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2024-25 Catalog

Associate in Computer Science (DTA/MRP)


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Core Competencies


Critical Thinking

Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze and summarize complex information, create an argument that acknowledges multiple perspectives, and use reasoning and evidence to draw conclusions.

Quantitative Reasoning

Students will demonstrate the ability to apply numerical, logical, and analytical techniques to analyze, evaluate, and explain quantitative information.

Effective Communication

Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate ideas through written, oral, and/or visual formats by utilizing their own voice to address various audiences and consider the perspectives of others.

Information & Visual Literacy

Students will demonstrate the ability to interpret, evaluate, synthesize, and organize selected textual, visual, or electronic resources for a given situation, maintaining strict adherence to legal and ethical guidelines governing information access.

Community & Social Responsibility

Students will demonstrate the ability to interact productively and equitably with others in diverse local, national, and global communities; address social justice issues based on awareness of historical and contemporary systemic inequalities; proactively engage in their physical and mental health.

Globalism

Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate how environmental, relational and cultural processes and interactions impact the world, people’s lives, and their own views.

Requirements


Importance of Advising. Advising is a critical element in the completion of the Associate of Computer Science degree. Each student is strongly encouraged to identify a faculty adviser as early as possible. Students, with the aid of a faculty adviser, are responsible for checking specific major requirements of baccalaureate institutions prior to transfer.

General Requirements


The general requirements for the Associate of Computer Science are the same as those for the AA-DTA degree.  For a detailed list of those requirements, general information, and information on exceptions to general or specific degree requirements, students should refer to the overview information on Transferable Degrees and Certificates.

Specific Requirements


Communications Requirement: 15 credits


Quantitative Requirement: 5 credits


Complete the following:

Diversity and Globalism Requirement: 3 credits


Students are required to complete a course of three or more credits to satisfy the Diversity and Globalism requirement.  See the Associate of Arts (AA-DTA) degree requirements for specific course options to fulfill this requirement.

Physical Education Requirement: 3 credits


Students are required to complete a physical education course of three credits or more to satisfy the Physical Education requirement.  See the Associate of Arts (AA-DTA) degree requirements for specific course options to fulfill this requirement.

Humanities Distribution: 10 credits


Complete the following:

Complete the following (see the Distribution Areas degree requirements for specific course options to fulfill this requirement):

  • Humanities Area I - 5 credits
    • EWU requires PHIL 110
    • Gonzaga requires PHIL& 101
  • Humanities Area II - 5 credits

Social Science Distribution: 15 credits


Complete the following:

Complete the following (see the Distribution Areas degree requirements for specific course options to fulfill this requirement):

  • At least five credits from Social Science Area I
    • WSU Vancouver requires ECON& 201 or 202
  • ​At least five credits from Social Science Area II

Science Distribution: 20 credits


Complete the following:

Major Related Elective Requirement: 10-15 credits


Complete the following:

Ten credits Computer Programming (these vary by receiving institution)

Additional Electives: 12-17 credits


  • EWU:  MATH 230
  • Gonzaga, WSU, WWU:  PHYS 203
  • Heritage & Whitworth Engineering Physics 3 with lab (PHYS& 223) - 5 credits

See Notes below for other recommendations

Notes


  • Gonzaga - recommends MATH& 264, PHIL& 120, MATH 230, and ENGL& 111 to fulfill graduation requirements
  • Pacific Lutheran - Intro to CS, Digital Systems, Data Structures, Statistics, and Discrete Structures will be evaluated for comparability to PLU’s CSCE 144, 231, 270, and Math 242, 245 courses*
  • Seattle Pacific - Prefers C++ but accepts Java with SPU bridge course.  MATH& 153 will be evaluated for comparability to SPU’s Math 1236*
  • Seattle University - Programming and Problem Solving 1 and 2 will be evaluated for comparability to CPSC 1420 and 1430 courses*
  • WSU (all campuses) - Recommends discrete structures.  Discrete Structures is a certification course for all computer science and as such is required for admittance to the computer science program.
  • Whitworth - Recommends electives including one Fine Art and one course fulfilling “American Diversity”

*Other lower level courses taken by Computer Science majors, which may need to be taken prior to graduation.  Similar courses taken at other institutions will be evaluated at the time of transfer and credit may be applied towards major, general education or electives as appropriate.

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