2005-07 Catalog - Tacoma Community College

62 Professional/TechnicalTacoma Community CollegeNetworking Certificates:Technical Support CertificatePrepares a student for entry-level positions in hardware technicalsupport. Students are encouraged to sit for the Network +certification exam upon certificate completion.PREREQUISITE: Help Desk Certificate or comparable experience.Course No. Course Title CreditCore Requirements (20 credits)IT 210 Operating Systems II ............................................ 5IT 260 Client/Server Technology LANs ....................... 5IT 261 Administration of Networks ............................... 5IT 262 Technical Support of Windows Networks ....... 5TOTAL CREDITS: 20Network Administration and Support CertificateBuilds on the knowledge learned in the Technical Supportcertificate and prepares a student for entry-level jobs as a hardwaretechnician for client, server, and internetworking hardware ontraditional and wireless networks, and as an entry level networkadministrator. Students are encouraged to sit for the CISCOcertified network administrator (CCNA) certification exam uponcompletion of this certificate.PREREQUISITE: Technical Support Certificate or comparableexperience.Course No. Course Title CreditCore Requirements (15 credits)IT 270 Service and Support Fundamentals ................... 5IT 271 Internetworking ..................................................... 5IT 280 Advanced Networking Technologies ................. 5TOTAL CREDITS: 15Network Security CertificateCovers basic aspects of security for both traditional and wirelessnetworks. In addition to providing additional technical skills forcurrent networking professionals, it is designed to prepare studentsfor entry-level network security specialist positions. Students areencouraged to sit for the certified wireless security professional(CWSP) certification exam upon completion of this certificate.PREREQUISITE: Technical Support Certificate or comparableexperience.Course No. Course Title CreditCore Requirements (10 credits)ELEC 214 Network Security Fundamentals ........................ 5ELEC 220 Advanced Network Security and Encryption .. 5TOTAL CREDITS: 10Transition to Wireless CertificateProvides basic knowledge and skills to allow a networkingprofessional to become proficient in maintaining and administeringwireless networks. Students are encouraged to sit for the certifiedwireless network administrator (CWNA) certification exam uponcompletion of this certificate.PREREQUISITE: Technical Support Certificate or comparableexperience.Course No. Course Title CreditCore Requirements (10 credits)ELEC 212 Wireless Theory ..................................................... 5ELEC 216 Principles of Wireless Networks ........................ 5Application Developer Certificates:TOTAL CREDITS: 10Visual Basic.Net CertificateFor students who wish to add Visual Basic.Net to their programmingskill inventory. Students will learn both programming and databaseskills and will be eligible for entry-level positions as Visual Basic.Netprogrammers.PREREQUISITE: Help Desk certificate or comparable experience.Course No. Course Title CreditCore Requirements (28 credits)CU 110 Access I .................................................................... 2CU 210 Access II .................................................................. 3IT 201 Introduction to Programming............................. 5IT 238 Visual Basic ............................................................. 5IT 239 Advanced Visual Basic .......................................... 5IT 245 Data Modeling ........................................................ 2IT 248 SQL Server Implementation ............................... 3IT 250 Extendable Markup Language (XML)............... 3TOTAL CREDITS: 28Web Graphics CertificateProvides an introduction to multiple web graphics softwareprograms. Students completing this certificate are eligible for entrylevelpositions as web page developers or web content developers.PREREQUISITE: Help Desk certificate or comparable experience.Course No. Course Title CreditCore Requirements (29 credits)ART 102 Two-Dimensional Design .................................... 5ART 210 Color and Design ................................................... 5IT 120 Introduction to Web Animation ......................... 5IT 121 Advanced Web Animation ................................... 5IT 122 Macromedia Dreamweaver .................................. 3IT 123 Designing with Adobe Illustrator ....................... 3IT 124 Image Manipulation with Adobe Photoshop .. 3TOTAL CREDITS: 29