IT Solutions Developer

Course details

This programme will give you hands-on software development experience in various languages and you will be prepared to succeed in the external Microsoft examinations.

The MCSD: Web Applications certification recognises your expertise in creating and deploying modern web applications and services. You will use different Microsoft languages and development tools to analyse and design enterprise solutions.

UniCollege has combined the MCSD with MCSA: SQL Server certification to enhance your web development designs or to focus on a database administrator career. MCSA: SQL Server training will give you essential skills and insights to develop and maintain the next wave of mission-critical environments.

UniCollege provides tuition towards these external qualifications and is an authorised Microsoft IT Academy member and Pearson VUE testing centre.

Type of Programme

• Full-time
• Recognised international qualifications through Microsoft 

This one-year full-time programme is designed to equip learners who have the interest and aptitude with the skills and knowledge to be employed in the IT field as a solutions developer. You will get hands-on software development experience in various languages and will be prepared to succeed in the external Microsoft examinations.

The MCSD: Web Applications certification recognises your expertise in creating and deploying modern web applications and services. You will use different Microsoft languages and development tools to analyse and design enterprise solutions.

MCSD was number three in a survey of the top-paying certifications for 2013.

UniCollege has combined the MCSD with MCSA: SQL Server certification to enhance your web development designs or to focus on a database administrator career. MCSA: SQL Server training will give you essential skills and insights to develop and maintain the next wave of mission-critical environments.

Many learners who attempt more advanced certification too quickly end up failing as they do not have the necessary job experience and knowledge needed to pass. By following the UniCollege study path and using our unique study tools, those new to developing will gain a solid foundation in software design and development skills, thereby enabling them to succeed.

Programme Benefits

• Practical and hands-on with lectures being conducted in a computer training studio
• In addition to an experienced lecturer, UniCollege also makes use of highly sophisticated lesson laboratories to enhance the learner experience
• Relevant and current to industry needs and objectives
• Learners will write the internationally recognised Microsoft exams
• Sufficient tuition time to ensure learners understand and can apply the content in a practical context

Career Opportunities

• Integration specialist
• Software design engineer
• Solutions specialist
• Web developer
• Web administrator
• Database developer
• Database analyst

Programme Outline

• Learning to code
  
• Mobility and device fundamentals
  
• Cloud fundamentals
  
• Software development
  
• HTML 5 application development fundamentals
  
• Software testing
  
• Database fundamentals
  

MCSD: Web Applications

Programming in HTML 5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (70-480)

• Implement and manipulate document structures and objects
• Implement program flow
• Access and secure data
• Use CSS3 in applications

Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications (70-486)

• Design the application architecture
• Design and develop the user experience
• Troubleshoot and debug web applications
• Design and implement security

Developing Microsoft Azure and Web Services (70-487)

• Accessing data
• Querying and manipulating data by using Entity Framework
• Designing and implementing WCF Services
• Creating and consuming Web API-based services
• Deploying web applications and services

MCSA: SQL Server

Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (70-461)

• Create database objects
• Work with and modify data
• Troubleshoot and optimise

Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases (70-462)

• Install and configure
• Maintain instances and databases
• Manage data and implement security and high availability

Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (70-463)

• Design and implement a data warehouse
• Extract, transform and load data
• Configure and deploy SSIS solutions
• Build data quality solutions