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GENERAL OFFICE COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
AS DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE
This degree or certifi cate is designed to train students to meet
the needs for qualifi ed offi ce staff skilled in offi ce procedures This degree or certifi cate is designed to prepare students for
including fi ling and processing documents; writing and edit- employment in the IT workforce as entry-level Programmers,
ing documents; communicating with employees and clients; entry-level Database Programmers, Application Analysts,
and working with offi ce technologies and Windows OS system Programmer Analysts, Business Analysts, System Analysts,
software. Students must complete all required core courses for a PC Support Specialists, Technical Support, User Support Spe-
total of 28 units. Program Learning Outcomes: Upon completion cialists and etc. Students will demonstrate their profi ciency
of this program, the student will be able to use a variety of offi ce through performance in laboratory exercises and objective
procedures to perform such tasks as sorting mail and answering examinations. The student will analyze simple business or
telephones; fi ling and processing documents; edit and revise technical problems relevant to programming, and prepare
memos, e-mails, letters and reports; the student will be able to solutions to them; implement a program in either C/C++
identify the personal traits that lead to eff ective human relation or Java, using objects; and demonstrate an understanding
skills in business and develop skills to work more eff ectively of the operations and processes of a computer relevant to
with customers and other employees, including communicat- programming. To earn a certifi cate, students must complete
ing with clients verbally face-to-face and over the telephone; the the required core courses, and choose other courses from the
student will be able to perform basic operations in Word, Excel, additional courses listed to total 32 units. Program Learning
Access, and PowerPoint; compose entry-level correspondence Outcomes: Upon completion of this program, the student
using appropriate business language and cohesive, grammati- will analyze simple business or technical problems relevant
cally correct sentences; become familiar with Global information to programming, and prepare solutions to them; implement
systems and be able to sign on to an account and use common a program in either C/C++ or Java, using objects; and dem-
utilities including e-mail and Web browsers to search a variety of onstrate an understanding of the operations and processes
databases for information; the student will be able to utilize the of a computer relevant to programming.
Windows operating system and to understand basic computer REQUIRED COURSES: BUSAD 106 or ENGL 101, CS/IS 101,
terminologies; and the student will be able to type by touch at a 112, 151 or 135, 172, 190, 260
minimum of thirty (30) words a minute and to create, edit, and Select at least eight units from the following: BUSAD 110;
format advanced features for any business document includ- CS/IS 130, 135, 137, 139, 174, 193, 234, 261, 262, CS/IS 50 (3 units);
ing forms, medical and legal forms, resumes, job applications, ENTRE 101, 102
bibliographies, footnotes/endnotes, newsletters.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
REQUIRED COURSES: BUSAD 110; CABOT 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, AS DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE
110, 208, 205, 260.
**A minimum speed is required for each individual certifi cate program. This degree or certifi cate is designed for those students inter-
ested in computer science, either as a professional concentration,
or for transfer to a four-year computer science program. Upon
completion of this certifi cate program, students will be able to
name the four basic parts of computer organization and have
a working knowledge of assembly language. Students will be
able to describe recursion, linked lists, queues, and stacks and
algorithm effi ciency, as well as, procedural, functional, logic and
object-oriented programing languages. Students must complete
the required courses and choose additional courses to total a
minimum of 37 units. Program Learning Outcomes: Upon
completion of this program, students will prepare a software
project to implement a single scientifi c, mathematical, business,
or technical function.

REQUIRED COURSES: CS/IS 165, 166, 211, 212, 280.
ADDITIONAL COURSES: (20 units) CS/IS 101, 112, 125, 130,
135, 137, 139, 172, 174, 190; MATH 103, 104, 107; PHIL 123;
PHY 101.

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