Network Infrastructure Specialist (071.10)

The Network Infrastructure Specialist career studies certificate program is designed to provide students with the skills to install and configure a network, optimize Wide Area Networks (WANs) through Internet access solutions that reduce bandwidth and lower costs, configure routers and switches, design and implement wireless solutions, and secure the networks. Graduates can be employed as network infrastructure administrators, specialists, analysts, or engineers.

TCC is a Cisco Regional Academy that provides training and support for local academies in our service area. The courses in this program prepare students for the examinations leading to industry certifications as a Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) and as a Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP).

SEMESTER 1
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
ITN 195	Network Fundamentals, Router Basics, and Configuration (ICND1) - Cisco	4
ITN 171	Unix I	4
	SEMESTER TOTAL	8

SEMESTER 2
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
ITN 195	Switching, Wireless, and WAN Technologies (ICND2) - Cisco¹	4	Prereq or Co-req: ITN 195 (ICND1)
ITN 295	Scalable Internetworks (BSCI) - Cisco²	4	ITN 195 (ICND1)
	SEMESTER TOTAL	8

SEMESTER 3
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
ITN 295	Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) - Cisco²	4	ITN 195 (ICND2)
ITN 295	Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (ISCW) - Cisco²	4	ITN 195 (ICND2)
	SEMESTER TOTAL	8

SEMESTER 4
Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisite
ITN 295	Converged Networks Optimization (ONT) - Cisco²	4	ITN 195 (ICND2)
	SEMESTER TOTAL	4
	TOTAL MINIMUM CREDITS	28

1        These courses prepare students to sit for the Cisco Certified Networking

          Associate (CCNA) certification exam.

2        These courses prepare students to sit for the Cisco Certified Networking

          Professional (CCNP) certification exam.