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LENGTH OF STUDY:
Up to two years

ACCREDITATION:
General Associate of Science

CAMPUS:
Castlegar Campus

Selkirk College offers elective courses in computer
science.

These elective courses are transferable to a variety
of post-secondary institutions. Course requirements
vary among post-secondary institutions. We advise
that you plan your program with a Selkirk College
counsellor or contact the UAS School Chair for
information on transferability.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the program requires the completion of
Pre-calculus 12, Foundations 12, or MATH 50 with a
grade of “C” or higher. Other prerequisites depend
on the electives chosen to complete the program.

Students who lack the admission requirements

may still gain entry to the program by taking a
combination of academic upgrading and university
courses in their first year. This may extend the length
of their program.

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Program Courses

CPSC 100 - INTRODUCTION
TO PROGRAMMING |

An introductory object-oriented (O00) programming
course with emphasis on basic programming
constructs, algorithms, program design, and good
programming practices. This course will introduce a

high-level language to illustrate programming basics.

Students will develop and test small OO programs
which loop, make decisions, access arrays, define
classes, instantiate objects, and invoke methods.

Prerequisites: Pre-calculus 12, Foundations 12, MATH
051 or MATH 50 with a grade of “C” or higher.

CPSC 101 - INTRODUCTION
TO PROGRAMMING II

This course is a continuation of CPSC 100

with emphasis on more advanced programming
techniques and design, development and test of
large applications. Students will write programs
which make use of library functions to display
graphical user interfaces, manage collections of
data, access files and databases, and interact with
other programs.

Prerequisites: CPSC 100 with a grade of “C” or higher.

Computer Science

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Contact

UNIVERSITY ARTS & SCIENCES ADMISSIONS
Phone: 1.888.953.1133 ext 21233

Direct: 250.365.1233

Email: admissions@selkirk.ca

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