AA/AS in Computer and Information Sciences, General

The Computer Science associate of science degree is offered at the Leonardtown Campus under the STEM division. It belongs to the STEM pathway. The curriculum is built for students who intend to go on and finish a bachelor's degree in the field, and the college says graduates are in high demand. Because of that goal, learners complete advanced mathematics courses alongside their computing classes. Graduates can continue toward a four-year degree and later specialize in areas such as cybersecurity, robotics, or machine learning. The college portrays computing as a field that reaches into healthcare, media, industry, commerce, and the sciences, and notes that its graduates are in strong demand. The skills developed here, including analytical thinking, teamwork, and technical ability, are presented as useful for careers in computing as well as law, medicine, and business.