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Computer Programming
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| CAREER OPPORTUNITIES |
| Visual Basic, Java, or application developer |
| Web developer |
| Database programmer |
| Access or Excel programmer |
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| DEGREE & CERTIFICATE OPTIONS |
| The College of Technology
currently offers a two-year Associate of
Applied Science degree in Computer Programming
& Application Development. Students,
if interested, may consider pursuing a Bachelor's
degree upon completion of the AAS program. |
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| WHAT YOU WILL LEARN |
- Web development
- Customize small/medium size program
applications for various businesses
- Hands-on coding in java, Visual Basic,
.Net, Perl and SQL
- Databse design
- Intensive study of Microsoft Software
Applications (Word, Excel, Access)
- Prepare students for the Sun Certified
Java Programmer exam as well as the Microsoft
Certified Application Developer exams
- Develop a portfolio of applications
created for demonstration at job interviews
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| TOOLS/SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS |
Before a student can be accepted into
the Computer Programming & Application
Development degree program, competency
in mathematics and computers must be demonstrated.
This may be done by: |
| -Passing the Math Placement Test |
| -Transfer of appropriate credits |
| -Current ACT/SAT scores in the required
range |
| -Taking the necessary prerequisite English,
math, and/or computer classes identified
in the catalog |
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| CAREER CLOSEUP |
| Job
Outlook and Pay Info |
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| Low Median Wage (MT)* |
$29,500 |
| Median Wage (MT)* |
$45,800 |
| Low Median Wage (US)* |
$37,200 |
| Median Wage (US)* |
$63,000 |
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| Please note that these wages
include programmers who have achieved an Associates,
Bachelor's or higher degree of education. |
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| Average entry-level wage, COT grads (2003-2005) |
n/a |
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| Expected growth (MT)* |
20% |
| Expected growth (US)* |
2% |
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| *Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Office of Employment Projections;
MT Dept. of Labor and Industry, Research and
Analysis Bureau |
 COT Graduate Placement Data |
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| SKILLS, TRAITS, PREPARATORY CLASSES THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL |
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs
in work-related documents
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the
strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions,
conclusions or approaches to problems
- The ability to combine pieces of information
to form general rules or conclusions (includes
finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated
events)
- The ability to arrange things or actions in
a certain order or pattern according to a specific
rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers,
letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations)
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MSU Billings
1500 University Drive
Billings, MT 59101
406.657.2011
800.565-6782
Email Admissions |
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