Program Description
City College offers transfer and certification programs
in the Computer Information Systems (Information
Technology) field. These programs include computer
literacy; application, web, and database
programming; database administration; and a variety
of vendor specific and vendor neutral
industry-standard certification training. The roles of
the various information system professionals are to
design, implement, operate, and maintain a computer
information system. This system can be based on a
large central mainframe computer serving hundreds
of users or a small personal microcomputer on a desk.
These professionals also provide services in the
networking areas such as systems engineers, systems
administrators, and networks specialists.
Program Emphasis
The Information Technology department's goals
includes transfer and vocational programs including
industry standard certifications. The Information
Technology department offers Certificates of
Performance, a Certificate of Achievement and an
Associate Degree option.
Careers options
Some careers in the Information Technology field
require education beyond the associate degree in
either Business, Computer Information Systems,
Information Technology, Electronics, or Computer and
Information Sciences. Careers in the Information
Technology field include: computer consultant, help
desk technician, instructional lab technician, sales
specialist in computer hardware and software,
support technician, computer assembler, systems
integrator, network administrator, network specialist,
systems engineer, systems administrator, database
professionals, and web designers. Most careers in the
field of Information Decision Systems require
education beyond the associate degree. Careers
include: applications programmer, computer operator,
database administrator, maintenance programmer,
programmer/analyst, and systems analyst.