Special Conditions

Financial Aid: This program has not been approved by the U.S. Department of Education for eligibility for federal student aid. Students enrolled in this program may not be eligible to receive financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education (Pell Grants, SEOG, Federal Work-Study, Direct Loans or PLUS loans) or the Maryland Higher Educations Commission (Educational Assistance Grants, Senatorial Scholarships or Delegate Scholarships). For current information on eligible programs, contact Financial Aid by calling 410-777-2203, emailing finaid@aacc.edu or stopping by a Financial Aid office.

Certificate Graduation Requirements

To graduate with a certificate, students must have demonstrated eligibility for ENG 111  or ENG 115 .  See Academic Regulations for all Graduation Requirements.  

Certificate Requirements: 26 credits

• CTA 115 - Personal Computer Database Management Systems 4 credit hours
• CTP 115 - Introductory Object-Oriented Program Analysis and Design 4 credit hours
• CTP 118 - Web Development using HTML/CSS 4 credit hours
• CTP 130 - Programming in PHP/MySQL 3 credit hours
• CTP 145 - Relational Databases and SQL 4 credit hours
• CTP 147 - PL-SQL Programming 3 credit hours
• CTP 150 - Computer Science 1 4 credit hours

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  Students entering the program with technical expertise beyond the level of CTP 103  and/or CTP 115  should meet with the Computer Science Department Chair.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Review database concepts and data models.
• Apply normalization of databases.
• Employ design and implementation using structured query language.
• Distinguish database connectivity with web services.

This program aligns with the college’s core competencies.

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