CO SCI: Web Design / Development & Service Support

Congrats to the West LA programming team for great work at the AT&T Mobile App Hackathon!

Choose the right program for you

The Associate Degree of Arts & Science or Certificate of Achievement at West Los Angeles College is ideal for those who have a limited amount of time and who want to gain a broad understanding of web technology. This program is great for students, mid-career professionals, or those seeking a new occupation.

To accommodate the busy schedule of students who need to work while studying, classes are conveniently scheduled in the evenings and weekends.

The Classes

CIS 148 (Introduction to Web Development HTML5 & CSS) focuses on building web pages using HTML5. It will give students hands-on experience in building web pages from scratch. The topics covered include designing basic layout of the page, creating pages with images, links, forms, tables and media elements. The advanced topics such as Cascading Style sheets JavaScript and JQuery may be covered.

While many students may be familiar with "front end" developers who are responsible for the look and feel of a website, the job market for database administrators who work on the "back end" is also very lucrative. Classes such as CIS 120 (Database Design and Programming), CIS 219 (Database Management Using Oracle), CIS 150 (PHP - MySQL, Ruby on Rails), and CIS 237 (Microsoft SQL) give students training in crucial database technologies needed for e-commerce websites. And this technology is also used to power the world’s most popular social websites, such as Facebook and Twitter.

Prerequisites

All students need to know to start the web development program is a basic understanding of using a computer. Students should be familiar with how to cut, copy and paste and use a mouse, plus basic file management skills like saving and opening documents.