The Applied Software Development (ASD) Associate Certificate is aimed at new students who want to learn programming languages, those who are moving on to the Computer Systems Certificate (CSC), and legacy programmers upgrading to current development environments. You'll learn the skills required to develop software applications to industry standards through coding in Python and Java and software application development. You'll gain hands-on experience and learn best practices from industry experts, leaving the program with skills in IT systems analysis, requirements discovery, critical thinking, process mapping, documentation, technical communication, presentations, and teamwork.