COURSE DESCRIPTION
The program (Diploma of Computer Science) will provide students strong fundamentals, concepts, techniques and skills of Information Technologies and direct them into a proficient IT developer career. The program employs sound approaches to program design and implementation, with the skills needed by the IT industry now and the ability to adapt to future development.

OBJECTIVE
Students enrolled in this diploma program will have acquired extensive programming experience, after the completion of the various program modules, in languages such as C, C++, Visual Basic, Visual C++, using MFC and JAVA as well as databases with Access, PowerBuilder, SQL and Oracle on a Windows 95/98 or NT/UNIX platforms. Students are also taught generic state-of-the-art programming techniques like Object-Oriented (OOP), relational database management (RDBMS) as well as software engineering concepts. The course also exposes students to the latest technology for Internet navigation / integration / research.

COURSE CONTENT

Computer Programming Fundamentals *
Mathematics for Computer Science
Fundamentals of Computer Science
Operating Systems

Relational Database Design and Implementation *
Data Structures, Data Modeling, and Database Systems
Database Development Using MS SQL Server
Database Application Developing I
Database Application Developing II

Windows Programming #
Windows Architecture
Designing and Implementing Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic
Designing and Implementing Applications with Microsoft Visual C++

Internet Programming *
Web Site Design and Development I
Web Site Design and Development II
Java Programming I
Java Programming II
Digital Web Graphics Design

Unix Programming #
Unix Fundamentals and Shell Programming
Unix C Programming I
Unix C Programming II

E-Business Project Workshops*
Career Workshop
Project Leadership, Management & Communication, Career and
Employment Strategies

*: CS Required Courses
#: CS Selective Courses

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