Terry C. House

Terry C. House serves as Professor and Chair of the Computer Science & Computer Information Technology Department within the College of Business, Technology & Professional Studies at Methodist University. A veteran of the United States Army, he served as a Special Forces Green Beret from 1983 to 2004 with deployments across Africa and Afghanistan before transitioning to academia.

Education:

• B.S., Campbell University
• M.S., Nova Southeastern University
• Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University

Research & Teaching Philosophy: Dr. House's work centers on Computer Security, Software Engineering, and practical programming applications, informed by his military experience in high-stakes operational environments. He demands excellence through his 'no task is too hard' mentality, requiring students to push beyond comfort zones toward perfection in assignments. His teaching spans foundational to advanced topics including Assembly Language, Computer Architecture, AWS/Azure cloud platforms, and embedded systems with Raspberry Pi/Arduino.

Technical Instruction: He directly teaches 15+ undergraduate courses ranging from Visual Basic and C# programming to Computer Security and Senior Project development, emphasizing hands-on implementation of Client-Server systems, Database Management, and GUI solutions. His personal engagement with IT literature and chess strategy informs his problem-solving pedagogy.