Online Web Programming courses

Program Title: Associate Degree in Web Programming

Description: Millions of people today rely on the web for information on various subjects. The demand for skilled web programmers is huge. Web programming involves maintaining web pages & servers, designing websites, programming, reviewing the contents of web pages, networking and a lot more. Web Programmers write programs for designing, assembling, executing & maintaining websites and web pages. Web programmers can work for companies that develop websites or for internet agencies or software organizations.

Syllabus: The course covers common operating systems, servers, databases, programming and so on. Topics include:

• Internet Technology Orientation
• Web Development
• Designing Interactive Web Sites
• Internet Marketing & E-Commerce
• Internet Server Environments
• Networks Protocols and Internetworking
• Internet Security
• Web site Project Management
• Internet Multimedia
• Programming in CGI, Perl, Visual Basic.NET

Accreditation: Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC)

Format of Education: Online and Correspondence courses

Language: English 

Job Opportunities: Students can choose to work as web programmers, server-side or client-side programmers, web editors or website developers. The market demand for professional web programmers is growing. According to the U.S. Department of Labor jobs for Web Programmers will grow more than 15% through 2012. Skilled professionals can start their own business as well. On an average, annual earnings for web programmers were more than $45,000 last year.

University / Institutes:

Penn Foster Career School: With 13 million students enrolled since 1890, Penn Foster Career School is the world's largest and most respected distance learning institution.