Admission Requirements for Certificate Programs

An interview with the BTACS Coordinator and satisfactory completion of all courses which serve as prerequisites for the certificates courses are required for entry into the BTACS Certificate program.

1. Computer Networks – two semesters long (Fall & Winter)

   COMP 323/324	Computer Networks
   COMP 342/343	Operating Systems
   COMP 354	Web Site Design & Programming
   COMP 423	Advanced Computer Networks
   COMP 424	Internet/Intranet
   COMP 463	Distributed Databases and Distributed Data on the World Wide Web
   COMP 492	Project (Network)

2. Database Systems – two semesters long (Fall & Winter)

   COMP 323/324	Computer Networks
   COMP 354	Web Site Design & Programming
   COMP 361	Database Systems
   COMP 461	Advanced Database Systems
   COMP 462	E-Commerce Systems Development
   COMP 491/492	Project (Database)

3. Software Engineering – two semesters long (Fall & Winter)

   COMP 342/343	Operating Systems
   COMP 351	System Implementation/Development Tools
   COMP 352	Software Engineering
   COMP 354	Web Site Design & Programming
   COMP 361	Database Systems
   COMP 491/492	Project (Software Development)

4. Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Applied Computing Science (Subject to approval)

   This diploma is designed for degree holders from non-computing science areas to give them a solid foundation in Computing Science, allowing them to be knowledgeable and competent in the Computing Science area.

   Summer Semester: two 7-week long sessions
   Session 1:	COMP 113, MATH 114
   Session 2:	COMP 123
   Fall Semester:	COMP 223, COMP 323/324, COMP 354, and COMP 361
   Winter Semester:	COMP 352, COMP 492 and any two of COMP 423 or COMP 424, COMP 461 or COMP 462

   The diploma will give a solid background in Computing Science (COMP 113, COMP 123, and COMP 223, COMP 352), exposure to employable skills in three Computing Science areas with the highest market demand (COMP 354, COMP 361: Databases and COMP 323/324: networks including Internet), advanced knowledge and skills (specialization) in two out of four highly marketable areas (COMP 461: advanced databases, COMP 423: advanced networks, COMP 424 and COMP 462), and exposure to work in teams (COMP 492: project).