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2019-2020 College Catalog

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2019-2020 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Information Technology, Security and Forensics Concentration, AAS

Campus: Clinton, Muscatine, & Scott Community Colleges

Computers and information technology (IT) touch nearly every aspect of modern life. IT enables integration, communication, database management, complex computing and coordination of tasks and information. This involves many different technical applications: hardware, software, programming, networking and more. An Information Technology Technician applies practical knowledge, skills, and abilities by performing aspects of software development networking, production, troubleshooting, user support, maintenance, and systems management. EICC offers IT curriculum options that prepare students for a concentration in the following areas: Augmented and Virtual Reality, Networking fr Systems and Security, Programming, Security and Forensics, and Web Development.

Plan of Study

Term 1

BUS 167 - Leadership and Professionalism 1.00 Credit(s)
NET 159 - Cisco PacketTracer 1.00 Credit(s)
NET 167 - Computer Systems and Troubleshooting 4.00 Credit(s)
NET 198 - Networking I 5.00 Credit(s)
NET 303 - Windows Workstation Operating Systems 3.00 Credit(s)
NET 679 - TCP/IP and Subnetting 1.00 Credit(s)
NET 785 - Fundamentals of Desktop Support 3.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 18.00 Credits

Term 2

BUS 168 - Leadership and Professionalism II 1.00 Credit(s)
ENG 105 - Composition I 3.00 Credit(s) OR
ENG 107 - Composition I: Technical Writing 3.00 Credit(s)
NET 280 - Copper, Fiber and Wireless Connectivity 3.00 Credit(s)
NET 298 - Networking II 5.00 Credit(s)
NET 305 - Introduction to Network Operating Systems 3.00 Credit(s)
NET 420 - Introduction to Linux OS 3.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 18.00 Credits

Term 3

CFR 100 - Introduction to Computer Forensics 3.00 Credit(s)
CIS 750 - Project Management 3.00 Credit(s)
NET 474 - Certification Preparation 1.00 Credit(s)
NET 612 - Fundamentals of Network Security 3.00 Credit(s)
NET 619 - Network Attacks: Detection, Analysis & Countermeasures 3.00 Credit(s)
NET 635 - Ethical Hacking 3.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 16.00 Credits

Term 4

CSC 110 - Introduction to Computers 3.00 Credit(s)
PHI 105 - Introduction to Ethics 3.00 Credit(s) OR
HUM 183 - Living with Space, Time and Technology 3.00 Credit(s) OR
HUM 110 - Changes and Choices 3.00 Credit(s) OR
PHI 110 - Introduction to Logic 3.00 Credit(s)
MAT 110 - Math for Liberal Arts 3.00 Credit(s)
NET 932 - Internship 1.00 - 5.00 Credit(s) (3.00 Credits for this program) OR
NET 860 - Information Technology Specialist Capstone 3.00 Credit(s)
PSY 111 - Introduction to Psychology 3.00 Credit(s) OR
SOC 110 - Introduction to Sociology 3.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 15.00 Credits

AAS Total: 67.00 Credits