Course Objectives

Course Benefits

This certification will provide students with the skills necessary to develop applications using the .Net framework. Students can learn to develop Windows Based Applications or Forms and Web based applications using Visual Basic.Net, Visual Studio.net or Visual C# from the .Net framework. The certification requires students to complete two Core exams and 1 elective exam.

This certification will allow students to demonstrate to their customers that they have the tools and skills to design and develop superior custom solutions using the Microsoft tools and technologies. Students will be able to obtain employment as Solution Developers or Programmers in the Information Technology Industry. Students can also utilize their certification to obtain college credits to advance their careers. Achieving the MCAD credential can be a step toward earning the MCSD credential for advanced developers.

Prerequisites

Course Duration

This certification assumes that students have the following skills:

• Understanding of Visual Basic programming

• Experience building application

Each course of the MCAD Certification module will take about 40 hours to complete. Students can choose to take each course per week on a Monday to Friday schedule or select a flexible schedule of 8 hours per week in order to complete their certification.

Course #

Course Name

Length

Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET

40 hours

Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET

40 hours

Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET

24 hours

Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP.NET

24 hours

Building COM+ Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services

40 hours

Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database

40 hours