This is also the first two years of the four year degree. Both the two and proposed four year programs are similar in the types of topic areas discussed, although the four year program covers the topics in greater depth as well as in greater breadth. Both programs offer a balanced treatment of hardware, software, and administrative topics. Students are prepared for jobs as hardware technicians, entry-level programmers, network and system administrators, and other related areas. The Computer Engineering Technology programs at VTC do not attempt to train students in any particular product.
Computer technology is a very rapidly changing field.
VTC's approach is to provide students with the background they need to learn about new technologies as they emerge rather than concentrate on specific systems that happen to be currently fashionable. VTC's Computer Engineering Technology graduates are sufficiently well grounded in electronics to diagnose hardware and interfacing problems using standard electronic troubleshooting tools. They know enough about programming to write useful utilities and support scripts, and they have enough networking and systems knowledge to evaluate various options in network and system configuration and to troubleshoot network and system related problems in both the hardware and software domains. Both the two year and proposed four year programs have similar goals, but the graduates of the proposed four year program take these skills to a higher and more technically detailed level. Students have access to digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other professional-caliber tools.