Supplies: $20 (Ear Phones, USB drive)
Estimated Time to Completion
Time to completion is 13.75 instructional weeks at SAT rate of 20 hours per week.
Program Entry Requirements
According to TABE testing;
- Math: 9th grade
- English: 9th grade
| Program Student Learning Outcomes |
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1 - Acquire substantive knowledge
2 - Communicate effectively
3 - Develop quantitative literacies
4 - Think critically & creatively
5 - Become a community engaged learner
6 - Work in professional & constructive manner
7 - Develop computer & information literacy
8 - Develop lifelong wellness
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Write, analyze, and review programs applying knowledge of computer capabilities, subject matter, and symbolic logic.
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1, 3, 4, 7
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Conduct trial runs of programs and software applications to be sure they will produce the desired information and that the instructions are correct.
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1, 3, 4, 7
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Correct errors by making appropriate changes to programs to ensure that the desired results are produced.
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1, 3, 4, 7
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Prepare workflow charts and diagrams that describe input, output, and logical operation, and convert them into a series of instructions coded in a computer language.
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1, 3, 4, 7
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