Norco College released 41 new program pages to help students understand and navigate certificate and degree options. Pages include career options, trailheads, major information, and student/faculty profiles. The program pages have also been added to the A-Z index. This week's program spotlight is on the Computer Information Systems & Computer Science program.

Computer science is the study of computer technology, both hardware and software. Principal areas of study within computer science include artificial intelligence, computer information systems and networks, security, database systems, human computer interaction, vision and graphics, numerical analysis, programming languages, software engineering, bioinformatics and theory of computing.

 

Career Options

Career options for students who get a degree in computer science include: software applications developer, computer systems analyst, graphic designer, network systems administrator, web developer, and computer programmer.

 


   Student Voice

Matthew Johnson

 

Matthew Johnson

Matthew Johnson is an alumnus of Norco College who majored in Computer Science and transferred to UC Santa Cruz in 2017. While at UCSC, Matthew worked as an intern with SurveyMonkey before graduating and accepting a full-time position as a software engineer at their Portland office.

“While at Norco College I spent a lot of time with friends at the STEM Center and was a STEM tutor and SI Leader (math and computer science) for two years,” said Johnson.

 

To view more of the Computer Information Systems & Computer Science program page, click here.