Full-Stack Development Certificate

What you'll learn

In the full-stack development certificate program, you’ll learn to build websites and mobile apps using both front-end and back-end tools. These skills prepare you for roles like web developer or application developer, with graduates earning over $52,000 annually in fields such as tech, health care, and digital services.

Get a head start on your bachelor's degree

By completing your undergraduate certificate, you’ll not only earn a valuable credential to make an immediate impact on your career, you’ll also lay the groundwork for a bachelor’s of science degree. Transfer your certificate into a Luddy Indianapolis bachelor’s degree.

Careers

Your Certificate in Full-Stack Development will qualify you for jobs including:

Students who’ve earned our certificate are earning more than $52,000 annually, on average, in positions including operations engineer, information systems analyst, and front-end engineer. They work in health care, high-tech integration applications, digital experience development, and other fields.

Eligible funding

 
All tuition and fees are eligible for the NextLevel Jobs Work-Ready grant. You must be an Indiana resident, have a high school diploma, but less than an associate’s degree, and submit the FAFSA to qualify.
 

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This certificate is eligible for federal financial aid. You must submit the FAFSA to qualify.

Certificate requirements

Our 16-week intensive boot camp gets you into the job market fast. You can earn your certificate in desktop and mobile device development entirely online, making it easy to fit into your schedule.

You should expect to spend 3-5 hours per day on coursework during the boot camp experience.

Your first 4 weeks

NEWM-N 115 Introduction to Multi-Device Web Development
Work with content management systems and gain insights into Web publishing, and how to prepare, manage, and organize media online.

Weeks 5-8

NEWM-N 215 Intermediate Front-end Development
Work with content management systems and gain insights into Web publishing, and how to prepare, manage, and organize media online.

Weeks 9-10

NEWM-N 315 Advanced Front-end Development
In these two weeks you’ll delve into advanced creation, publication, and management of media-rich, interactive publications for online distribution.

Weeks 11-12

NEWM-N 320 Intermediate Media Application Development
Explore intermediate-level skills for design of interactive multimedia applications for desktop and mobile devices. Use industry-standard tools to create applications emphasizing animation and interactivity.

Weeks 13-14

NEWM-N 322 Dynamic Data Applications
You’ll immerse yourself in the techniques of creating multi-media applications.

Weeks 15-16

NEWM-N 423 Database Development for Mobile Applications
Your final two weeks will cover the development of mobile applications, and methods for securely storing and retrieving data.

Note for Ivy Tech transfer students: This certificate offers a quick pathway to a credential, or completion of courses that may be required for your bachelor’s degree.

A C- or higher is required for all courses. Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA. This plan of study is subject to revision.

Getting started

You can earn this as a stand-alone certificate, or as part of an undergraduate degree. To get started, you’ll need to be admitted to IU Indianapolis as an undergraduate student.

Current students

Contact your advisor to add this certificate to your major.

New students

You will need to apply to IU Indianapolis as an undergraduate student.