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Microsoft.NET Certificate
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Who should attend
Professionals interested in upgrading programming and development skills to the Microsoft .NET framework through courses in which they create applications using VB.NET WinForms, WebForms, and WebServices as well as writing components using the C# (Sharp) language. All courses in this program are taught using Visual Studio 2010.
Certificate Requirement – Three courses
A Penn State Great Valley certificate is awarded upon completion of the three required courses. Courses should be taken in the suggested order below. If you do not need the entire sequence, you're welcome to take any course that interests you, pending prerequisite knowledge.
Required Courses - 2013 / 2014 Schedule
| Course # |
Course Title (click course # for descriptions) |
Sessions |
Time
|
Fall I
|
Fall II
|
| CSE 6963 |
Visual Basic.NET Introduction - Prerequisites: Knowledge of any structured programming language, such as C or C++ is required. Experience with Visual Basic or any GUI is helpful but not required. |
7
|
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. |
Tuesdays beginning in Fall 2013
$590
|
|
| CSE 6994 |
ASP.NET - Prerequisites: Working knowledge of VB.NET and XML.NET or C# (Sharp) |
7
|
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. |
|
Tuesdays beginning in Fall 2013
$590
|
| Course # |
Course Title (click course # for descriptions) |
Sessions |
Time
|
Spring I
|
Spring II |
| SWENG 5146 |
ADO.NET with LINQ and Web Services - Prerequisites: ASP.NET and VB.NET or C# |
7
|
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
|
TBA
|
|
Supplementary Courses - not required
Course #
|
Course Title (click course # for description)
|
Sessions
|
Time
|
|
CSE 5200
|
C Sharp (C#) - Introduction
Prerequisites: Experience with a programming language is required.
|
7
|
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
|
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|
SWENG 5135
|
AJAX with ASP.NET Web Development
Prerequisites: VB.NET or C# and ASP.NET
|
7
|
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
|
Check back for future offering
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