Associate in Science – Information Technology

Program Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the Associate in Science degree in Information Technology, the student should have met the following Student Learning Outcomes:

• Design and develop software solutions for contemporary business environments by employing appropriate problem solving strategies.
• Configure and administer database servers to support contemporary business environments.
• Comprehend and resolve common desktop and network issues.
• Analyze common business functions and identify, design, and develop appropriate information technology solutions (in web, desktop, network, and/or database applications)
• Learn future technologies through acquired foundational skills and knowledge and employ them in new business environments.
• Practice communication, problem solving and decision-making skills through the use of appropriate technology and with the understanding of the business environment.

Advanced Professional Certificate – Information Technology

Program Competencies: Upon successful completion of the Advanced Professional Certificate in Information Technology, the student should be able to:

• Design and implement an application in VB.Net that connects to and draws from a contemporary database.
• Design, implement, and schedule reasonable personal computer and network security measures.
• Setup and Administer Windows Computer Server to provide business support services as needed.
• Code Web pages that are interactive, responsive to user input and environmental variables, and provide information and services in an attractive and timely manner.
• Code Web pages whose content and design are determined by database data.

Program Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the Advanced Professional Certificate in Information Technology, the student should have met the following Student Learning Outcomes:

• Design and develop software solutions for contemporary business environments by employing appropriate problem solving strategies.
• Comprehend and resolve common desktop and network issues.
• Analyze common business functions and identify, design, and develop appropriate information technology solutions (in web, desktop, network, and/or database applications).
• Learn future technologies through acquired foundational skills and knowledge and employ them in new business environments.
• Practice communication, problem solving and decision-making skills through the use of appropriate technology and with the understanding of the business environment.

Certificate of Achievement – Information Technology

Program Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Information Technology, the student should have met the following Student Learning Outcomes:

• Comprehend and resolve common desktop and network issues, including:
  • Take and categorize help desk requests.
  • Analyze help desk requests and locate possible solution resources.
  • Resolve help desk issues and/or talk the requester through the resolutions.
  • Document incidents for inclusion in updated database.
• Learn future technologies through acquired foundational skills and knowledge and employ them in new business environments.
• Practice communication, problem solving and decision-making skills through the use of appropriate technology and with the understanding of the business environment.

Certificate of Competence – Database Administration

Program Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the Certificate of Competence in Database Administration, the student should have met the following Student Learning Outcomes:

• Configure and administer database servers to support contemporary business environments, including:
  • Use a relational database: query, report, data input.
  • Administer or manage a relational database for a small to medium size company.
  • Document administrative work performed.
• Learn future technologies through acquired foundational skills and knowledge and employ them in new business environments.

Certificate of Competence – Help Desk Services

Program Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the Certificate of Competence in Help Desk Services, the student should have met the following Student Learning Outcomes:

• Comprehend and resolve common desktop and network issues, including:
  • Take and categorize help desk requests.
  • Analyze help desk requests and locate possible solution resources.
  • Resolve help desk issues and/or talk the requester through the resolutions.
  • Document incidents for inclusion in updated database.
• Learn future technologies through acquired foundational skills and knowledge and employ them in new business environments.

Certificate of Competence – Programming

Program Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the Certificate of Competence in Programming, the student should have met the following:

• Design and develop software solutions for contemporary business environments by employing appropriate problem solving strategies, including:
  • Logically think through business information technology programming needs.
  • Create a user interface in a contemporary object-oriented language to allow users to access business data.
  • Write code to connect a frontend user interface with a backend database using a contemporary object-oriented language.
  • Document program written.
• Learn future technologies through acquired foundational skills and knowledge and employ them in new business environments.