Program graduates are to be competent in the general areas of humanities or fine arts, social or behavioral sciences, and natural sciences or mathematics, as well as in the technical areas of computer terminology and concepts, program design and development, systems analysis and design, database management, computer installation and maintenance, and computer networking. Program graduates receive a Computer Information Systems Associate of Applied Technology degree and are qualified for employment as computer programmers, microcomputer specialists, or networking specialists. The need for computer programmers is expected to exceed demand for the immediate future.
Graduates are qualified for jobs as entry level business application programmers.
The local market for individuals with skills in microcomputers and local area networks has grown dramatically in the past few years. Many of these companies also connect their microcomputers to larger computers to allow users to have access from their desktop computer. A minimum of 14 credit hours in the same programming language is required.