Attestation of College Studies - Software Testing

Governments and businesses alike rely on software to operate efficiently, but who makes sure that software is reliable? The quality assurance team, in close collaboration with the development team tests, analyzes and assesses software. The ever-increasing reliability on software has led to a huge increase in the number of software testers across the globe.

MCIT's diploma in software testing and quality assurance introduces students to both aspects of testing, manual and automated, opening the career paths of the manual tester and test automation engineer for MCIT's graduates. Students are introduced to overall testing goals and fundamental strategies in system testing. They then discover the most in-demand skill in this field: automated testing. Students are familiarized with Java, the programming language for making test scripts, and then made to apply these concepts using the Selenium web driver API that automates the application.

Students are also taught SQL for manipulating databases, which aids in testing practices by checking the data directly present in the database. Towards the end of the course, students are taught to manage test cases using HP ALM, which supports key stakeholders in delivering applications as they progress through life cycles.