Mobile Application Development

1 year – Ontario College Graduate Certificate

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Your Experience: Hands-on training for 3D graphics, animation and game development.

Overview

Upcoming Intake: Fall 2025: Commerce Court – North Bay

Gain the practical, industry-relevant skills you need to launch your career in mobile app development. Mobile devices are everywhere and used daily in business and personal lives worldwide, driving an ever-growing demand for talented app developers. From games and maps to medical apps and banking, new applications are created every day for critical sectors across the globe.

Your Future Career

  • Mobile app developer
  • iOS developer
  • Web designer
  • PHP / MySQL manager
  • Interface designer
  • UX designer

What You Learn

  • Develop for Apple, and Android mobile devices
  • 3D graphics, animation, rich media
  • Game development
  • Web development for mobile devices
  • Marketing and distribution of apps
  • Video and audio editing
  • AIR, JAVA, iOS

Graduate of a recognized two-year college program or three-year university program.

If English is not your first language you must provide proof of English competency.

View current English Language Proficiency Requirements.

Semester 1

MAD102 Introduction to Mobile Application Development
MAD107 Web & Database Programming for Mobile Application Development
MAD112 Rich Media Development
MAD117 Software Project Management and Agile Practices
MAD201 Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development
MAD204 Java Development for Mobile Applications
MAD217 Game Design & Development for Mobile Platforms

Semester 2

MAD302 Android Development
MAD307 3D Graphics & Animation
MAD317 Mobile Application Project Development
MAD402 iOS Development
MAD407 Mobile Application Store Optimization & Marketing
MAD411 Mobile Application Testing & Quality Assurance

Textbooks:

Check out the Campus Bookstore to not only purchase your textbooks but also view your book list before the semester starts. 

Technology/Devices:

Canadore College has implemented Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to enhance your learning experience in and out of the classroom while ensuring flexibility in learning.

To learn more about BYOD and to find out what is required for your program, please visit https://www.canadorecollege.ca/BYOD

Ontario College Graduate Certificate

Learning outcomes represent culminating demonstrations of learning and achievement. In addition, learning outcomes are interrelated and cannot be viewed in isolation of one another. As such, they should be viewed as a comprehensive whole. They describe performances that demonstrate that significant integrated learning by graduates of the program has been achieved.

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Find out more about General Education program requirements here.