Computer
Science
The
Program
Who Should Apply
Advantages of Studying at Champlain St-Lambert
Minimum Admission Requirements
Admission Priorities
Application Deadline
The Curriculum
The
computer has become increasingly present in the professional and
daily lives of the general population. As a result, computer application
areas are rapidly developing and expanding and the demand for
qualified personnel has increased. In this context, Champlain
St-Lambert's Computer Science Program graduates can expect to
find a great variety of career paths open to them in the following
areas:
- Business
Applications Programming
- Systems
Development
- Systems
Analysis
- Internet
Development and Support
- Support
for end user and non-technical computing
- Network
design and administration
- Technical
support and/or sales representative
THE
PROGRAM 
The
three-year Computer Science Program provides students with a solid
technical background, with particular emphasis on systems analysis,
design, implementation and support, as well as professional expertise
in structured and object-oriented programming languages in use
in industry today.
The program is composed of six semesters. During the first three
semesters, the student develops a thorough knowledge of hardware
and software as well as structured algorithm design, object oriented
principles, and programming. Students also receive an introduction
to basic information management techniques and gain experience
programming for the Internet. The last three semesters enlarge
upon this basic foundation by developing in the student the advanced
knowledge and techniques required to design and implement complete
management information systems.
Champlain St-Lambert offers its students the additional advantage
of experience in the field through a 5-days per week workstudy
for course credit during the sixth semester. The benefit of the
experience gained during the workstudy has proved invaluable:
at minimum, graduates are able to provide a potential employer
with a reference in the field. Furthermore, many of our students
have been offered jobs upon graduation by the employers with whom
they were placed.
Note: The Computer Science program at Champlain St-Lambert is
being updated with the aim of providing students with the most
uptodate skills to respond to the demands of today's computer
science and information systems labour force. At the same time,
the updates will give students a curriculum which transcends short-term
fashions and fluctuations in computer hardware and software. Some
of these skills are mathematical, while others come from the rapidly
growing and maturing field of Computer Science itself. It will
include a strong internet programming and e-commerce component
and will allow students to specialize in a programming environment
(either Unix or Microsoft) as of the fifth semester. The updated
program has been approved by the Computer Science Department,
however, course numbers and detailed course descriptions are not
currently available.
WHO
SHOULD APPLY
There
is no single predictor of success in the computer field, but the
following are some of the attributes which play a role:
- you
are fascinated by computer-related topics
- you
are generally curious and enjoy looking up information
- you
enjoy problem-solving
- you
approach situations in an organized and logical manner
- you
are able to solve word problems in mathematics
- you
love to learn and wish to keep learning
- you
appreciate the role that computers play in our lives and that
machines serve us, not vice versa!
ADVANTAGES
OF STUDYING COMPUTER SCIENCE ATt CHAMPLAIN ST-LAMBERT
Marketable
Skills From Day One
This
is a program where you do more than master the use of PCs. Your
training also takes place in client/server and mainframe environments.
In today's market where major corporations need to develop and
maintain gateways connecting the user-friendly desktop technology
(client) to their powerful e-commerce hosts (server), employers
need people with knowledge of both environments.
A
Program That Follows Industry Trends
To
stay competitive in today's job market, our curriculum keeps up
with the latest technology and industry trends. At Champlain St-Lambert,
the variety of up-to-the-minute software and hardware used and
your ability to harness the power of the huge mainframe computer
is what will set you apart from other graduates.
Gain
Work Experience Before Graduation
During
the workstudy ("stage") portion of our program, students
are working on a full-time basis for programming, application
development, customer support and trouble-shooting, quality assurance,
and design interface. Because Champlain St-Lambert is a small
college, teachers get to know their students well and can select
the stage placement most likely to lead to full-time employment.
Earnings
Potential of up to 40K Soon After Graduation
Most
of our graduates typically start as junior programmers in large
companies such as Bell Canada, CN, ISM (IBM consulting subsidiary),
National Bank of Canada, or Royal Bank, and in less than five
years they move into higher positions as programmers and/or analysts.
Average starting salaries for our graduates are $30,000. Your
Computer Science D.E.C. from Champlain, together with two years
experience in the industry often provides you with an average
salary of $40,000.
MINIMUM
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Diploma
of Secondary School Studies or the equivalent, including Physical
Science 416 and Mathematics 536. Students graduating from a French
high school in Quebec must also have successfully completed English
as a Second Language at the Secondary V level.
Students
who have a strong background in Math 436 may also apply, and if
admitted, will be required to take Math 004 Functions with Trigonometry
as an extra course in the summer preceding first semester.
ADMISSION
PRIORITIES
Champlain
St-Lambert will offer admission to as many qualified candidates
as possible. Space limitations can, however, have an impact. When
too many applications are received for a particular program, students
with the highest academic standing will be admitted first.
APPLICATION
DEADLINE
- March
1st for the Fall Semester.
THE
CURRICULUM
In
addition to the prescribed sequence of Computer Science courses
taken each semester, the student will choose 14 General Education
courses in English, Humanities, French and Physical Education.
Complementary courses are chosen from the following designated
areas: Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Modern Languages
and Art & Aesthetics.
Below
is the list of courses to be offered for this program. Because
the program is in the process of being updated, the College reserves
the right to change the course offering.
First
Semester:
- Programming
I
- Computer
Literacy
- Programming
Logic & Problem Solving
- English
- Humanities
- French
- Math
for Computer Science
Second
Semester:
- Programming
II
- Operating
Systems
- Hardware/Software
- English
- Humanities
- French
- Physical
Education
Third
Semester:
- Telecommunications
- Visual
Applications
- Database
I
- English
- Physical
Education
- Math
for Computer Science II
- Business
for Computer Science
- Psychology
(Organizational Psychology)
Fourth
Semester:
- Programming
III (second major language)
- Systems
Analysis
- Programming
for the Internet I
- English
- Humanities
- Physical
Education
- Complementary
Fifth
Semester:
- Career
Planning for Information Systems
- Complementary
Students
choose to study either under a Unix or Microsoft platform for
the following courses:
- Programming
for the Internet II
- Final
Project I
- Emerging
Technologies
- Database
II
Sixth
Semester:
- Workstudy
Students
continue to study using the platform that they chose in semester
5 (either Unix or Microsoft) for the following courses:
- Final
Project II
- Emerging
Technologies II
