• Graduate Certificate in Web Design and Development at Conestoga College allows students to complete this program in 2 Years.
  • Students are required to successfully complete two language electives (in one language) in order to graduate.
  • Customers today want all information to be accessible on a website and they want that information fast.
  • This four-semester Ontario College Graduate Certificate program is designed to provide hands-on, comprehensive training for those who desire to work in the field of web-centric business application development.
  • The primary focus of the program is on user-centered design supported by extensive back-end programming and front-end use of graphic design, multimedia, video, animation, and e-commerce applications to facilitate a fully functional website.
  • The main concepts covered under the program are:​
    • Responsive Site Design
    • Image Manipulation
    • JavaScript Programming
    • Web Site Security
    • Database Design and Maintenance

  • Program outcomes:

    1. Determine and document requirements for web computing projects based on the effective application of stakeholder needs.
    2. Prepare and present proposals and business plans for web applications that satisfy stakeholder requirements.
    3. Design, model, implement and optimize accessible* web solutions to meet client requirements and constraints, and align with standards and best practices.
    4. Design, model, implement, optimize and maintain databases to support data-driven solutions for web environments.
    5. Implement a development process to support consistency between development platforms and production platforms.
    6. Develop the appropriate information architecture in order to satisfy a broad range of requirements and enhance the user experience.
    7. Apply project management concepts to web environment projects to ensure effective working relationships
    8. Test, troubleshoot and debug web applications to support requirements and meet Quality Assurance objectives.
    9. Communicate and collaborate with team members and stakeholders to ensure effective working relationships.
    10. Evaluate proposed solutions to optimize and improve web application based on usability testing and analysis.
    11. Adhere to ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements and/or principles to develop and manage web applications.
    12. Select and apply strategies for personal and professional development to enhance work performance.
    • Graduates will find full-time and freelance employment as web developers in corporate, small- and medium-sized businesses, government, entertainment, education, health care and the not-for-profit sectors.
    • Graduates will work as web developers creating websites and web services. They may also establish their own freelance businesses.