Programs and Courses
Computer Science Discipline
Bamdad Samii - Chair - Math, Computer Science and Engineering
Milan Samplewala - Vice Chair - Computer Science
Javier Rios - Full-Time Faculty - Computer Information System
Eduardo Veliz - Full-Time Faculty - Computer Information System
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Computer Science at LAMC
Computer Science at Los Angeles Mission College is evolving to keep in pace with the technological standards. We are proud to offer programs for newly emerging technical jobs!
We offer Certificate of Achievements in Computer Programming, Cyber Security, Full Stack (Web Application) Development, Cloud Computing, Data Analyst, and Data Scientist. These certificates are ideal for professionals applying for technology jobs. Students may apply for internships, interview for entry-level IT positions, or advance towards earning an Associate, once they earn the certificate of achievement.
For high school graduates, we are working with high schools to create pathways to certificates and associate degrees.
Students in our program can take advantage of other events and activities where they acquire hands-on experience. We have a fully equipped lab for the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), which our new club, Mission X, will participate in. The well-established Robotecas club offers a unique service to our community by providing hardware and software solutions for personal computers in our neighboring area.
We encourage you to partake in this growing field by enrolling in Computer Science courses that have no prerequisite:
(formerly CO SCI 430 Data Analytics)
Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 2 hrs, Lab: 2 hrs
Analytics and data-mining using Excel spreadsheets and Access databases. The course includes: using databases, spreadsheets and other systems to gather information, research, analyze, and interpret complex data, loan amortization schedules, automatic update of spreadsheets with data downloaded from other sources, database management and reporting, and automating processes with VBA. Recommended for Business Majors.
(formerly CO SCI 450 Web Application Development)
Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 2 hrs, Lab: 2 hrs
A beginning course where students will create web pages, set up personal or commercial web sites, upload to a web server that the class creates and use HTML as a foundation to JavaScript.
(formerly CO SCI 411 Cyber Security I)
Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 2 hrs, Lab: 2 hrs
An introduction to the theory and practice of information security. The topics covered include Windows basics, Windows networking, accounts basics, threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits, routes, domain name servers, workgroups, domains, servers, access control, authentication and basic cryptography and design of system defensive strategies.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: CO SCI 401 or CS 101.
Lecture: 2 hrs, Lab: 2 hrs
This course introduces the fundamentals of cloud computing including the different cloud computing models: Infrastructure as a Service; Platform as a Service; and Software as a Service on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. Review of the basic concepts of server, networking, storage and virtualization is covered. Industry trends of computing, storage and application migration to cloud computing is covered. Advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing are examined. Cloud careers and industry demand for cloud computing skills are listed.
(formerly CO SCI 434 Introduction to Oracle: SQL)
Prerequisite: None.
Advisories: CO SCI 430 or CIS 124
Lecture: 2 hrs, Lab: 2 hrs
The student learns the concepts of both relational and object relational databases and the SQL language. Data server technology, creating and maintaining database objects, as well as storing, retrieving and manipulating data are also covered.
(formerly CO SCI 453 A+ Certification Preparation)
Prerequisite: None.
Lecture: 2 hrs, Lab: 2 hrs
This course provides an introduction to troubleshooting and maintenance techniques for personal and laptop computers. The course provides the student with applicable knowledge in different hardware such as RAM, hard drives, and processors. A step by step approach is taken to operating system procedures used for maintaining and repairing personal computers. Some of these procedures include virus scan, program installation and removal, and Windows configurations.
formerly CO SCI 462 Programming in JavaScript)
Prerequisite: None
Advisory: CO SCI 450
Lecture: 2 hrs, Lab: 2 hrs
Introduces JavaScript to Web developers with HTML and CSS background who want to create dynamic Web pages and to Server-side programmers who use languages like ASP, JSP, or PHP and would like to add JavaScript programming to their skill sets. Students integrate script elements, outputting to a web document, working with selections, repetition structures, writing functions; and accessibility to create dynamic web applications
Prerequisite: None
Lecture: 2 hrs, Lab: 2 hrs
Students will learn topics of the Python language such as data types, variables, control structures, Python Objects, standard and advanced mathematical libraries, tool-chain use and Python Frameworks, user-defined classes and abstract collections, single and multidimensional arrays, Python lists, tuples, collections, and dictionaries.
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Location: INST 2009