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Degree Plans - Computer Information Technology (Networking Security Awards) - Network Administrator and Support AAS (Archived)

COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR AND SUPPORT

Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, El Centro, Mountain View, North Lake and Richland only

(Associate in Applied Sciences Degree, Tech Prep Enhanced Skills Certificate)

  • Students pursuing this award program are required to meet Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standards and course prerequisites.
  • Students must earn at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction by the college awarding the degree.

Degree Plan Code: AAS.CIT.NWK.ADMIN.09

This associate degree program provides education and training for individuals interested in developing their knowledge and skills as networking professionals.

Specialization tracks are offered only at the colleges listed below:

  • Brookhaven: Unix/Linux, Microsoft, CCNA
  • Cedar Valley: Microsoft
  • El Centro: Convergence Technology, CCNA, CCNP, Microsoft
  • Mountain View: Convergence Technology, CCNA, CCNP, Microsoft
  • North Lake: Convergence Technology, CCNA, CCNP, Unix/Linux, Microsoft
  • Richland: CCNA, CCNP, Solaris, Microsoft

The program also provides preparatory training for a variety of industry certification examinations. Credit may be given and course substitutions made for those who have acquired A+ and/or Network+ certification.

Prerequisite: Basic understanding of personal computers and operating systems as obtained in ITSC 1401 or BCIS 1405 or COSC 1401, and problem solving and logic structures as obtained in ITSE 1429 or equivalent experience approved by designated Information Technology personnel.

CREDIT HOURS

SEMESTER I

Primary Specialization Semester I (one or two courses) 4-8
ITSC 1405 Introduction to PC Operating Systems AND 4
ITSC 1425 Personal Computer Hardware OR 4
CPMT 1405 IT Essentials I: PC Hardware and Software AND (4)
Elective Any 4-credit hour course from ARTC, ARTV, BCIS, COSC, CPMT, EECT, GAME, IMED, INEW, ITCC, ITSE, ITNW, ITMC, ITMT, ITSC, ITSY, ITSW course (4)
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3
15-19

SEMESTER II

Primary Specialization Semester II (two or three courses - see track list) 8-12
MATH 1324 Mathematics for Business and Economics OR 3
MATH 2342 Introductory Statistics OR (3)
MATH 1314 College Algebra (3)
SPCH 1311 Introduction to Speech Communication OR 3
SPCH 1315 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3)
14-18

NOTE: Students pursuing CCNA, CCNP, MCSE, MCSA, and MCDBA must select and complete one secondary specialty track (see Secondary Track listing) in Semesters III and/or IV to be considered as having met the requirements for this award.

SEMESTER III

Primary/Secondary Specialization Semester III (two courses - see track list) 7-8
Elective Any 3-credit hour course from ARTV, ITCC, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, ITNW, ITMC, INEW, ITSY, BCIS, COSC, ARTC, IMED, ITMT, EECT, GAME, or CPMT course 3
+Elective Social/Behavioral Science 3
++Elective Humanities/Fine Arts 3
16-17

SEMESTER IV

Primary/Secondary Specialization Semester IV (four or five courses-see track list) 15-18
15-18

Minimum Hours Required 60-72

+Elective - must be selected from the DCCCD Core Curriculum for Social/Behavioral Science.

++Elective - must be selected from the DCCCD Core Curriculum for Humanities/Fine Arts.

PRIMARY SPECIALIZATION
Select one track

CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGY TRACK:

SEMESTER I (Two Courses)
ITCC 1401 Exploration - Network Fundamentals 4
ITCC 1404 Cisco Exploration 2 - Routing Protocols and Concepts 4

SEMESTER II (Three Courses)
ITCC 2408 Cisco Exploration 3 - LAN Switching and Wireless 4
ITCC 2410 Cisco Exploration 4 - Accessing the WAN 4
EECT 1407 Convergence Technologies 4

SEMESTER III (Two Courses)
CPMT 2302 Home Technology Integration OR 3
ITCC 1308 Introduction to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) OR (3)
EECT 2337 Wireless Telephony Systems (3)
ITMT 1400 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional OR 4
ITMT 1470 Windows Vista Client Configuration OR (4)
ITNW 1408 Implementing and Supporting Client Operation Systems (4)

SEMESTER IV (Five Courses)
ITMT 1440 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment OR 4
ITMT 1471 Windows Server 2008 (4)
ITMT 1450 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services OR 4
ITMT 1472 Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure (4)
CPMT 2334 Network Security 3
ITCC 1308 Introduction to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 3
ITNW 1351 Fundamentals of Wireless LANs 3
ITNW 1492 Special Topics in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 4
ITNW 2346 Small Office Home Office 3
ITNW 2350 Enterprise Network 3
ITCC 2359 Advanced Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 3

CCNA TRACK:

SEMESTER I (One Course)
ITCC 1401 Exploration - Network Fundamentals 4

SEMESTER II (Two Courses)
ITCC 1404 Cisco Exploration 2 - Routing Protocols and Concepts 4
ITCC 2408 Cisco Explorations 3 - LAN Switching and Wireless 4

SEMESTER III (Two Courses)
ITCC 2410 Cisco Exploration 4 - Accessing the WAN 4
One Course from *Secondary Specialty Track Listing Convergence Technology, CCNP, UNIX/Linux/Solaris, OR Microsoft 4

SEMESTER IV (Four Courses)
Four Courses from *Secondary Specialty Track Listing (Convergence Technology, CCNP, UNIX/Linux/Solaris, OR Microsoft) 16

CCNP TRACK:

SEMESTER I (One Course)
ITCC 2450 Building Scalable Internetworks 4

SEMESTER II (Two Courses)
ITCC 2451 Implementing Secure Converged Wide-area Networks 4
ITCC 2452 Building Multilayer Switched Networks 4

SEMESTER III (Two Courses)
ITCC 2453 Optimizing Converged Networks 4
One Course from *Secondary Specialty Track Listing (Convergence Technology, CCNA, UNIX/Linux/Solaris, OR Microsoft) 4

SEMESTER IV (Four Courses)
Four Courses from *Secondary Specialty Track Listing (Convergence Technology, CCNA, UNIX/Linux/Solaris, OR Microsoft) 16

UNIX/LINUX TRACK:

SEMESTER I (Two Courses)
ITSE 1429 Programming Logic and Design OR 4
ITSC 1415 Project Management Software (4)
ITNW 1425 Fundamentals of Newtworking Technologies 4

SEMESTER II (Two Courses)
ITSC 1407 UNIX Operating System I OR 4
ITSC 1416 Linux Installation and Configuration (4)
ITSC 1442 Shell Programming 4

SEMESTER III (Two Courses)
ITSC 2437 UNIX Operating System II 4
Elective Any ARTV, ITCC, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, ITSY, ITNW, ITMC, INEW, BCIS, COSC, ARTC, IMED, ITMT, EECT, GAME, or CPMT course 3-4

SEMESTER IV (Four Courses)
ITSC 1458 UNIX System Administration I 4
ITSC 1447 UNIX System Administration II 4
Elective Any 4-credit hour course from ARTV, ITCC, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, ITSY, ITNW, ITMC, INEW, BCIS, COSC, ARTC, IMED, ITMT, EECT, GAME, or CPMT 4
ITSY 1400 Fundamentals of Information Security OR 4
ITSY 2401 Firewalls and Network Security (4)

SOLARIS TRACK:

SEMESTER I (Two Courses)
ITSE 1429 Programming Logic and Design OR 4
ITSC 1415 Project Management Software (4)
ITSC 1429 Fundamentals of Solaris Operating Environment (SA) 4

SEMESTER II (Two Courses)
ITSC 1456 Solaris Shell Programming (SL) 4
ITNW 1425 Fundamentals of Newtworking Technologies 4

SEMESTER III (Two Courses)
ITSC 1454 Solaris Operating Envronment Systems Administrations I (SA) 4
Elective Any ARTV, ITCC, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, ITSY, ITNW, ITMC, INEW, BCIS, COSC, ARTC, IMED, ITMT, EECT, GAME, or CPMT course 3-4

SEMESTER IV (Four Courses)
ITSC 1452 Solaris Operating Environment Systems Administrations II (SA) 4
Elective Any two 4-credit hour courses from ARTV, ITCC, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, ITSY, ITNW, ITMC, INEW, BCIS, COSC, ARTC, IMED, ITMT, EECT, GAME, or CPMT 8
ITSY 1400 Fundamentals of Information Security OR 4
ITNW 1451 Fundamentals of Wireless LANs (4)

MCSE TRACK:

SEMESTER I (Two Courses)
ITNW 1425 Fundamentals of Networking Technologies 4
ITMT 1400 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional OR 4
ITMT 1470 Windows Vista Client Configuration OR (4)
ITNW 1408 Implementing and Supporting Client Operation Systems (4)

SEMESTER II (Two Courses)
ITMT 1440 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment OR 4
ITMT 1471 Windows Server 2008 (4)
ITMT 1450 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services OR 4
ITMT 1472 Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure (4)

SEMESTER III (Two Courses)
ITMT 2400 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure OR 4
ITMT 2470 Windows Server 2008 Active Directory (4)

One Course from below:
ITNW 2456 Designing a Network Directory Infrastructure 4
ITMT 2430 Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure 4
ITMT 2440 Designing Security for Microsoft Networks 4
ITNW 1492 Special Topics in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 4

SEMESTER IV (Four Courses)

Two Courses from Microsoft MCSE Electives requirement:
ITNW 1492 Special Topics in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 4
ITMT 2403 Administering a Microsoft SQL Server Database 4
ITSY 1442 Information Technology Security 4
ITNW 2456 Designing a Network Directory Infrastructure 4
ITMT 2430 Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure 4
ITMT 2440 Designing Security for Microsoft Networks 4
ITMT 2455 Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Organization 4
ITMC 2437 Programming a Microsoft SQL Server Database 4
ITMC 2455 Deploying and Managing Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 4
ITMT 1455 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Server 2003 Network Infrastructure 4
Two Courses from *Secondary Specialty Track Listing (Convergence Technology, CCNA, CCNP, UNIX/LINUX/ Solaris, OR Microsoft) 8

MCSA TRACK:

SEMESTER I (Two Courses)
ITNW 1425 Fundamentals of Networking Technologies 4
ITMT 1400 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional OR 4
ITMT 1470 Windows Vista Client Configuration OR (4)
ITNW 1408 Implementing and Supporting Client Operation Systems (4)

SEMESTER II (Two Courses)
ITMT 1440 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment OR 4
ITMT 1471 Windows Server 2008 (4)
ITMT 1450 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services OR 4
ITMT 1472 Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure (4)

SEMESTER III (Two Courses)

One Course from Microsoft MCSA Electives requirement:
ITNW 1492 Special Topics in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 4
ITMT 2403 Administering a Microsoft SQL Server Database 4
ITSY 1442 Information Technology Security 4
ITMT 2455 Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Organization 4
ITMC 2437 Programming a Microsoft SQL Server Database 4
ITMC 2455 Deploying and Managing Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 4
ITMT 2450 Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange 4
One Course from *Secondary Specialty Track Listing (Convergence Technology, CCNA, CCNP, UNIX/LINUX/Solaris, OR Microsoft) 4

SEMESTER IV (Four Courses)
Four Courses from *Secondary Specialty Track Listing (Convergence Technology, CCNA, CCNP, UNIX/LINUX/Solaris, OR Microsoft) 16

MCDBA TRACK:

SEMESTER I (Two Courses)
ITNW 1425 Fundamentals of Newtworking Technologies 4
ITMT 1400 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional OR 4
ITMT 1470 Windows Vista Client Configuration OR (4)
ITNW 1408 Implementing and Supporting Client Operation Systems (4)

SEMESTER II (Two Courses)
ITMT 1440 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment OR 4
ITMT 1471 Windows Server 2008 (4)
ITMT 1403 Querying Microsoft SQL Server with Transact-SQL 4

SEMESTER III (Two Courses)
ITMT 2403 Administering a Microsoft SQL Server Database 4
ITMC 2437 Programming a Microsoft SQL Server Database 4

SEMESTER IV (Four Courses)

Two Courses from Microsoft MCDBA Electives requirement:

ITNW 1492 Special Topics in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 4
ITMT 1450 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services 4
ITMT 1472 Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure 4
ITSE 1444 Microsoft Visual Basic Development 4
ITSE 1491 Special Topics in Computer Programming 4
ITSE 2434 Advanced Visual Basic.NET Programming 4
ITSE 1347 Programming with Visual Basic.NET 3
ITNW 1341 Programming with C#.Net 3
ITSE 2453 Advanced C# Programming 4
ITNW 1356 Advanced Development with Microsoft.NET Framework Foundation 2.0 3
ITSE 1440 Distributed Application Design and Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio 4
ITSE 2405 Windows Programming 4
ITSE 2404 Visual Basic.NET Database Development with ADO.NET 4
ITSE 2438 C# Database Development with ADO.NET 4
Two Courses from *Secondary Specialty Track Listing (Convergence Technology, CCNA, CCNP, UNIX/LINUX/Solaris, OR Microsoft) 8

*SECONDARY SPECIALTY TRACKS LISTING
Select one Secondary Specialty Track

Convergence Technology
EECT 1407 Convergence Technologies 4
ITNW 1451 Fundamentals of Wireless LANs 4
CPMT 2434 Network Security 4
CPMT 2402 Home Technology Integration 4
EECT 2437 Wireless Telephony Systems 4
ITNW 2450 Enterprise Network 4
ITNW 2446 Small Office Home Office 4
ITCC 1408 Introduction to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 3
ITCC 2459 Advanced Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 4
ITSY 1442 Information Technology Security 4

CCNA
ITCC 1401 Exploration - Network Fundamentals 4
ITCC 1404 Cisco Exploration 2 - Routing Protocols and Concepts 4
ITCC 2408 Cisco Explorations 3 - LAN Switching and Wireless 4
ITCC 2410 Cisco Exploration 4 - Accessing the WAN 4
Any 4-credit hour course from ARTV, ITCC, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, ITNW, ITMC, INEW, ITSY, BCIS, COSC, ARTC, IMED, ITMT, EECT, GAME, or CPMT.

CCNP
ITCC 2450 Building Scalable Internetworks 4
ITCC 2451 Implementing Secure Converged Wide-area Networks 4
ITCC 2452 Building Multilayer Switched Networks 4
ITCC 2453 Optimizing Converged Networks 4
Any 4-credit hour course from ARTV, ITSE, ITSW, ITSC, ITNW, ITCC, ITMC, ITSY, INEW, BCIS, COSC, ARTC, IMED, ITMT, EECT, GAME, or CPMT.

UNIX/Linux/Solaris

ITSC 1407 UNIX Operating System I 4
ITSC 1416 Linux Installation and Configuration 4
ITSC 1429 Fundamentals of Solaris Operating Environment (SA) 4
ITSC 2437 UNIX Operating System II 4
ITSC 1442 Shell Programming 4
ITSC 1452 Solaris Operating Environment Systems Administrations II (SA) 4
ITSC 1454 Solaris Operating Environment Systems Administrations I (SA) 4
ITSC 1456 Solaris Shell Programming (SL) 4
ITSC 1458 UNIX System Administration I 4
ITSC 1447 UNIX System Administration II 4
Any 4-credit hour course from ARTV, ITCC, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, ITNW, ITMC, INEW, ITSY, BCIS, COSC, ARTC, IMED, ITMT, EECT, GAME, or CPMT.

MICROSOFT

ITMT 1400 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional 4
ITMT 1470 Windows Vista Client Configuration OR 4
ITMT 1440 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment 4
ITMT 1471 Windows Server 2008 4
ITMT 1450 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services 4
ITMT 1472 Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure 4
ITMT 2400 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure 4
ITMT 2470 Windows Server 2008 Active Directory 4
ITNW 2456 Designing a Network Directory Infrastructure 4
ITMT 2430 Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure 4
ITMT 2440 Designing Security for Microsoft Networks 4
ITMT 1455 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Server 2003 Network Infrastructure 4
ITNW 1408 Implementing and Supporting Client Operation Systems 4
Any 4-credit hour course from ARTV, ITCC, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, ITNW, ITMC, INEW, ITSY, BCIS, COSC, ARTC, IMED, ITMT, EECT, GAME, or CPMT.

This is a Tech Prep program. Students interested in pursuing the Tech Prep Associate degree need to consult with their advisor.

NOTE: Students enrolling in this program who plan to transfer to a four-year institution should consult an advisor or counselor regarding transfer requirements and the transferability of these courses to the four-year institution of their choice.
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