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After Graduation

Most graduates will integrate into their IT profession as a software developer or systems analyst. With experience and proven ability, students may advance into information technology management and/or specialized areas of technology such as database administration. The CIS program will be applying for accreditation by the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), an organization representing computing professionals in Canada. This accreditation provides graduates of the program with national recognition towards a CIPS Information Systems Professional (ISP) designation.

Employment opportunities:

Programmer:

  • Client/Server Applications
  • Web Server Configuration
  • Mobile Applications
  • Application Security

Systems analyst

  • Program and application design

Database administrator

Preparation to write certification exams:

Some Microsoft certification exams in the Microsoft Certified Software Developer program

JAVA Certification

ACM: SQL Certification

Further educational opportunities:

Completion of the Computer Information Systems Diploma gives you advanced standing for many courses required by the Networking Certificate and the Network Systems Technology Diploma offered at RDC.

Depending on electives chosen, graduates of the CIS program may apply up to 6 of 8 required courses towards a Management Certificate from RDC. Required courses for the CIS program that also meet requirements for the Management Certificate program include COMM 250, ITEC 170, BADM 204, BADM 253, and two Business Options.

Graduates of the Computer Information Systems program who would like to continue on to a degree program have 2 years of advanced standing at the following institutions:

  • University of Lethbridge:
    • Post-Diploma Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
    • Post-Diploma Bachelor of Management 
  • Athabasca University:
    • Bachelor of Science - Computing Information Systems 
    • Bachelor of Arts - Information Systems
  • NAIT: Post-Diploma Bachelor of Applied Information Systems Technology – Information Systems Major
  • SAIT: Bachelor of Applied Technology - Information Systems