2025-26 HCC Catalog & Student Handbook 
    
    Dec 05, 2025  
2025-26 HCC Catalog & Student Handbook

Cloud Computing-Application Development - Specialization, A.A.S.


The Cloud Computing & Application Development - Specialization prepares students with skills to produce high-quality sustainable code through all stages of a software life cycle: project planning and estimating, gathering requirements, functional specifications, use case tools, design specifications, coding, testing, integrating, and maintenance. Java is a high-level object-oriented programming language and software development platform. Students learn Java to develop platform-independent applications that can run on a single computer or be distributed among servers and clients in a network. Java is also used to build small application modules (applets) for use on a web page.

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Program CIP Code: 11.0202

Cost of Attendance: https://www.hccs.edu/applying-and-paying/tuition-calculator/

The credit totals are displayed in two key locations: 1. At the end of each semester: You’ll find the total number of credits for that specific semester. 2. At the end of the degree plan: The total number of credits for the entire degree program is listed at the bottom of the plan.

First Year


Second Year


First Semester ‐ Fall


Semester Total: 14


Semester Total: 11


Total Minimum Credits for the AAS Degree: 60


1 A list of electives appears in the Core Curriculum  section of this catalog.
2 Choose a course from this list that is not required in the degree plan: COSC 2425 COSC 2436 ; ITCC 1444 ; ITCC 2441 ; ITDS 1471 ITSE 2453 ; ITSE 2475 ; ITSY 2401   
3 Choose one as the capstone, ITSE 1380  or INEW 2332 
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