Course Descriptions

Information Technology Networking (ITN)

ITN 100 INTRODUCTION TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (3-4 cr.)   Surveys, data transmission systems, communication lines, data sets, network, modes of transmission, protocols, and interfacing. Emphasizes network structure and operation. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 101 INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKING CONCEPTS (3-4 cr.)   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. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 110 WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL (3-4 cr.)   Introduces an overview of nstruction in installation, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of Windows 2000 Professional as a desktop operating system in a networked data communications environment. Lecture 3-4 hours. Laboratory 0-2 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.

 

ITN 111 WINDOWS 2000 SERVER (3-4 cr.)   Covers basic instruction in various network protocols, name resolution services, remote access, security, and print installation, configuration, administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Windows 2000 Server in an Active Directory domain environment. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 112 WINDOWS 2000 NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE ADMINISTRATION (NIA) (3-4 cr.)   Provides extensive instruction for the technical knowledge required for installation, configuration, administration, monitoring and troubleshooting of Windows 2000 Server services such as NDS DHCP WINS RRAS NAT and Certificate Authority to support the network infrastructure. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 113 WINDOWS 2000 DIRECTORY SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE ADMINISTRATION (DSIA) (3-4 cr.) --Emphasizes instruction in installation and administration, monitoring and troubleshooting of Windows 2000 Active Directory components, DNS, Group Policy objects, RIS, and security. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 114 WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL (3-4 cr.)   Consists of instruction in installation, configuration, administration, and trouble shooting of Windows XP Professional as a desktop operating system in a networked data communications environment. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
 

 

ITN 115 WINDOWS SERVER 2003 (3-4 cr.)   Consists of instruction that teaches students how to manage and maintain a Microsoft Window Server 2003 environment. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 116 WINDOWS 2003 NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION, MANAGEMENT, & MAINTENANCE (NI-IMM) (3-4 cr.)   Provides instruction on how to implement, manage, and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 117 WINDOWS 2003 NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND MAINTENANCE (NI-PIM) (3-4 cr.)   Includes instruction on how to plan and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

INT 118 WINDOWS 2003 ACTIVE DIRECTORY INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (3-4 cr.)   Encompasses instruction on how to plan, implement, and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory infrastructure. Lecture 3-4 hours. Laboratory 0-2 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.

 

ITN 120 WIRELESS – NETWORK ADMINISTRATION (W-NA) (3-4 cr.)   Provides instruction in fundamentals of wireless information systems. Course content includes terms, standards, components, and operating requirements in the design and implementation of wireless networks. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
 

 

ITN 171 UNIX I (3-4 cr.)   Provides an introduction to the UNIX operating system. Teaches login procedures, file creation, UNIX file structure, input/output control and the UNIX shell. Lecture 3-4 hours. Laboratory 0-2 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.

 

ITN 216 WINDOWS 2000 SQL SERVER (3-4 cr.)   Provides instruction in planning, installing, configuring, administering, maintaining, optimizing, auditing, and trouble shooting Windows 2000 SQL Server. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 260 NETWORK SECURITY BASICS (3-4 cr.)   Provides instruction in the basics of network security in depth.  Course content 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. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 261 NETWORK ATTACKS, COMPUTER CRIME AND HACKING (3-4CR)   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. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 262 NETWORK  COMMUNICATION, SECURITY AND AUTHENTICATION (3-4CR)  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.
 

 

ITN 263 INTERNET/INTRANET FIREWALLS AND e-COMMERCE SECURITY (3-4 cr.)—Gives 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). Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 266 NETWORK SECURITY LAYERS (3-4 cr.)—Provides an in-depth exploration of various security layers needed to protect the network. Explores Network Security from the viewpoint of the environment i 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, software security and database security. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

 

ITN 267 LEGAL TOPICS IN NETWORK SECURITY (3-4 cr.)—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. Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
 

 

ITN 275 INCIDENT RESPONSE AND COMPUTER FORENSICS (3-4 cr.)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. Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4-5 hours per week.