Programming Specialist Specialization, AAS

[AAS_CSPS offered at LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-North Harris and LSC-Tomball]

First Year

First Semester

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I 3 Credits
ITSC 1301 - Introduction to Computers 3 Credits OR
COSC 1301 - Introduction to Computers 3 Credits
ITSE 1302 - Computer Programming 3 Credits OR
COSC 1309 - Logic Design 3 Credits
MATH Elective 3 Credits ¹

Second Semester

Elective Programming Language 3 Credits ²
Elective Programming Language 3 Credits ²
ITSC 1305 - Introduction to PC Operating Systems 3 Credits
ACNT 1303 - Introduction to Accounting I 3 Credits

Third Semester

General Education Elective 3 Credits ¹
SPCH 1321 - Business and Professional Communication 3 Credits

Second Year

First Semester

Elective Programming Language 3 Credits ³
Elective Programming Language 3 Credits ³
ITNW 1325 - Fundamentals of Networking Technologies 3 Credits OR
ITCC 1375 - Introduction to Networks 3 Credits
Technical Elective 3 Credits ⁴
Creative Arts/Language, Philosophy, & Culture 3 Credits ¹

Second Semester

Elective Technical 3 Credits ⁴
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 Credits ¹
ITSE 1350 - Systems Analysis and Design 3 Credits
ITSC 1315 - Project Management Software 3 Credits
ITSE 2359 - Advanced Computer Programming 3 Credits OR
ITSE 2380 - Cooperative Education - Computer Programming 3 Credits ⁵

Footnote 2 Courses to Choose From:

ITSE 1307 - Introduction to C++ Programming 3 Credits
ITSE 1330 - Introduction to C# Programming 3 Credits
ITSE 1332 - Introduction to Visual Basic.Net Programming 3 Credits
ITSE 2317 - Java Programming 3 Credits
ITSE 1311 - Beginning Web Programming 3 Credits

Footnote 3 Courses to Choose From:

ITSE 2349 - Advanced Visual Basic Programming 3 Credits
ITSE 2331 - Advanced C++ Programming 3 Credits
INEW 2338 - Advanced Java Programming 3 Credits
ITSE 2353 - Advanced C# Programming 3 Credits

Total Credit Hours 60

¹Choose from the requirement for the AAS Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree.
²Must take the Beginning courses from two separate programming languages.
³Must take the Advanced courses in same programming language as beginning courses were taken.
⁴Choose from ITSE, ITSW, ITNW, ITSC, IMED, GRPH, GAME.
⁵Capstone course

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