DESCRIPTION:
A program designed to provide the student with the skills that are necessary to work as computer programmers. The primary focus is on large, enterprise-wide systems with a secondary focus on supporting technologies. The curriculum has been designed to accommodate the local industries. After completing the courses, however, the student should be qualified to work anywhere on the North American continent.

BEGINNING SEMESTERS: FALL, SPRING, SUMMER

CAMPUS: AIRPORT, BELTLINE

PLACEMENT TEST SCORES REQUIRED TO ENROLL IN CURRICULUM COURSES:

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:
A minimum of 72 semester hours is required for graduation. Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all of the courses offered within the Business and Information Systems Technology departments for the grade to count toward graduation. This includes courses with the following prefixes: ACC, BAF, BUS, CPT, CRP, IST, LEG, MGT, MKT and OST.

PROGRAM ACCREDITATION:
Midlands Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. This program chose not to request reaffirmation by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs for Computer Programming Technology.

PROGRAM NOTES:

1. Technical computer education courses must be taken in sequence specified in the catalog. There are no exceptions.
2. General Electives may be selected from any college course above the 100 level. CPT 170 may be taken as the general elective.
3. Departmental Electives are three-credit hour courses taken within the Information Systems Department. Information Systems prefixes include IST and CPT. CPT 101-Introduction to Computers cannot be used as departmental electives. See List of Approved Departmental Electives.
4. NOTE: Effective for Fall 2004: CPT 104 and CPT 236 replace CPT 168 and CPT 234. New CPT students should schedule CPT 104 and CPT 236 if they meet the prerequisites.

CURRICULUM COURSES
General Education Requirements
Course		Prerequisites
ENG 101	ENGLISH COMPOSITION I	ENG 100 & RDG 100
ENG 102	ENGLISH COMPOSITION II	ENG 101
MAT 110	College Algebra	MAT 102
PSY 201	General Psychology	RDG 100, ENG 032
Approved Humanities Course	See Humanities List
Major Course Requirements
Course		Prerequisites
CPT 104	Introduction to Information Technology	RDG 100 & MAT 100 or MAT 039
CPT 236	Introduction to Java Programming	RDG 100 & MAT 102
CPT 242	Database	CPT 101 or CPT 104 or CPT 170 & MAT 100 or MAT 039
CPT 247	Unix Operating System	CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101
CPT 257 or CPT 260	Operating Systems Fundamentals of OS and Web Servers	CPT 104 CPT 104, CPT 247, IST 225
CPT 264	Systems and Procedures	CPT 236
CPT 282	Information Systems Security	IST 225, CPT 104, & CPT 236
IST 225	Internet Communications	CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101
ADDITIONAL COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Course		Prerequisite
ACC 101	Accounting Principles I	RDG 100, MAT 100
BUS 130	Business Communications	ENG 101
1 General Elective	See Program Note 2
1 Approved Departmental Electives	See Program Note 3 & See List of Approved Departmental Electives.
Speciality Groups	7 Courses from one specialty group Specialty Groups Group A: Application Programming Group B: Database Development Group C: Internet Programming

Information Systems Technology Syllabi:

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGY (CPT prefix courses)

COURT REPORTING TECHNOLOGY (CRP prefix courses)

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (AOT/OST prefix courses)

INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (IST prefix courses)

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