Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Why choose Computer Science at PCC?

With PCC’s computer science program, you can work on just about anything dealing with computers: animating computer games, designing software, or anything else. Plus, with a burgeoning job market – and since almost every employer can use people with computer science degrees – a career in computer science is always in demand.

PCC’s Computer Science program is a two-year transfer program that prepares you to pursue a four-year degree in computer science and save you tuition costs. To satisfy the transfer requirements, you will complete a minimum of 97 credit hours at PCC.

For the working student and those with a busy schedule, we offer all of our CS sequences online.

Degrees and certificates

PCC offers many options to meet your goals: short-term certificates, two-year degrees, and university transfer options.

Degrees and certificates by number of terms to complete

Award	Length	Financial aid eligible	Currently accepting students?
University transfer	2 years at PCC + 2 years at university

What will you learn?

Classes introduce you to subjects like:

• C programming
• Data structure
• Discrete structures
• Programming systems
• UNIX/Linux

Computer Science tutoring is available to help you succeed.

What will you do?

Computer science is a career field that all different kinds of people work in – from graphic designers to programmers to software developers and many others. This field mixes creativity with technology, problem-solving, and team interaction. So no matter what you’re interested in, computer science can be a real option for you.