Certificate of Achievement in Computer Systems Analysis (Laney College)

The certificate in Computer Systems Analysis prepares students for careers as Systems Analysts, or as software developers with duties in analysis and design. The program provides the analytical, methodological, and language skills required within the computer industry, and serves as a partial foundation for continued education at four-year institutions. It provides a merit badge certification of a skill set needed in a vital career field. See a counselor for more information.

Program Learning Outcomes
Explain the purpose of systems analysis and design, life cycle of systems design, iterative, and waterfall development processes, object oriented analysis and design.
Gather data to identify client requirements and interpret and evaluate requirements for completeness, relevance, accuracy, and consistency. Clearly define problems, opportunities, or mandates that initiate projects, write clear and concise business requirements documents and convert them into technical specifications. Less
Use UML in requirements, analysis, design, and documentation phases of software. Use a methodology for analyzing a business situation (a problem or opportunity), modeling it using Use Case & Class Diagrams, and specifying requirements for a system that enables a productive change in a way the business is conducted. Less
Design high-level logical system characteristics (user interface design, design of data and information requirements), and prototype system artifacts to implement a solution.
Analyze and articulate economic, ethical, cultural, and legal issues and their feasibilities among alternative solutions.
Communicate effectively with various organizational stakeholders to collect information using a variety of techniques and to convey proposed solution characteristics to them.

Please submit the highest level for each item translated in English. Diploma(s) Proof of completion of High School/Secondary Proof of completion of College/University Transcript(s) Complete High School/Secondary transcripts Complete College/University Official Transcripts A score of 61 TOEFL ibt, or 6 on the IELTS test typically