The curriculum leading to an Associate in Science degree in Information and Computer Science is designed to prepare individuals for employment as technical assistants to professional and administrative personnel using computers. Students may choose one of five areas of specialty: Network Support Specialist, Information Security Specialist, Software Developer Specialist, Data Science Specialist, and Cloud Security Specialist. Skills in writing, speech, and mathematics complete the preparation for employment. In addition to training the student for work in the technical areas mentioned earlier, the program requirements are designed to facilitate transfer to the baccalaureate programs in Information and Computer Sciences at UH Manoa, UH Hilo, and UH West O'ahu for those students who wish to continue their education while working in the industry.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate computing literacy.
- Describe the functions and interrelationships of the building blocks of an operating system.
- Develop object-oriented computer programs in at least two programming languages.
- Apply mathematics to solve computing problems.
- Communicate in written and oral form, a system solution, its documentation, and its implementation.
- Use project management tools to manage information systems development projects.
- Work as part of a group/team.
- Design a relational database with proper documentation.
- Demonstrate proficiency in computer maintenance and networking.
- Software Developer Specialist: Develop a foundation in computer programming, data structures, and discrete mathematics.
- Network Support Specialist: Apply computer-networking principles to build and troubleshoot networks.
- Information Security Specialist: Apply the tools and techniques of information security to secure physical and digital information.
- Cloud Support Specialist: Utilize methodologies and tools that assist with discovering and securing data in the cloud.
- Data Science Specialist: Apply tools used to analyze and display data.
