Creating and maintaining websites has become big business – which means big opportunity for you in this growing career field. A web presence is used by businesses to get their message across to prospective clients and customers, to reach the largest audience, to advertise products and services, to provide support and to network socially. Most companies and organizations now have a presence on the World Wide Web and are in need of highly skilled, trained web designers and developers who can continually keep the content and design of those sites fresh, interesting and accessible. OCCC provides a strong foundation in computer science and web-related topics that are essential to those pursuing a career in this area. The Certificate of Mastery in Web Development is a course of study designed to teach you the technical elements of web site creation including database, security, programming, client-side scripting, and server-side scripting. It’s a quick turn-around program that can get you out-the-door and into the job market, or you can return to college and build on what you’ve learned by applying your credits to an associate degree or additional certificate program.