Information Technology: Graduate Certificate of Software Development

Future-proof your career with SAE's Graduate Certificate of Software Development

- a hands-on, future-focused course designed to equip you with essential technical and professional skills in just two trimesters.

You'll build foundational expertise across programming, web development, databases, networks, cloud computing, and cyber security, while developing the critical thinking, project planning and problem-solving skills that employers demand. Guided by real-world, project-based learning, you'll apply your knowledge to practical scenarios from day one.

Through this course, you'll learn to design intuitive web interfaces, write and debug code using core programming principles, and implement modern data and storage solutions. You'll gain confidence working across both front and back-end technologies, and be introduced to Agile workflows, project documentation and software deployment processes.

By the end of the course, you'll have delivered a complete software project and be ready to take the next step - into postgraduate study, a tech-focused career, or your own development ventures.

The Graduate Certificate in Software Development is stage 1 of the 3 stages of the Master of Information Technology course. More info here

Develop the advanced skills and expertise required to collaborate with other SAE students and industry professionals.

• Credit points: 10 In this unit, you will get a practical introduction to foundational topics across a range of IT specialisations. Overall, the unit covers:
• a general understanding of the hardware and software used in computers and how they work together
• data storage in both relational and flat-file databases and how we can query or use this data for given applications
• an understanding of the devices used in computer networks, the process of how data is transmitted and received, and addressed on a network
• an introduction to cybersecurity and the various threat landscapes
• an introduction to cloud computing - what it is, different deployments, how it compares to local solutions and discussions as to the applicability of cloud computing services in current or future projects.
• Credit points: 10 In this unit, you will engage in a problem and project-based learning environment to analyse and implement software development solutions for given scenarios or requirements. This unit will set out the key, foundational programming concepts. The later topics in the unit guide you toward a more autonomous approach to learning with the expectation of self-directed research on libraries and/or APIs as a means to extend the functionalities of your programs. This unit is designed as the starting point for cultivating a creative mindset to help you foster ideas for future projects in the course (and beyond).
• Credit points: 10 In this unit, you will be introduced to and gain experience using a range of web development technologies to design and develop web applications, including frontend and backend tools and functionality. You will also build knowledge of industry standards and best practice and demonstrate how these can be implemented in different contexts.
• Credit points: 10 Good decisions are informed by good data. This means that how we collect, manage, analyse and present data is fundamentally important and has wide-ranging and ethical implications for people, projects, businesses, and government. In this unit, you will be introduced to the key concepts of data analysis, techniques, tools and applications.