American Sentinel University

American Sentinel University appreciates that students returning to school face unique challenges in attempting to balance their studies with family and career obligations in addition to maintaining some sort of social life. Therefore they offer an online degree program that will fit into busy home or work schedules. Accredited degree options in technology, healthcare and business are offered at American Sentinel University. American Sentinel is dedicated to your success regardless of your major or degree program.

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Affordability

American Sentinel is one of the most affordable online universities, providing low-cost degrees and a wide range of financial aid and assistance.

Flexibility

Registration times are set bi-monthly and monthly. These programs are designed with a self-paced study format and may be finished in 4 weeks. It is not required that you be online at specific days-of-the-week/times-of-the-day; you are able to complete your assignments at the most convenient time and location possible. Access to peers, faculty, and advisors will be provided to you through discussions with email and online threaded discussions.

Personal Support

Busy working professionals who are balancing family and work responsibilities, in addition to school, will be relieved to find that American Sentinel's online programs and student support services are designed especially to suit the needs of people like them. We have admissions and academic advisors to provide you the support you need through your education experience.

The approach used by American Sentinel is to assemble expertise, tools, and services so that you receive support for learning and permits us to provide degree programs at one of the lowest tuition rates.

You can attend American Sentinel regardless of your financial situation. Because we are a Title IV eligible, non-participating institution, you may be eligible to receive tax credits and an in-school loan deferment.

Financial assistance can be found in options such as:

• Student Loan programs
• Employer Reimbursement
• Need-Based Grant Program
• Payment plans
• In-School Loan Deferment
• Hope or Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.

Computer Science - What is It?

Computer science is defined as the rigorous, specialized study of the way computer systems function, and how hardware and software are designed. Although computer science is often misinterpreted as computer programming, computer scientists actually possess a great deal of additional computer knowledge, including a thorough understanding of how computer systems work, from operating systems to networking.

The very best programmers are often graduates of programs in computer science since they tend to have the depth and breadth of knowledge needed for success. A degree in computer science will lead a person to participate in software development, graduate study and research.

Is a bachelor's degree in computer science the appropriate choice for your needs?

Successful computer science students think about more than money. Computer scientists are like car mechanics. They enjoy solving problems and finding the solutions to puzzles. These programmers prefer to be called software engineers because of their elegant constructions. They want answers that work and work the correct way.

The bachelor's degree in computer science program (BSCS) at American Sentinel University includes training in all facets of this discipline, with a strong emphasis on the development of software. We use C++ as the core language in our BSCS program, because we believe it is a great basis for learning object-oriented programming, and great preparation for real-world programming.

Our students come from many diverse backgrounds. Many students have worked in the industry for years but some come with no computer experience other than being a user. One thing they do share in common, though, is a passion for learning how computers operate and how they can be implemented in the solving of complex problems.

Objectives of the Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Degree Program

The primary aim of Computer Science, and the Bachelor of Science program is to achieve a general education with learning objectives, and graduates studying for these programs are able to:

• Explain the fundamental principles and concepts developed in the field of computer science.
• Solve real-world problems by utilizing explicit models of software design, development, and implementation.
• Learn to explain algorithm functions, data structures, computer organization, and architecture of programming.
• Choose proper numerical computation methods, operating systems, and programming language for particular development needs and constraints.
• Evaluate and resolve intricate computing problems.
• Develop programming artifact tailed to needs and interests of the individual by integrating computer science theory, concepts and methods.

Computer Science started as a spin-off of the fields of mathematics and electrical engineering. Subjects range from theoretical and algorithmic foundations to robotics and bioinformatics.

A computer scientist will usually work in one of these specialties:

• Application and system design, development, installation, and testing.
• Looking for unique ways to utilize the computer. Accomplishments of computer scientists are quite varied, and have included development of databases, networks, the Internet, the invention of robots, and the use of computing technology DNA analysis.
• Decoding problems with computers. They design algorithms and data structures that solve networking, storage, and security problems.

For career positions, graduates are prepared in areas such as:

• Applications software development
• Systems software development
• Software engineering and integration
• Database management using SQL applications
• Simulation and modeling
• Computer graphics

Students graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Computers are expected to have completed sixty hours of general courses in the field of education and sixty hours of courses in the major subjects.