Emeritus Institute of Management
Professional Certificate in Coding: Women's CohortOnline
DURATION
32 Weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
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Introduction
Join a supportive, collaborative group of women on your journey.
As an institution, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been striving for gender parity in science and technology for more than two decades. MIT’s female undergraduate population has risen to nearly 50 percent of the total enrollment, and such growth has been sustained across almost every department and school. Building on this achievement, MIT xPRO wants to increase diversity in software by minimizing barriers to entry.
A growing number of companies are hiring web developers, software engineers, and other technology workers who use technical skills to streamline their operations and leverage the power of technology within their organizations.
Their biggest challenge? Talent. MIT xPRO’s online learning program combines exclusive content from MIT’s world-renowned faculty with tailored support and hands-on learning activities.
- $111,499 The average salary for a full-stack developer in the US (Source: Talent)
- 12.4 Million Users According to SlashData, JavaScript is the most popular language used by developers worldwide. (Source: ZDNET)
Ideal Students
Who Is This Program For?
- Career Launchers: early-career women professionals who want to step into a new career in tech, and gain exposure to the full development lifecycle as the launch point.
- Career Builders: women in tech who are ready to build on existing skills either in coding or a related technical field, to formalize training, and earn a valued credential.
- Career Switchers: women returning to the workforce after an absence or career professionals looking to switch to software development from another field, such as marketing, sales, human resources, operations, or any other field.
There are no prerequisites for this program, though a capacity for technical concepts is recommended.
Program Outcome
Key Takeaways
- Build, test, and deploy a web application using the MERN stack
- Build, test, and deploy APIs
- Build, test, and deploy a front-end web application using React
- Build a community of like-minded ambitious women
- Setup Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines to deploy a React application
- Present a GitHub portfolio of your work to potential employers
Program Highlights
- Flexible program that fits into your busy schedule
- Insights and coding demos from renowned MIT faculty
- Peer networking groups with like-minded women
- Market-ready coding skills for a high-growth market
- GitHub portfolio to share with potential employers
- Earn a certificate and 48 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from MIT xPRO
- Daily Live Chat with Learning Facilitators
Curriculum
Program Topics
This program is organized into three main modules using the MERN stack: Web Development, Front-End Development/React, and Back-End Development. Each module builds on the next and is designed to prepare you to enter the job market as an entry-level full-stack developer, or to specialize in one of these areas with further skill development.
Module 1: Web Development
You will develop foundational skills in web development using Javascript, HTML, and CSS. You’ll also create your own personal portfolio in GitHub, which you will add to as you progress through the program.
Module 2: Front-End Development and React
You will dive deep into front-end development using one of the most popular frameworks, React. You will write clean, concise code with Javascript ES6 and use these skills to work with web components in React. You will learn how to build React applications and how to test and deploy them.
Module 3: Back-End Development
You will work with MongoDB, ExpressJS, and NodeJS to become confident in the MERN stack. You will learn the essentials for working in the cloud, automated testing, and deployment for a solid foundation in DevOps.
Career Opportunities
Stepping into a career in software and web development requires a variety of skills, both hard and soft. This course offers you guidance for navigating a career path in tech, including crafting your elevator pitch and communication tips. These services are provided by Emeritus, our learning collaborator for this program. The program support team includes women learning facilitators and career mentors to help you reach your learning goals. The primary goal is to help you gain the skills needed to be prepared for a job in this field, however, job placement is not guaranteed.
There is a career preparation aspect of this course, elements include:
- Crafting your elevator pitch
- Networking for women
- Interview skills practice
- Combating imposter syndrome
- LinkedIn profile guidance
- Negotiating salary
- Building confidence and being assertive
- Advancing in your career
Career exercises focused on launching a career as a developer:
- Building your personal brand and promoting your skills
- Communicating technical concepts to non-technical colleagues
- Understanding the roles and workflow of Agile development
- Reflecting on your skills to learn how to troubleshoot and learn more quickly
- Job search and interviewing for developer positions