College Career

The TeraU program is excellent preparation for more advanced technological and/or business studies in a two-year or four-year college or university.  And their extensive skillset right out of high school enables TeraU graduates to realistically consider, and get accepted by, more prestigious and/or advanced institutions than would otherwise be possible for them.  It also enables them to qualify for scholarships (and/or other sources of funding) that they would probably not qualify for without TeraU, funding that may be needed to attend expensive institutions that they might otherwise never consider.  

TeraU also gives students the practical knowledge and abilities required to successfully seek funding for higher education, and a significant head start (over typical high school students) on the practical knowledge and abilities needed in order to succeed in college.  And undergraduate success leads naturally to graduate school and/or a successful career.

As an example of the enormous difference that TeraU can make in a student's higher education prospects, consider only the technological capabilities of a typical TeraU graduate (listed below), which are far in advance of the skills of a typical college freshman computer science major.  This gives the TeraU graduate a tremendous advantage, both in getting into college, and in succeeding once there.  (And we are not even considering the myriad business skills of the TeraU graduate, which are just as extensive and probably just as important for getting into and succeeding in college.)

 

Internet Technical Search abilities:

  • Know common Internet search and metasearch engines
  • Understand Boolean logic
  • Use advanced search features for common search engines
  • Know commonly used technical sites
  • Ability to download files from Internet

Internet Web Site Creation and Maintenance:

  • Create a static web page with HTML
  • Create hyperlinks with HTML
  • View the HTML code of an existing web page
  • Use publishing tools to create a complex web page
  • Identify common web site maintenance techniques

Computer Troubleshooting skills:

  • Identify common types of computer equipment
  • Perform routine maintenance and repair
  • Identify and correct common computer problems
  • Isolate and identify likely sources of hardware problems
  • Document problems and actions in computer troubleshooting

Operating Systems skills:

  • Know and use common DOS commands
  • Edit config.sys and autoexec.bat files
  • Copy hidden system files
  • Install, upgrade, and configure common operating systems
  • Document problems and actions in computer troubleshooting

In addition to these capabilities, all TeraU graduates will have specialized in one of the following two items—

 

Network Components, Cabling, and Transmission:

  • Identify common network hardware components
  • Install common Network Operating Systems (NOS)
  • Describe features, functions and benefits of NOS
  • Know OSI 7 layer model and IEEE standards
  • Install and upgrade common NOS clients

Comprehensive Application Development:

  • Identify components of application development life cycle
  • Design interfaces and databases
  • Participate in team development of application
  • Understand flowcharting, pseudocode, loops, and conditionals
  • Apply object-oriented programming principles