2019-2020 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Badge in Web and Mobile Computing
The School of Computing's web and mobile computing badge (not a degree or certificate) is designed to prepare students in the following areas:
- Design a stand-alone native mobile application on a modern mobile platform.
- Develop a web-based applications using a modern web stack.
- Explain the primary challenges and tradeoffs in designing distributed systems.
- Specify the requirements for a database application and then implement it using EER modeling, schema design and normalization, SQL/DDL, SQL/DML, stored procedures, and database triggers.
- Describe details of data communications and computer networks including TCP/IP protocol stack.
- Analyze security threats to computer networks and how to protect against threats.
Program Format
The web and mobile computing badge is comprised of three courses (9 credits).
Admission
Completion of a bachelor's degree, and evidence of object-oriented programming skill is required for admission.
Program Location
The web and mobile computing badge is offered on Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids, MI.
Requirements for the Web and Mobile Computing Badge
- CIS 657 - Mobile Application Development Credits: 3
- CIS 658 - Web Architectures Credits: 3
And one of:
- CIS 654 - Computer Networking Credits: 3
- CIS 656 - Distributed Systems Credits: 3
- CIS 673 - Principles of Database Design Credits: 3