Computer Programming and Analysis

Associate in Science Degree

Link to Catalog - Computer Programming and Analysis Program Requirements

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers such as entry level programmers, programmer specialists, computer programmers, senior programmers, chief business programmers, programmer analysts, and information systems programmers in the Information Technology career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Information Technology career cluster.

The content prepares individuals to analyze business situations and to design, develop and write computer programs; to store, locate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information; analyze problems using logic/analysis tools, code into computer language; test, monitor, debug, document and maintain computer programs.

Program Standards

After successfully completing this program, the student will be able to perform the following:

• Perform data file activities.
• Perform analysis activities.
• Perform program design activities.
• Perform coding activities.
• Perform testing activities.
• Perform user-training activities.
• Perform implementation activities.
• Perform user support activities.
• Perform evaluation activities.
• Demonstrate professional development skills.
• Demonstrate employability skills.
• Demonstrate general organizational computing workplace competencies.

Recommended Schedules

 Bradenton

Venice

Certificates

A college Credit Certificate consists of a program of instruction of less that sixty (60) credits of college-level courses, which is part of an AS  degree program and prepares students for entry into employment. This AS degree program includes the following College Credit Certificate:

Computer Programmer - 33 credit hours (click for link to SCF Catalog)

After successfully completing this program, the student will be able to perform the following:

• Perform data file activities.
• Perform analysis activities.
• Perform program design activities.
• Perform coding activities.
• Perform testing activities.
• Perform user-training activities.
• Perform implementation activities.
• Perform user support activities.
• Perform evaluation activities.
• Demonstrate professional development skills.
• Demonstrate general organizational computing workplace competencies.