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No "curriculum available on request." Here is every week of all three programs: topics, checkpoints and the deliverable you'll be graded on. Full-time weeks are shown; the part-time track covers the same units at a bit over half speed.

Full-Stack Web Development Data Analytics UX Design

Full-Stack Web Development

16 weeks full-time · 28 part-time

HTML to deployed product: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node and PostgreSQL, taught live with daily pair programming and weekly code review.

phase: foundations, weeks 1 to 4

wk 01 The web platform and your toolchain

Semantic HTML and document structure
CSS layout: flexbox and grid
Terminal, Git and GitHub workflow

Deliverable

Personal site, version-controlled and deployed

wk 02 JavaScript fundamentals

Types, functions, arrays, objects
The DOM and event handling
Debugging with browser devtools

Deliverable

Interactive browser game (no frameworks)

wk 03 Async JavaScript and APIs

Promises, async/await, error handling
fetch and REST API consumption
Rate limits, pagination, API keys

Deliverable

Live API-driven dashboard

wk 04 TypeScript and testing foundations

Types, interfaces, narrowing, generics (intro)
Unit testing with Vitest
Refactoring under a test suite

Deliverable

Typed utility library with full test coverage (checkpoint 1)

phase: frontend, weeks 5 to 8

wk 05 React fundamentals

Components, props and state
Hooks and the rendering model
Thinking in component trees

Deliverable

Component kata set, peer-reviewed

wk 06 React in practice

Forms, validation and controlled inputs
Client-side routing
Accessibility patterns: focus, ARIA, keyboard

Deliverable

Multi-page React app with an accessibility audit

wk 07 State and application architecture

Context, reducers and server state
Data fetching and caching strategies
Performance profiling and memoization

Deliverable

Refactor sprint: architecture review with your mentor

wk 08 Frontend build week

Ship a feature-complete frontend in 5 days
Daily standups and pull request review
Reading and reviewing other people's code

Deliverable

Frontend project defended in code review (checkpoint 2)

phase: backend, weeks 9 to 12

wk 09 Node, Express and API design

HTTP from first principles
REST resource design and middleware
Input validation and error contracts

Deliverable

Documented REST API with test suite

wk 10 PostgreSQL and data modeling

Schema design and normalization
Joins, indexes and query plans
Migrations and query builders

Deliverable

Relational schema and seeded database behind your API

wk 11 Auth and security

Sessions vs tokens; password hashing
OWASP top 10 for web developers
Secrets, environment config, HTTPS

Deliverable

Sign-in flow with a written threat-model memo

wk 12 Testing, CI/CD and deployment

Integration testing across the stack
Docker fundamentals
GitHub Actions pipelines and cloud deploys

Deliverable

Green pipeline: tested, containerized, deployed (checkpoint 3)

phase: capstone, weeks 13 to 15

wk 13 Capstone definition

Product spec and scope negotiation
Wireframes and data model design
Agile rituals: estimation, standups, retros

Deliverable

Approved capstone spec and milestone plan

wk 14 Capstone build I

Feature milestones under review
Pairing rotations across the cohort
Instructor-led pull request review, daily

Deliverable

Milestone 1 shipped behind CI

wk 15 Capstone build II and hardening

Accessibility and performance audits
Error handling and empty states
Production deploy and monitoring basics

Deliverable

Feature-complete, deployed capstone

phase: careers, week 16

wk 16 Demo day and career sprint

Portfolio and README polish
Resume and LinkedIn workshop with Career Services
Mock technical interviews (2 rounds)

Deliverable

Demo day presentation and an interview-ready portfolio

Full-Stack Web Development program page What it costs

Data Analytics

14 weeks full-time · 24 part-time

SQL first, then Python, statistics and dashboards: the working analyst's toolkit, taught through messy real-world datasets instead of clean textbook ones.

phase: foundations, week 1

wk 01 The analyst's mindset and spreadsheets

Questions before queries: framing analysis
Spreadsheet modeling and pivot tables
Intro SQL: SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY

Deliverable

Business-question memo backed by a spreadsheet model

phase: sql, weeks 2 to 3

wk 02 SQL fluency

Joins across normalized tables
Aggregation and GROUP BY logic
Subqueries and CTEs

Deliverable

20-query SQL case study on a retail dataset

wk 03 Dirty data and window functions

Data cleaning and quality checks in SQL
Window functions: rankings, running totals
Documenting assumptions

Deliverable

Cleaned dataset and data-quality report (checkpoint 1)

phase: python, weeks 4 to 5

wk 04 Python for analysts

Python syntax and notebooks
pandas: series, dataframes, indexing
Reading messy files: CSV, JSON, Excel

Deliverable

Notebook reproducing your week-2 SQL analysis in pandas

wk 05 pandas in practice

Reshaping: melt, pivot, merge
Time series and resampling
Vectorized thinking vs loops

Deliverable

Time-series analysis of 3 years of messy operations data

phase: statistics, weeks 6 to 7

wk 06 Statistics I: describing data

Distributions, outliers and summary traps
Sampling and confidence intervals
Correlation vs causation, in practice

Deliverable

Written stats memo a non-analyst can follow

wk 07 Statistics II: testing claims

Hypothesis testing and A/B tests
Power, significance and sample size
p-hacking, Simpson's paradox and other traps

Deliverable

A/B test design and analysis (checkpoint 2)

phase: communication, weeks 8 to 9

wk 08 Visualization and data storytelling

Chart grammar: when each form works
Designing honest visualizations
The one-page analysis memo

Deliverable

Chart makeover portfolio and narrative memo

wk 09 BI dashboards and metrics

Dashboard design for real stakeholders
Metric definitions and metrics layers
Requirements-gathering interviews

Deliverable

Live dashboard built from a stakeholder brief

phase: modeling, week 10

wk 10 Intro to modeling

Linear regression as an analysis tool
Classification basics and evaluation
When NOT to model: honest limits

Deliverable

Regression analysis with a stated-limitations section

phase: infrastructure, week 11

wk 11 Data infrastructure for analysts

Warehouses vs databases; ELT pipelines
dbt-style SQL transforms and testing
Scheduling and documentation

Deliverable

Modeled warehouse layer with tested transforms (checkpoint 3)

phase: capstone, weeks 12 to 13

wk 12 Capstone definition and sourcing

Choosing a defensible question
Sourcing and vetting public data
Analysis plan review with your mentor

Deliverable

Approved capstone proposal and data audit

wk 13 Capstone build and review

Full pipeline: raw data to insight
Peer review of methods and charts
Pre-mortem: attacking your own conclusions

Deliverable

Draft analysis defended in methods review

phase: careers, week 14

wk 14 Demo day and career sprint

Final memo and dashboard polish
Resume and portfolio workshop with Career Services
Mock case interviews (2 rounds)

Deliverable

Demo day presentation and an interview-ready portfolio

Data Analytics program page What it costs

UX Design

15 weeks full-time · 26 part-time

Research to shipped interface: user research, interaction design, Figma, prototyping and usability testing, with two portfolio case studies built on real briefs.

phase: foundations, week 1

wk 01 Design thinking and the UX process

What UX designers actually do all day
Usability heuristics and critique culture
Reading interfaces critically

Deliverable

Heuristic evaluation of a live product

phase: research, weeks 2 to 3

wk 02 User research

Interview design and moderation
Surveys: writing questions that don't lead
Synthesis and affinity mapping

Deliverable

Research report from 5 real interviews you run

wk 03 From people to problems

Jobs-to-be-done and problem framing
Journey maps and pain-point analysis
Prioritizing with evidence, not opinion

Deliverable

Journey map and problem statement (checkpoint 1)

phase: structure, weeks 4 to 5

wk 04 Information architecture

Sitemaps and content inventories
Card sorting and tree testing
Navigation patterns and wayfinding

Deliverable

IA proposal validated by a tree test

wk 05 Interaction design

Task flows and user flows
Wireframing at the right fidelity
States, empty states and edge cases

Deliverable

Annotated wireframe set covering every state

phase: craft, weeks 6 to 8

wk 06 Visual design foundations

Typography, spacing and hierarchy
Color systems and contrast (WCAG 2.1 AA)
Gestalt principles in layout

Deliverable

Visual redesign with an accessibility annotation pass

wk 07 Figma mastery

Components, variants, auto-layout
Variables and shared libraries
File hygiene teams actually thank you for

Deliverable

Component library rebuild (checkpoint 2)

wk 08 Prototyping

Fidelity ladders: paper to hi-fi
Click-through prototypes in Figma
Motion basics and micro-interactions

Deliverable

Testable hi-fi prototype of your week-5 flows

phase: validation, week 9

wk 09 Usability testing

Task design and moderation technique
Running 5 moderated sessions
Findings reports that drive decisions

Deliverable

Usability report and prioritized fix list

phase: systems, weeks 10 to 11

wk 10 Design systems

Tokens, primitives and documentation
Contribution models and governance
Auditing drift in a real system

Deliverable

Mini design system with usage docs

wk 11 Working with engineers

Handoff: specs, redlines and conversations
Technical constraints and trade-offs
Design QA and managing design debt

Deliverable

Handoff package reviewed by a working engineer (checkpoint 3)

phase: portfolio, week 12

wk 12 Case study I: the write-up

Structuring an end-to-end case study
Showing process, not just screens
Writing honestly about what failed

Deliverable

Published portfolio case study #1

phase: capstone, weeks 13 to 14

wk 13 Client sprint I

Real-style brief with real constraints
Research and wireframes in one week
Presenting work in progress to a client

Deliverable

Midpoint client presentation

wk 14 Client sprint II

Usability testing your own designs
Iteration under a deadline
Final visual polish and spec

Deliverable

Published portfolio case study #2

phase: careers, week 15

wk 15 Demo day and career sprint

Portfolio review with Career Services
Resume and LinkedIn workshop
Mock portfolio-review interviews (2 rounds)

Deliverable

Demo day presentation and an interview-ready portfolio

UX Design program page What it costs

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