PWSC starts the Alaska Tech Scholars

by Steve Johnson  |   

Prince William Sound College announces the “Alaska Tech Scholars” program. Participating students who are competitively chosen will be awarded a $5,000 scholarship ($2,500 for the fall of 2020 and $2,500 for the spring of 2021). “Alaska Tech Scholars” is an IT program that prepares aspiring information technology students with instruction that leads to an Associate of Arts degree that emphasizes e-commerce and mobile application development. Please contact Steve Johnson (swjohnson@alaska.edu) for further information about the “Tech Scholars” program.

To qualify for this program, students should be interested in pursuing a career in an IT field and must meet these requirements:

  •       Computer skilled
  •       Ready to take collegiate math and writing courses
  •       High school graduate or GED
  •       Must be admitted into the PWSC Associate of Arts program
  •       Admitted students will be required to live in residential housing at PWSC.

 

Courses in the Fall 2020 semester include:

  •       TECH A120: Commercial Web Page Development – 3 credits
  •       TECH A125: Web Database Systems – 3 credits
  •       CS A109: Compiled Programming Languages – 3 credits
  •       PWSC MATH A104 or MATH A115 – 3 credits
  •       PWSC writing, humanities, communications, natural science or social science course – 3 credits

 

Courses in the Spring 2121 semester include:

  •       TECH A222: Client-Side Scripting Languages – 3 credits
  •       TECH A227: Server-Side Scripting Languages – 3 credits
  •       PWSC writing course – 3 credits
  •       PWSC social science course – 3 credits
  •       PWSC humanities, communications, or natural science course – 3 or 4 credits

 

 

Please note: the “Tech Scholars” grant does not cover a $300 deposit for housing, food, travel, or other incidental expenses.

Courses not listed as “Tech Scholars” courses are not covered by this grant. Meet with a PWSC advisor for more clarification and information. 


If you are interested in applying submit the form below: