Computer Programming/Programmer, General. Academic Program Description

A program that focuses on the general writing and implementation of generic and customized programs to drive operating systems and that generally prepares individuals to apply the methods and procedures of software design and programming to software installation and maintenance. Includes instruction in software design, low- and high-level languages and program writing; program customization and linking; prototype testing; troubleshooting; and related aspects of operating systems and networks.

Related Occupations

• Computer Programmers
• Computer Science Teachers
• Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers

Colleges Offering this Curriculum

• AIB College of Business
• Alamance Community College
• Alexandria Technical College
• Alvin Community College
• Amarillo College
• American Educational College
• American River College
• Antelope Valley College
• Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
• Athens Technical College
• ATI College
• Atlanta Technical College
• Atlantic College
• Augusta Technical College
• Austin Community College District
• Baker College Center for Graduate Studies
• Baker College of Auburn Hills
• Baker College of Cadillac
• Baker College of Clinton Township
• Baker College of Flint
• Baker College of Jackson
• Baker College of Muskegon
• Baker College of Owosso
• Baker College of Port Huron
• Bakersfield College
• Bates Technical College
• Bayamon Central University
• Bellevue Community College
• Belmont Technical College
• Berkeley City College
• Berkshire Community College
• Berks Technical Institute
• Big Bend Community College
• BIR Training Center
• Black Hawk College
• Blue Ridge Community College
• Bradford School
• Bramson ORT College
• Brazosport College
• Briarcliffe College
• Brookhaven College
• Brown College
• Brown Mackie College-Akron
• Brown Mackie College-Atlanta
• Brown Mackie College-Fort Worth
• Brown Mackie College-Kansas City
• Brown Mackie College-Louisville
• Brown Mackie College-Merrillville
• Brown Mackie College-Michigan City
• Brown Mackie College-Moline
• Brown Mackie College-Northern Kentucky
• Brown Mackie College-Salina
• Brown Mackie College-South Bend
• Bryan College
• Bryan College
• Bucks County Community College
• Butler Community College
• California College-San Diego
• Capitol College
• Caribbean University-Bayamon
• Caribbean University-Carolina
• Caribbean University-Ponce
• Caribbean University-Vega Baja
• Carl Sandburg College
• Cascadia Community College
• Casper College
• Catawba Valley Community College
• Cedar Valley College
• Central Arizona College
• Central Carolina Community College
• Central Georgia Technical College
• Centralia College
• Central Ohio Technical College
• Central Piedmont Community College
• Central Technology Center
• Central Texas College
• Cerritos College
• Chabot College
• Chaffey College
• Champlain College
• Charleston Southern University
• Chattahoochee Technical College
• CHI Institute
• CHI Institute-Broomall
• Chippewa Valley Technical College
• City College of San Francisco
• Clark College
• Clemson University
• Cleveland Community College
• Cleveland Industrial Training Center
• Clover Park Technical College
• Coastal Bend College
• Coastal Carolina Community College
• Cochise College
• Coleman College
• College America-Denver
• College America-Fort Collins
• College of San Mateo
• College of Southern Maryland
• College of the Albemarle
• College of the Mainland
• College of the Redwoods
• Collin County Community College District
• Columbia Basin College
• Columbus State Community College
• Community College of Allegheny County
• Community College of Philadelphia
• Community College of Southern Nevada
• Computer Learning Network-Resident School
• Computer Technologies Program
• Contra Costa College
• Coosa Valley Technical College
• Cosumnes River College
• Cuesta College
• CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
• CUNY Bronx Community College
• CUNY College of Staten Island
• CUNY La Guardia Community College
• CUNY Medgar Evers College
• CUNY New York City College of Technology
• Cuyahoga Community College District
• Cypress College
• Dakota County Technical College
• Dakota State University
• Daniel Webster College
• Davenport University
• Davidson County Community College
• Daymar College
• De Anza College
• Dekalb Technical College
• Delaware Technical and Community College-Owens
• Delaware Technical and Community College-Stanton-Wilmington
• Delaware Valley College
• Delta College
• DePaul University
• Diablo Valley College
• Durham Technical Community College
• Eagle Gate College
• Eastern Arizona College
• Eastfield College
• East Los Angeles College
• ECPI College of Technology
• ECPI Technical College
• Edison State Community College
• Edmonds Community College
• EDP College of Puerto Rico Inc
• EDP College of Puerto Rico Inc-San Sebastian
• El Camino Community College District
• El Centro College
• Electronic Computer Programming College Inc
• El Paso Community College
• Erie Business Center
• Erie Business Center-South
• Essex County College
• Everest College-Colorado Springs
• Fayetteville Technical Community College
• Finger Lakes Community College
• Fitchburg State College
• Flint Hills Technical College
• Florida Career College
• Florida Metropolitan University-Lakeland
• Florida Metropolitan University-Melbourne
• Florida National College
• Folsom Lake College
• Foothill College
• Fort Peck Community College
• Fountainhead College of Technology
• Fox Valley Technical College
• Frostburg State University
• Full Sail Real World Education
• Gallipolis Career College
• Galveston College
• Gaston College
• Gateway Technical College
• Gavilan College
• Gibbs College
• Gibbs College
• Glendale Community College
• Glen Oaks Community College
• Globe Institute of Technology
• Gloucester County College
• Goodwin College
• Grand Rapids Community College
• Grand View College
• Grayson County College
• Greenville Technical College
• Griffin Technical College
• Grossmont College
• Guilford Technical Community College
• Gwinnett Technical College
• Hagerstown Community College
• Hamilton College-Omaha Campus
• Hardin-Simmons University
• Hartnell College
• Heartland Community College
• Henry Ford Community College
• Herndon Career Center
• Herzing College
• Hickey College
• Highline Community College
• Hill College
• Hinds Community College
• Hocking College
• Holmes Community College
• Houston Community College System
• Howard College
• ICDC College
• ICM School of Business and Medical Careers
• Illinois Central College
• Instituto de Banca y Comercio Inc
• Interactive College of Technology
• Interactive College of Technology
• Interactive College of Technology
• Interactive Learning Systems
• International Academy of Design and Technology
• International Business College-Indianapolis
• International College of Business and Technology
• Irvine Valley College
• Isothermal Community College
• Jefferson Community College
• Johnson & Wales University
• Johnston Community College
• Joliet Junior College
• Jones College-Jacksonville
• Jones County Junior College
• Kalamazoo Valley Community College
• Kansas State University
• Kaplan University
• Keiser College-Ft Lauderdale
• Kellogg Community College
• Kent State University-Kent Campus
• Keystone College
• Kilgore College
• King's College
• Kishwaukee College
• Lake Area Technical Institute
• Lakeshore Technical College
• Lake Superior College
• Lake Tahoe Community College
• Lamar State College-Port Arthur
• Lane Community College
• Laney College
• Laramie County Community College
• Laredo Community College
• Las Positas College
• Lebanon College
• Lee College
• Lehigh Carbon Community College
• Lehigh Valley College
• Lenoir Community College
• Lewis and Clark Community College
• Liceo de Arte-Dise-O y Comercio
• Limestone College
• Lincoln College of Technology
• Lincoln Land Community College
• Lincoln Technical Institute
• Lincoln Technical Institute
• Linn State Technical College
• Long Beach City College
• Long Island Business Institute
• Lorain County Community College
• Los Angeles City College
• Los Angeles Harbor College
• Los Angeles Mission College
• Los Angeles Pierce College
• Los Angeles Southwest College
• Los Angeles Valley College
• Louisiana Technical College-Sullivian Campus
• Luna Community College
• Luzerne County Community College
• Macomb Community College
• Madison Area Technical College
• Manchester Community College
• Marist College
• Massasoit Community College
• McLennan Community College
• Mercer County Community College
• Meridian Community College
• Merritt College
• Metropolitan Community College Area
• Miami-Dade County Public Schools-The English Center
• Miami Lakes Educational Center
• Middlesex Community College
• Middlesex County College
• Midland College
• Mid-State Technical College
• Milwaukee Area Technical College
• Mineral Area College
• Minneapolis Business College
• Minneapolis Community and Technical College
• Minnesota School of Business
• Minnesota School of Business-Waite Park
• Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical-Winona
• Minnesota State Community and Technical College
• Minot State University
• Miracosta College
• Mission College
• Mitchell Community College
• Mohave Community College
• Mohawk Valley Community College-Utica Branch
• Monroe County Community College
• Montana State Univiversity-Billings-College of Technology
• Montgomery College
• Montgomery County Community College
• Moore Norman Technology Center
• Morningside College
• Morton College
• Mountain State University
• Mountain View College
• Mount Marty College
• MTI College
• Mt San Antonio College
• Mt. San Jacinto Community College District
• National American University-Sioux Falls
• New Hampshire Community Technical College-Manchester
• New Hampshire Technical Institute
• Nicolet Area Technical College
• Northampton County Area Community College
• North Central Michigan College
• Northeast Community College
• Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
• Northeast Mississippi Community College
• Northeast Texas Community College
• Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
• Northern Essex Community College
• Northern Maine Community College
• Northern Michigan University
• North Lake College
• North Shore Community College
• Northwest Christian College
• Northwestern Technical College
• Northwest State Community College
• Northwest Technical Institute
• Northwest Vista College
• Norwalk Community College
• Oakland Community College
• Oakton Community College
• Odessa College
• Ohio Business College
• Ohio Business College-Lorain
• Ohlone College
• Olympic College
• Omnitech Institute
• Orange Coast College
• Pace Institute
• Pace University-New York
• Palomar College
• Pasadena City College
• Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
• Piedmont Technical College
• Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom
• Pierce College at Puyallup
• Pinnacle Career Institute
• Pitt Community College
• Pittsburgh Technical Institute
• Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
• Prairie State College
• Provo College
• Ramirez College of Business and Technology
• Reading Area Community College
• Reedley College
• Rend Lake College
• Richland College
• Ridgewater College
• Rio Salado College
• Riverside Community College
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rockhurst University
• Rose State College
• Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
• Sacramento City College
• Saddleback College
• Saint Cloud Technical College
• Saint Louis Community College-Florissant Valley
• Saint Louis Community College-Forest Park
• Saint Louis Community College-Meramec
• Saint Paul College - A Community and Technical College
• San Antonio College
• San Bernardino Valley College
• San Diego Mesa College
• San Diego Miramar College
• San Jacinto College-Central Campus
• San Joaquin Delta College
• San Jose City College
• Santa Ana College
• Santa Barbara City College
• Santa Monica College
• Santiago Canyon College
• Sauk Valley Community College
• Savannah River College
• Sawyer College-Merrillville
• Schenectady County Community College
• Schoolcraft College
• Schuylkill Technology Centers
• Seattle Community College-Central Campus
• Seattle Community College-South Campus
• Sierra College
• Skagit Valley College
• Solano Community College
• South Central College
• Southeast Missouri State University
• Southeast Technical Institute
• Southern Adventist University
• Southern New Hampshire University
• South Puget Sound Community College
• Southwestern College
• Southwestern Illinois College
• Southwestern Michigan College
• Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
• Stanly Community College
• Stark State College of Technology
• State Fair Community College
• St Charles Community College
• St Clair County Community College
• Stevens-Henager College
• Stevens Henager College-Logan
• Stevens-Henager College of Business-Provo
• Stevens-Henager College-Ogden
• St Philips College
• Surry Community College
• Tacoma Community College
• Tarrant County College District
• Technical Education Center-Osceola
• Technology Education College
• Temple College
• Terra State Community College
• Texarkana College
• Texas State Technical College-Harlingen
• Texas State Technical College-Waco
• Texas State Technical College-West Texas
• Texas State University-San Marcos
• The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Inc
• The Chubb Institute-Cherry Hill
• The College of Saint Rose
• The College of Westchester
• The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg
• The National Hispanic University
• Trinity College of Puerto Rico
• Trinity Valley Community College
• Tri-State Business Institute
• Tri-State University
• Tyler Junior College
• Union College
• Universal Technology College of Puerto Rico
• Universidad Adventista de las Antillas
• Universidad Metropolitana
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• University of Cincinnati-Raymond Walters College
• University of Maryland-University College
• University of Michigan-Dearborn
• University of Montana-Helena College of Technology
• University of New Haven
• University of Phoenix-Online Campus
• University of Phoenix-Philadelphia Campus
• University of Phoenix-Phoenix-Hohokam Campus
• University of Toledo-Main Campus
• Utah Valley State College
• Valdosta Technical College
• Vatterott College
• Vatterott College
• Vatterott College
• Vatterott College
• Vatterott College
• Vatterott College
• Vatterott College
• Vatterott College-Tulsa
• Vatterott College-Wichita
• Ventura College
• Victoria College
• Victor Valley College
• Villa Maria College Buffalo
• Vincennes University
• Virginia College-Birmingham
• Wake Technical Community College
• Washington State Community College
• Washtenaw Community College
• Wasington County Community College
• Waubonsee Community College
• Waukesha County Technical College
• Wayne County Community College District
• Weatherford College
• Weber State University
• Wenatchee Valley College
• West Central Technical College
• Western Nevada Community College
• Western Technical College
• Western Texas College
• Westmoreland County Community College
• West Valley College
• West Virginia Business College-Wheeling
• West Virginia Northern Community College
• Westwood College-Anaheim
• Westwood College-Chicago Loop
• Westwood College-Dallas
• Westwood College-Denver North
• Westwood College-Dupage
• Westwood College-Ft Worth
• Westwood College-Inland Empire
• Westwood College-Los Angeles
• Westwood College-O'Hare Airport
• Westwood College-River Oaks
• Wilkes Community College
• William Rainey Harper College
• Wilson Technical Community College
• Winston-Salem State University
• Winter Park Tech
• Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
• Wood Tobe-Coburn School
• Youngstown State University
• Yuba College