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Professional Certificate in Mobile Application Development (PCMOB)

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This programme is conducted online.

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Fee
SGD10,464* (as low as SGD1,219.20 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

Please refer to respective modules for dates. 

Weeknights (7pm - 10:30pm)
Saturday (9am - 12.30pm)

Level
Intermediate

Who Should Attend

  • Aspiring app developers who want to build full-stack mobile applications that can be published online for download or sale
  • Anyone with an interest in learning the fundamentals of mobile app design and development
  • Professionals with coding experience, but new to mobile app development
     

PREREQUISITES

  • Experience in other programming languages

Overview

Ever wondered what it takes to create an app on a phone, or have an idea for a mobile app? Come experience the process and be an expert in designing and building a cross-platform mobile app from scratch.

This programme deep dives into the development in mobile app design, essential for any developer to create a successful app. Participants will also build their own web back-ends to allow for cloud storage and communication across apps, and apply their knowledge to create a variety of full-stack mobile apps with practical real-world uses.
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Learning Objectives

  • Understand and apply basic app design and prototyping concepts such as mock-ups, typography, iconography
  • Install and run a basic app using Android Studio on PC or Mac, and (if available) Xcode on Mac
  • Explain the difference between a relational (SQL) and document-based (No SQL) database, and be able to select one for a given project
  • Understand what an Application Programming Interface (API) is, and how to read the documentation when working with common APIs
  • Understand how apps and websites use APIs and Representational State Transfer (REST) web services to communicate
  • Understand and use modern JavaScript language features from the ES6 specification, such as arrow functions, spread operators, and destructuring
  • Demonstrate a solid foundation in back-end and front-end mobile app development

Topic/Structure

To achieve the Professional Certificate in Mobile Application Development, participants need to complete the following modules offered by SMU Academy in a sequential order:

Module 1: Introduction to Mobile App Development
Module 2: Building Database-Driven Mobile Apps
Module 3: Interfacing Mobile Apps with Web Back-Ends
Module 4: Building a Full-Stack Mobile Application
Module 5: Further Mobile App Development
Module 6: Executing Projects in Mobile App Development

This course is also a part of the Industry Graduate Diploma in Web and Mobile Application Development.

Assessment

  • Individual assessment
  • Project presentations 


CERTIFICATION

Upon completion of all 6 modules within a maximum duration of 3 years, participants will be awarded a digital Professional Certificate in Mobile Application Development.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more infomation about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$3,139.20

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$1,219.20

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$3,139.20

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$1,219.20

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$1,219.20

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$1,219.20

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$10,464

(No Funding)

$10,464

(No Funding)

$10,464

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

Workfare Skills Support Scheme

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Company Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

  • Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
  • Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
  • Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
  • Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
  • Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here. 

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:

AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

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Trainers

Ariff Munshi
Co-Founder
Magicmon.com
Ariff Munshi
Co-Founder
Magicmon.com
Ariff specialises in developing web applications and UI designs while also dabbling in graphic design, photography and videography. As a full stack developer he has built multiple web applications for start-up companies, including for his first SAAS startup UserScout.com. His entrepreneurial journey has seen him be part of Southeast Asia's first business accelerator JFDI.Asia and also for PlugAndPlayTechCenter€™s bootcamp in Sunnyvale, CA. He now spends his time as a co-founder - maintaining the web applications for Magicmon.com and Intuitiflearning.com; and in various teaching/ training engagements.
Chouw Fengrun
IT Trainer
Self-employed
Chouw Fengrun
IT Trainer
Self-employed
Fengrun is an IT trainer and freelance network engineer with 8 years of experience educating corporate users and school students about network security and web development. He started out in the semiconductor industry making tiny chips that let your mobile phone connect to WiFi. He eventually left that industry and started his career in network engineering in a local SME and then Singtel Mobile. Nowadays he teaches programming to students and builds secured LAN networks for offices. In between these jobs, he works on backend web development projects for corporate customers. Constantly staying ahead of patches and firmware updates keeps him very busy.
YJ Soon
Co-Founder
Tinkercademy, Tinkertanker Pte Ltd
YJ Soon
Co-Founder
Tinkercademy, Tinkertanker Pte Ltd

Yinjie is co-founder at Tinkercademy and Tinkertanker Pte Ltd., a technology and education company in Singapore, building software, electronics, curriculum, and the next generation of coders, makers, and creators. YJ handles partnerships, strategy, and business development, while always making time to teach a few of his favourite programming classes. YJ received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in the USA, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education from the National Institute of Education in Singapore. Before Tinkertanker, YJ taught computing at Raffles Institution as Curriculum Head for Infocomm Technology, and served as a Senior Head for Policy & Planning at the Higher Education Division in the Ministry of Education, Singapore.

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