Provides instruction in networking media, physical and logical topologies, common networking standards and popular networking protocols. Emphasizes the TCP/IP protocol suite and related IP addressing schemes, including CIDR. Includes selected topics in network implementation, support and LAN/WAN connectivity. Prerequisite: ITN 106 or ITN 171. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Teaches use of operating system utilities and multiple-level directory structures, creation of batch files, and configuration of microcomputer environments. May include a study of graphical user interfaces. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Includes specially designed instruction to give students a basic knowledge of hardware and software configurations. Includes the installation of various peripheral devices as well as basic system hardware components. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides a basic comprehension of Internet and network technologies including IT job roles, connection methods, TCP/IP functionality and DNS. Explores web server technologies with security and project management concepts. Introduces network creation, physical and logical topologies including media properties, server types, IP addressing and network security.  Lecture 4 hours per week.

Covers installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the desktop client operating system in a networked environment. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Covers installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, and troubleshooting of a server in a networked environment. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Covers planning, installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of network infrastructure components. Prerequisite: ITN 111. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Covers planning, installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Active Directory (AD) and Domain Naming Service (DNS) in a networked environment. Prerequisite: ITN 111. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides instruction on how to implement, manage, and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Includes instruction on how to plan and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Focuses instruction on the installation, configuration and administration of the Linux operating system and emphasizes the use of Linux as a network client and workstation. Prerequisite: ITN 171. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides an introduction to UNIX operating systems. Teaches login procedures, file creation, UNIX file structure, input/output control, and the UNIX shell. Lecture 4 hours per week.

ITN 195 Network Fundamentals, Router Basics, and Configuration (ICND1)

                - Cisco

Provides instruction in the fundamentals of networking environments, the basics of router operations, and basic router configuration. Lecture 4 hours per week.

ITN 195 Switching, Wireless, and WAN Technologies (ICND2) - Cisco

Provides the skills and knowledge to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small-to-medium sized branch office enterprise network, including configuring several switches and routers, configuring wireless devices, configuring VLANs, connecting to a WAN, and implementing network security. Prerequisite or co-requisite: ITN 195-Network Fundamentals, Router Basics, and Configuration (ICND1)-Cisco. Lecture 4 hours per week.

ITN 212 Applications Infrastructure (Windows 2008)

Covers design of the applications infrastructure and global configuration changes in an enterprise networked environment. Prerequisite: ITN 111. Lecture 4 hours per week.

ITN 214 Messaging Server Administration (Exchange Server 2007)

Covers planning, installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of a messaging server in a networked environment. Prerequisite: ITN 112 and ITN 113. Lecture 4 hours per week.

ITN 215 Enterprise Administration (Windows 2008)

Covers network infrastructure design, evaluation of technology solutions, development of policies and procedures, and analysis of network performance at an enterprise level. Prerequisite: ITN 111. Lecture 4 hours per week.

ITN 216 Database Server Administration (SQL Server 2008)

Covers planning, installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of a database server in a networked environment. Prerequisite: ITN 112 and ITN 113. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Focuses on the Web Server as a workhorse of the World Wide Web (www). Teaches how to set up and maintain a Web server and provides in-depth instruction in Web server operations and provides hands-on experience in installation and maintenance of a Web server. Prerequisite: ITN 109. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides instruction that shows students how to gather and analyze business requirements for a secure network infrastructure and design a security solution that meets those requirements. Prerequisite: ITN 115. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides instruction in the basics of network security in depth. Includes security objectives, security architecture, security models and security layers, risk management, network security policy, and security training. Includes the give security keys, confidentiality integrity, availability, accountability, and auditability. Prerequisite: ITN 101 or substantial networking experience. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Encompasses in-depth exploration of various methods for attacking and defending a network. Explores network security concepts from the viewpoint of hackers and their attack methodologies. Includes topics about hackers, attacks, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) malicious code, computer crime and industrial espionage. Prerequisite: ITN 260. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Covers an in-depth exploration of various communication protocols with a concentration on TCP/IP. Explores communication protocols from the point of view of the hacker in order to highlight protocol weaknesses. Includes Internet architecture, routing, addressing, topology, fragmentation and protocol analysis, and the use of various utilities to explore TCP/IP. Prerequisite: ITN 260. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Conveys an in-depth exploration of firewall, Web security, and e-commerce security. Explores firewall concepts, types, topology and the firewall's relationship to the TCP/IP protocol. Includes client/server architecture, the Web server, HTML and HTTP in relation to Web Security, and digital certification, D.509, and public key infrastructure (PKI). Prerequisite: ITN 260. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides an in-depth exploration of various security layers needed to protect the network. Explores network security from the viewpoint of the environment in which the network operates and the necessity to secure that environment to lower the security risk to the network. Includes physical security, personnel security, operating system security, software security and database security. Prerequisite: ITN 260. Lecture 4 hours per week.

ITN 267 Legal Topics in Network Security

Conveys an in-depth exploration of the civil and common law issues that apply to network security. Explores statutes, jurisdictional, and constitutional issues related to computer crimes and privacy. Includes rules of evidence, seizure and evidence handling, court presentation and computer privacy in the digital age. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: ITN 260. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Focuses instruction on the configuration and administration of the Linux operating system as a network server. Emphasizes the configuration of common network services such as routing, http, DNS, DHCP, ftp, telnet, SMB, NFS, and NIS. Prerequisite: ITN 170. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Prepares the student for a role on an organizational IT support staff where the need for resolving computer incidents is becoming increasingly common. Includes legal and ethical issues of search and seizure of computer and peripheral storage media leading to laboratory exercises examining computers configured with mix of both simulated criminal and other activities which are not criminal in nature, but do violate scenario-driven organizational policy. Requires the student to make choices/recommendations for further pursuit of forensics evidence gathering and analysis. Students will select and gather the utilities and procedures necessary for a court-acceptable forensics toolkit which will then be used to gather and examine specially configured desktop computers. Students will then participate in a mock court proceeding using the collected evidence. Prerequisite: ITN 260. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides the skills and knowledge to optimize and provide effective QoS techniques in converged networks that run voice, wireless, and security applications. Prerequisite: ITN 195-Switching, Wireless, and WAN Technologies (ICND2) - Cisco. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides the skills and knowledge to create an efficient and expandable enterprise network by installing, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting network infrastructure equipment, especially Catalyst Multilayer Switches, according to the Campus Infrastructure module in the Enterprise Composite Network model, including converged IP data, IPC (Voice) and Airspace WLAN (wireless). Prerequisite: ITN 195-Switching, Wireless, and WAN Technologies (ICND2) - Cisco. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides the skills and knowledge to create an efficient and expandable enterprise network by installing, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting network infrastructure equipment according to the Campus Infrastructure module in the Enterprise Composite Network model and implementing the most commonly used and emerging IP routing protocols. Prerequisite: ITN 195-Network Fundamentals, Router Basics, and Configuration (ICND1)-Cisco. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Provides the skills and knowledge to secure and expand the reach of the enterprise network to teleworkers and remote sites, focusing on remote access security and VPN client configuration. Prerequisite: ITN 195-Switching, Wireless, and WAN Technologies (ICND2) - Cisco. Lecture 4 hours per week.

Covers planning, installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of SharePoint Server and applications in a networked environment. Prerequisite: ITN 112 and ITN 113. Lecture 4 hours per week.