Graduates of these programs will be able to:

• Communicate ideas and information effectively both orally and in writing for a range of audiences.
• Demonstrate analytical and critical-thinking skills with direct application to the computer science fields.
• Assemble the components of a PC and install one or more operating systems resulting in a functioning PC that is appropriate for a particular end user.
• Demonstrate technical and soft skills necessary to configure, maintain, implement, modify and troubleshoot network devices using appropriate network tools and understand the features and purpose of network technologies.
• Handle the day-to-day administration, security and design responsibilities for business networks of all sizes.
• Begin careers in a variety of entry-level positions in various fields involving computer network systems, such as computer network analyst, computer network technician, help desk analyst and WAN/LAN technician.

Computer Software & Media Applications

• Communicate ideas and information effectively orally, visually, and in writing for a range of audiences.
• Demonstrate analytical and critical-thinking skills with direct application to the digital media field.
• Adapt and update skills to emerging technologies and innovations as they become available.
• Utilize research, technical, and soft skills necessary to acquire, edit, manipulate, combine and integrate specific digital media technologies into a variety of output projects, devices, and presentations.
• Design and execute digital media projects for businesses of all types.
• Begin careers in a variety of entry-level positions in various fields involving digital media, such as designer, production artist, editor, pre- and post-production team member, art director, and trainer.

Computer Science in Networking Cybersecurity

• Communicate ideas and information effectively both orally and in writing for technical and non-technical audiences within the business environment.
• Apply analytical and critical-thinking skills with direct application to the field of computer systems and computer applications.
• Graduates will exemplify the skill sets needed to handle the day-to-day administration, security, and design responsibilities for business networks of various sizes.
• Graduates will exemplify the skill sets needed to utilize research, technical, and soft skills necessary to acquire, edit, manipulate, combine, and integrate specific digital media technologies into a variety of output projects, devices, and presentations.
• Graduates will exemplify the skill sets needed to create, modify, code, and test programs that use fundamental concepts.

Computer Programming

• Demonstrate written and oral competencies as they relate to employment and business communication.
• Describe roles embedded within teams and their values.
• Recognize the ethical implications involving current events and technologies.
• Construct, debug and execute programs using contemporary integrated software development environments.
• Understand programming methodologies, including object oriented, structured and procedural programming.
• Demonstrate the ability to create, modify, code, and test programs that use fundamental concepts.