Academic Program Proposal

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Anne Arundel Community College
Proposal
Lower Division Certificate (L.D.C.)Software Quality Assuance Analyst10/6/2023Approved10/12/2023
Software Quality Assuance Analyst Program Description
The proposed SQAA Certificate is under AACC’s Department of Computer Information Systems and addresses the need for quality assurance professionals to help within the software development lifecycle. Software Quality Assurance Analysts research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs by applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis. This certificate provides the student with skills and knowledge for using practical tools in all stages of software development, software quality assurance, and the software testing process. A software quality assurance analyst is concerned with gathering the requirements and documentation, source code control, code review, change management, <br>configuration management, release management, and the actual testing of the software.