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School of Applied Science & Technology

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The Computer Systems Technology program gives students the knowledge to combine extensive software development and hardware skills in addition to strengthening their problem-solving capabilities. After completing their studies, graduates will be observant, detail-oriented, and tenacious in their pursuit of solutions.

In year two, students have several options and can take courses that interest them. These include computer graphics and image processing, digital hardware, data communications, and networking. Hardware facilities include a dedicated circuit design and robotics lab, a data communications and networking lab, and six general-access computer labs.

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Graduates of this program are qualified to pursue positions in software development, including hardware and networking components, game programming, database applications, PC support, and financial systems development.

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This course provides an overview of computing science concepts for students with little or no programming background. Topics include representation of data, machine architecture, operating system concepts, properties of algorithms and computational problems, syntax of a high-level procedural programming language, basic data types and control structures. Students do introductory programming in this course.

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This course introduces the fundamentals of PC hardware. Students will open up machines, install devices such as hard drives, I/O cards, video cards as well as memory, CD/DVD ROM drives, install operating systems, explore a variety of different software packages, attach communications equipment and supporting software. Topics include system hardware (e.g. motherboards, processors, storage devices, memory), device drivers, operating systems (e.g. Windows, Linux), troubleshooting and maintenance of LAN (lLocal Area Network)-based PC, etc.

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This course provides an introduction to computer communications and computer networks. Topics will include communication hardware and software, protocols, local area and wide area networks, and network management.

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