PROGRAM SYLLABUS

OUR MISSION Tech is changing the world, and software created by bright and driven minds will make the world a better place.

We believe well-engineered solutions to poorly-understood problems often fail. At Prime, we aim to better the industry, and the world, by empowering individuals with unique and diverse backgrounds to apply their passions to impactful problems. In return, students earn rewarding and high-paying careers in tech in months, not years.

Now seeking passionate problem-solvers ready to change their lives and the world. Be a part of the digital revolution and make your mark today.

Prime Digital Academy

ABOUT US Prime Digital Academy is a full-time immersion tech learning program. Our accelerated 20

week career-changing programs help students land high-paying, in-demand, and

rewarding jobs in the tech industry.

Prime was founded in 2014 as a response to the talent gap that Prime Founder and former

Nerdery executive, Mark Hurlburt, saw happening in the community and nationwide. At

Prime, students progress from technical novices to a level where they can help tackle that

talent and diversity gap as entry-level Web Developers in as little as five months.

After finding success in the Twin Cities, Prime Academy decided to expand to another city

where they could help more people enter the tech industry. Prime launched in Kansas City

in 2019 and has been working to build strong foundations in the local tech scene through

relationships with employers and industry experts. . Prime has helped hundreds of grads

start careers working everywhere from innovative startups to established powerhouses

like 3M, Target, Optum, and Best Buy and is excited to be doing the same thing in KC. 

We let our program outcomes speak for themselves. With help from our local connections

and custom career placement services, more than 85% of Prime students land jobs in

their field—most within 6 months of graduating. We know what we’re doing and our

numbers speak for themselves.

Visit campus at our next Open House and see for yourself what we’re all about.

Problem-solvers Demonstrate a strong desire to make things better for diverse people & situations

Curious Unafraid to dive in and make sense of the unknown

Resilient Understand that experimentation & iteration are an engine for success

Humble Ready to grow with a willingness to adjust to new situations & ideas

Empathetic Recognize good solutions require a true understanding of the problem

Driven Determined to reach their goal through hard work

ABOUT OUR STUDENTS

FSPROGRAM CURRICULUM

Full Stack Engineering 20-week program

A good fit if you…

Have patience and enjoy troubleshooting a problem until it’s fixed (often means taking it apart).

Find the practical application of technology fascinating.

Enjoy not just solving puzzles, but also understanding how you arrived at a functional solution.

Delight in building a product and witnessing its launch to the public.

Like collaborating with coworkers on internal teams more than software users/clients.

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IdentifyPrototype

Scope

Evaluate& refine

Build

Deploy MaintainWHAT THE USER SEES

USER EXPERIENCE

ENGINEERING

Our Full Stack Engineering program prepares you for a career building high-quality, responsive web applications in a team environment.

Through lecture, research, and live coding, the program teaches you the skills you need to do a tech job while filling your portfolio with unique projects to show potential employers so you can land that tech job.

The program emphasizes collaborative team work with real-world clients to best prepare you for your professional work in the field.

You’ll benefit from:

Practicing your Full Stack skills on a locally-sourced client project unique to each cohort.

Career development strategies, tactics, and advice, including access to our ever-growing Employer Network and mentor group.

Professional behavior coaching tailored to help you tackle the challenges of solving problems within a team.

FULL STACK ENGINEERING FS

FULL STACK ENGINEERING: CURRICULUM

Need FS content

TIER 1

TIER 2

TIER 3

TIER 1

TIER 2

TIER 3

Ensures everyone comes into Tier 2 with a strong foundation

Practice development concepts through client case studies framed by the instructors

Deepen your skills through a self-defined project and client project scoped with your team

• Part-time online, 15-20 hours/week, 6 weeks • Weekly video classes with our instructors • Weekly assignments • Two on-site classes (weeks 1 & 5, day and evening options) • Weekly events to engage with the Prime community (your

cohort, current students, and alumni) • Focus on logic and programming fundamentals

• Full-time on-site at Prime, 8:30-5pm • Additional 25-30 hour/week time commitment. Up to 60 total

hours weekly time commitment • Daily assignments, weekend challenges, and code challenges • Learning through lectures, discussions, research, and projects

(solo, group, and pair) • Emphasis on personal and professional growth as well as

technical proficiency

• Full-time on-site at Prime, 9am-5pm • Project scoping and project management basics • 2-week self-directed solo project • 4-week group project for a real-world client • Career preparedness including resume help, interview

questions, and career day interview sessions

FULL STACK: CURRICULUM

Tier 1 introduces you to the immersive nature of the program. Here is where you set up the foundation of your studies by learning the building blocks of programming in a part time, flexible environment.

On-site class, Setting up development environment & technical basics

Introduction to Javascript: variables and conditionals

Continuing Javascript: arrays and loops

Continuing Javascript: functions

On-site class, Modern Javascript: Objects and classes

Introduction to DOM Manipulation: JQuery Basics

TIER 1 WEEK 1

WEEK 2

WEEK 3

WEEK 4

WEEK 5

WEEK 6

WEEK 1WEEK 2WEEK 3WEEK 4WEEK 5WEEK 6

Tier 2 delves deep into the operations of being a Full Stack Engineer. In the classroom you’ll start to explore a new technology or set of technologies each week, and put that knowledge to practical use through coding assignments and challenges.

Programming basics review and DOM manipulation

Continued DOM manipulation and Server side basics

Introduction to persistent data with non-relational databases

Introduction to modern front-end frameworks and relational database basics

Advanced relational database techniques

Emerging front-end frameworks and DOM manipulations

FULL STACK: CURRICULUM

WEEK 7WEEK 8

MVC and state management

Authentication and Authorization

TIER 2

WEEKS 1-2

WEEKS 3-6

Following through on the design and scoping of your Solo Project at the end of Tier 2, the beginning of Tier 3 sees your vision manifested. Once your project is approved, you'll create a fully-functioning Full Stack application with authentication.

The start of Tier 3 also sees Career Preparedness ramp up as we help get you truly ready for the coming job search through curation of your professional persona and Internet presence.

You'll also be introduced to the client projects that will be started in Week 3.

Group Projects are the focus of these final weeks. You and your group will work with a client from the local community who will present you with a real-world problem to solve.

You’ll also continue to prepare for your job search by going through mock interviews and working on technical communication.

After your public Group Project presentation at Career Day, you'll work on deployment and documentation before graduation—after which we'll continue to support you as you begin your new career.

FULL STACK: CURRICULUM

TIER 3Tier 3 is focused on deepening and specializing your coding and group work skills. Your solo project allows you to further differentiate your portfolio and your final group project is a time to solidify your understanding of the entire development process, including a formal presentation and client hand-off. During Career Day, you’ll participate in a number of interviews with local employers or hiring agencies.

BEYOND TECH SKILLS TRAINING

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

PCKnowing your Strengths, Public Speaking Practice, Improving Communication, and Conflict Resolution Strategies & Tactics

CAREER SUPPORTCSMeaningful Networking, Leveraging LinkedIn, Working with Recruiters, Applying for Jobs, and Tailoring Your Portfolio

Prime students benefit from our exclusive content tracks focused on your career goals and breaking into the industry. Our expert staff have custom-tailored curriculum aligning to student’s progression through the program and designed to the various backgrounds and experiences of our students and their needs. This premium level of career support, unique to our programs, helps 85% of Prime Alumni get new jobs in the field—most within 6 months of graduating.

BEYOND TECH SKILLS TRAINING

ALUMNI COMMUNITYAC

Leverage your new and expansive professional community of Prime Alumni—600 and counting! Connect with them on LinkedIn today.

PLANNING FOR PRIME

2020 COHORT SCHEDULES: FULL STACK ENGINEERING New Full Stack cohorts start approximately every 15 weeks. Note that part-time study at home (Tier 1) is 15-20 hrs/week and mostly online with weekly video classes and opportunities to get on campus. Most students maintain their current job during this portion. Full-time study at Prime (Tiers 2-3) is when students are full-time in the classroom ~8:30am-5pm, 60+ hrs/week, which includes weekend challenges. Students can not maintain jobs or other substantial commitments during this phase as the program requires your full attention.

Apis Cohort Schedule Application Deadline: April 24th, 2020 Part-Time Study at Home: May 11th, 2020 Full-Time Study at Prime: June 22nd, 2020 Graduation: September 25th, 2020

Castor Cohort Schedule

• Application Deadline: July 25th, 2020

• Part-Time Study at Home: August 24th, 2020

• Full-Time Study at Prime: October 5th, 2020

• Graduation: January 22nd, 2021

Pteropus Cohort Schedule

• Application Deadline: November 7th, 2020

• Part-Time Study at Home: December 7th, 2021

• Full-Time Study at Prime: February 1st, 2021

• Graduation: May 7th, 2021

PLANNING FOR PRIME:

PAYING FOR PRIME Cost of Prime and scholarship options Tuition for the Full Stack Engineering program at Prime is $16,000. Prime provides $500 scholarships for students of color.

Full Employment Council for Missouri Prime has partnered with the FEC (Full Employment Council) for the state of Missouri and is an approved training provider. The FEC is a business-led private non-profit corporation whose mission is to obtain public and private sector employment for the unemployed and the underemployed residents of the Greater Kansas City area. Connect with a Career Center Counselor to see if they have resources available to you. 

Explore your personal loan options If you need a loan to pay for Prime, the first step is seeing if you can qualify for a personal loan and what those terms could look like for you based on your credit score. Educate yourself on how personal loans work and use a site like Lending Tree to compare rates and get a feel for monthly payments and total cost using your estimated credit score. Since you’re technically paying your Prime tuition in full when you use a personal loan, you qualify for our $500 tuition discount! Note that because of Prime’s nimble and employer-focused curriculum, Prime students don’t qualify for student federal loans / FAFSA.

Remember you have time Study your options to understand how financing could work for you, but remember that you don’t need to actually apply for a loan or have these details finalized when you submit your application to Prime. Financing can happen very quickly once you’re accepted into the program. For example, applying for a loan often takes only 10 minutes, approval within 24 hours after that and digital disbursement of funds into your bank account just a few days after you accept the loan.

PLANNING FOR PRIME

PAYING FOR PRIME See if our flexible lenders make sense for you If your credit score/history prevents you from getting approved for a personal loan, or you’re looking for more flexible terms like low, interest-only payments for the first 6 months, explore loan options with our specialized lenders Skillsfund or Climb. Over 25% of our students use these flexible and accessible options!

$1500 down payment saves your spot Your $1500 down payment is due when you confirm your acceptance into the program before your Tier 1/part-time portion of the program begins and this confirms your spot in the cohort! See the Upcoming Cohort Schedules to see what date this is for you. If you need funds from your loan to pay the down payment, you need your loan finalized within ~2 weeks of being accepted into the program.

Remaining tuition due on your first day of full-time class Your remaining tuition of $14,500 (sans scholarship/discounts) is due on your first day of full-time class. If you can pay the deposit without funds from a loan, your loan doesn’t need to be finalized until your first day of full-time class, which is typically ~45+ days after acceptance into the program. This means plenty of time to apply and get funding from a loan, especially if you’ve done your homework. Reference dates in the Upcoming Cohort Schedules within your desired cohort to better understand these important financing due dates.

PLANNING FOR PRIME

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