Become a Software Developer

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Learn high demand skills that will make you a competitive developer in a rapidly expanding industry.

This program is offered through the Office of Continuing & Professional Studies at Brookdale Community College in collaboration with Promineo Tech. Promineo Tech collaborates with community colleges to prepare participants for high-growth careers in software development.

Promineo Tech is a group of IT professionals and leaders who believe that quality education should be offered at an affordable price.

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Front End Software Development Bootcamp

Front End Software Developers build the pieces of applications and websites that users see and interact with. This involves creating components that look good and provide functionality when a user interacts with them. It also involves interacting with the Back End applications and displaying data in an aesthetically pleasing manner.

In the 18-week, Front End Software Development program, students take three courses to learn the skills and technologies necessary to enter the industry as a Front End Software Developer: Introduction to JavaScript, Front End Technologies, and Web App Design with React.

Skills and technologies learned include JavaScript, Algorithms, OOP, Design Patterns, Unit Testing, HTML, CSS, JQuery, Bootstrap, AJAX, React, JSX, REST, NPM, AWS, and more.

Students meet for class once a week at a set time in a virtual environment. In addition to the weekly class meeting, students meet once a week for a remote, 30-minute one-on-one with a mentor.

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Thursday, January 30th – June 5th
Tuesday, February 25th – July 1st
Thursday, March 27th – July 31st
Wednesday, April 30th – September 3rd
Tuesday, May 27th – September 30th

Fee and Code: $4,300

 

Back End Software Development Bootcamp

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Back End Software Developers are in charge of building applications that do the behind-the-scenes work. This typically involves receiving requests from a Front End application, processing the request, reading and writing to a database, and responding back to requests from other applications.

In this 18-week, Back End Software Development program, students take three courses to learn the skills and technologies necessary to enter the industry as a Back End Software Developer: Introduction to Java, Relational Databases with MySQL, and Web API Design with Spring Boot.

Skills and technologies learned will include Java 1.8, Algorithms, OOP, Design Patterns, Unit Testing, SQL, DDL, DML, Database Concepts, JDBC, Spring Boot, Spring Data, REST, JPA, JWT, AWS, and more.

Students meet for class once a week at a set time in a virtual environment. In addition to the weekly class meeting, students meet once a week for a remote, 30-minute one-on-one with a mentor.

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Thursday, January 30th – June 5th
Tuesday, February 25th – July 1st
Thursday, March 27th – July 31st
Wednesday, April 30th – September 3rd
Tuesday, May 27th – September 30th

Fee and Code: $4,300

 

Digital Marketing Bootcamp

The Digital Marketing program is designed to help students with an interest in marketing create a portfolio and begin an entry level position in the digital marketing field. The curriculum is a project-based course that blends marketing theory, critical thinking skills, and practical experience to prepare students for an entry-level position in a growth industry. Students will become proficient in advertising platforms such as Facebook, Google, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Our program provides a fast-paced, detailed curriculum with a full-breadth of digital marketing knowledge in order to be a competitive applicant in an ever-growing job market. Digital Marketing jobs are growing 112% faster than the U.S. national average job growth*. Upon completion of the program students will be equipped with the tools to be successful at jobs such as marketing coordinator, social media advertising coordinator, branding coordinator, junior UX designer, and more.

In this 16-week program, students are taught foundational basics such as:

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*Bureau of Labor Statistics

Tuesday, February 25th – June 17th, 8:00-9:30 PM
Tuesday, May 27th – September 16th, 8:00-9:30 PM

Fee and Code: $4300

 

Big Data Engineering Bootcamp

The Big Data Engineering Program is designed to introduce the technically inclined student to the technologies and methodologies requested by hiring companies and used by real world data engineers. This program is fast paced and will cover a breadth of technologies, including Python programming, Hadoop and cloud-based services in Amazon Web Services (AWS). The student will also be introduced to such methods as data wrangling, munging, ingesting and modeling for analytics. 

By the end of the program the successful student will be prepared for an entry-level position as a data engineer, Python programmer or business intelligence developer. 

Data Engineering Prerequisites: 

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Tuesday, February 25th – August 26th, 8:00-9:30 PM
Tuesday, May 27th – December 2nd (No class 11/25), 8:00-9:30 PM

Fee: $5,300