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\n Computer Science\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Browse Your Degree, Your Future:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Know Your Skills<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Get Experience<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Next Steps<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Skills and\u00a0knowledge you may gain from your program:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Describe several approaches to using a computer as a means for interacting with and processing data and apply standard APIs as well as tools to create visual applications and data displays<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discuss factors that influence the choice of algorithms, including computational efficiency, programming time, maintainability, and the use of application-specific patterns in the input data<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apply algorithmic solutions to help understand the mapping of real-world problem<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summarize the phases of software development and compare several common lifecycle models and be able to select a suitable system or software implementation to manage data, information, and knowledge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Develop specifications for a software development effort that fully specify functional requirements and identify the expected execution path<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design and implement standalone applications, client-server based applications and web applications using computer languages suitable for the application<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Define software quality and describe the role of quality assurance activities in the software process<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Build, manage and engage with a team to successfully complete a project in a timely manner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create appropriate models for the structure and behavior of software products from their requirements specifications<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Areas of Employment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • Analytics and Data Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Communications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Consulting<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Database Administration<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Digital Marketing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Digital Strategy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • E-commerce<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Identity and Access Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Information Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Network Security<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Project Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Quality Assurance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Software and Computing Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Technology Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    Sample Job Titles<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    • Data Mining Consultant<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Database and Application Administrator<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Front End Developer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Information Security Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • IT Analyst or Specialist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • IT Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Medical Software Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Mobile Software Engineer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Programmer Analyst<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Security and Technical Architecture Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Software Developer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Software Development Engineer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Software Engineer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Software Tester<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Solution Architect<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • System Architect<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Technical Consultant or Advisor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Technology Risk Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • UI Engineer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Web Communications Advisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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      Computers and computer systems play a central role in business, communication, science, entertainment and medicine. Computer Science is an ever-changing discipline that studies the theory, design and implementation of computer applications and systems. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":60,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions\/149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}