Programming Technician
This Programming Technician micro-credential is designed to meet the needs of aspiring coding and programmers who want to create their own games or apps, or plan to attend a post-secondary program in game development, STEM, or animation, but might have little or no background in this subject matter. The curriculum culminates with in-depth knowledge of debugging, problem-solving, interpreting the API, creating code, evaluating code, and navigating the interface.
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Earning Criteria
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Successful completion of IT 1411 Orientation to Computer Technology. The student will be introduced to such varied topics as common IT terminology, career planning, basic programming logic, ethics, and other IT issues. The Business Information Technology portfolio project will also be discussed.
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Successful completion of CS 1213 Introduction to Computing. Introduction to programming logic, analysis of problems, language-independent program design, and algorithms. Co-requisite: IT 1411 or equivalent.
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Successful completion of CS 2223 Programming I. Structured programming, operators, variables, loops, decisions, functions, pointers, input/output, data types, structures, and file operations will be treated using a popular programming language. Beginning object-oriented programming topics may also be covered. Prerequisite: CS 1213 or instructor’s permission.