Tony Silvestri, Program Coordinator
Department of Engineering and Science Transfer
Springfield Technical Community College
1 Armory Square
PO Box 9000, Suite 1
Springfield, MA 01102-9000
(413) 755-4681
Interested in a career in Engineering or Engineering Technology, Computer Science or Physical Science? It is estimated that around 300,000 job openings will be created between now and 2012 due to retirement of the baby boomers.
Consider a career in computer science and systems programming! It is hard to ignore the function and influence of the computer in today's society. Computers process the daily transactions of international banks, the data from communications satellites, the image in video games, and even the fuel and ignition systems of automobiles.
Computer software is as common-place in the areas of education and recreation as it is in science and business. There is virtually no field or profession that does not rely upon computer science for the problem-solving skills and the production expertise required in the efficient processing of information. Computer scientists function in a wide variety of roles ranging from pure theory and design to programming and marketing.
The Computer Science curriculum at STCC places equal emphasis on practical and theoretical computer science and mathematics. It offers the student cost effective preparation for transfer to four year institutions. Students have graduated from STCC with an Associate's Degree in Computer Science and have successfully transferred to four year colleges. These students continued their studies in areas such as artificial intelligence, analysis of algorithms, computer architecture and design, computer communications and networks, databases, and software systems.
The STCC campus currently has both Windows XP and Macintosh computer laboratories that are utilized by the Computer Science Transfer students. These laboratories are constantly being upgraded so that the students are working with state of the art hardware and software.
In order to be admitted to the Computer Science Transfer Program a student should have completed two years of algebra, one year of geometry, one year of trigonometry or senior math, and one year each of chemistry and physics with grades of C+ or better.