Our Information Technology (IT) Cybersecurity and Networking diploma program includes specific technical paths in cybersecurity and network management. This program will help prepare you for entry-level positions with businesses, educational systems, and governmental agencies that rely on computer systems to design and manage information. The program will incorporate the competencies of industry-recognized certification exams from Microsoft, Comp-TIA, Cisco, and others. Emphasis is placed on security concepts, perimeter defense, and intrusion detection.
This is a diploma program and requires fewer credits and less time to complete than a degree program. If you’re looking for a shorter time commitment, the certificate program may be for you.
The IT Cybersecurity program also offers degree and certificate options.
Learn more about this program’s student outcome data.
Skills You’ll Learn
The IT Cybersecurity and Networking program is focused on job-related skills in the following areas:
- Communicating professionally and thinking critically
- Mastering programming logic principles, identifying security risks, and selecting appropriate hardware and software applications
- Understanding security principles including authentication, confidentiality, and access control to make systems less vulnerable to failures and attacks
Career Opportunities
There are many employment opportunities for IT Cybersecurity and Networking graduates, including:
- Cybersecurity analyst/specialist
- Forensic computer analyst
- Information security analyst
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Industry Certifications Available
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate
- Cisco Certified Network Associate
- Linux+
- Palo Alto Network Certified Network System Administrator
- Pentest+
- Security+
- Wireshark Certified Network Analyst
Diploma requirements
43 Credit Hours
The following suggested schedule is based on full-time enrollment. Part-time students begin with ACA-111, CTI-120, NOS-110. Continue with sequence of required courses. General education courses may be taken at any time. For information about prerequisites and corequisites, please refer to the catalog.
Courses in this program
Semester Credit Hours: 13
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| ACA-111 | 1 | ||
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This course introduces the college's physical, academic, and social environment and promotes the personal development essential for success. Topics include campus facilities and resources; policies, procedures, and programs; study skills; and life management issues such as health, self-esteem, motivation, goal-setting, diversity, and communication. Upon completion, students should be able to function effectively within the college environment to meet their educational objectives.
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| CTI-120 | 3 | ||
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This course introduces students to the Network concepts, including networking terminology and protocols, local and wide area networks, and network standards. Emphasis is placed on securing information systems and the various implementation policies. Upon completion, students should be able to perform basic tasks related to networking, mathematics, terminology, media and protocols.
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| NOS-110 | 3 | ||
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This course introduces students to a broad range of operating system concepts, including installation and maintenance. Emphasis is place on operating system concepts, management, maintenance, and resources required. Upon completion of this course, students will have an understanding of OS concepts, installation, management, maintenance, using a variety of operating systems.
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| CTI-110 | 3 | ||
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This course covers the introduction of the tools and resources available to students in programming, mark-up language and services on the Internet. Topics include standard mark-up language, Internet services, creating web pages, using search engines, file transfer programs; and database design and creation with DBMS products. Upon completion students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of programming tools, deploy a web-site with mark-up tools, and create a simple database table.
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| ENG-111 | 3 | ||
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This course is designed to develop the ability to produce clear writing in a variety of genres and formats using a recursive process. Emphasis includes inquiry, analysis, effective use of rhetorical strategies, thesis development, audience awareness, and revision. Upon completion, students should be able to produce unified, coherent, well-developed essays using standard written English.
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Semester Credit Hours: 15
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| CTS-115 | 3 | ||
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The course introduces the role of IT in managing business processes and the need for business process and IT alignment. Emphasis is placed on industry need for understanding business challenges and developing/managing information systems to contribute to the decision making process based on these challenges. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the 'hybrid business manager' and the potential offered by new technology and systems.
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| NET-125 | 3 | ||
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This course introduces the architecture, structure, functions, components, and models of the Internet and computer networks. Topics include introduction to the principles of IP addressing and fundamentals of Ethernet concepts, media, and operations. Upon completion, students should be able to build simple LANs, perform basic configurations for routers and switches, and implement IP addressing schemes.
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| NOS-220 | 3 | ||
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This course introduces the Linux file system, group administration, and system hardware controls. Topics include installation, creation, and maintaining file systems, NIS client and DHCP client configuration, NFS, SMB/Samba, Configure X, Gnome, KDE, basic memory, processes, and security. Upon completion, students should be able to perform system administration tasks including installation, configuring and attaching a new Linux workstation to an existing network.
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| SEC-110 | 3 | ||
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This course introduces the concepts and issues related to securing information systems and the development of policies to implement information security controls. Topics include the historical view of networking and security, security issues, trends, security resources, and the role of policy, people, and processes in information security. Upon completion, students should be able to identify information security risks, create an information security policy, and identify processes to implement and enforce policy.
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| ENG-112 | 3 | ||
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This course, the second in a series of two, introduces research techniques, documentation, styles, and writing strategies. Emphasis is placed on analyzing information and ideas and incorporating research findings into documented writing and research projects. Upon completion, students should be able to evaluate and synthesize information from primary and secondary sources using documentation appropriate to various disciplines.
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Semester Credit Hours: 15
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| CTI-141 | 3 | ||
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This course introduces cloud computing and storage concepts. Emphasis is placed on cloud terminology, virtualization, storage networking and access control. Upon completion, students should be able to perform tasks related to installation, configuration and management of cloud storage systems.
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| SEC-151 | 3 | ||
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This course introduces protocol analysis. Topics include protocol analysis tools, TCP/IP concepts, Internet protocols, network traffic analysis, monitoring network traffic, network security, protocol analysis, and understanding data flow through protocol analysis. Upon completion, students should be able to perform simple protocol analysis to determine baseline network performance and identify anomalies.
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| NET-126 | 3 | ||
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This course focuses on initial router configuration, router software management, routing protocol configuration, TCP/IP, and access control lists (ACLs). Emphasis will be placed on the fundamentals of router configuration, managing router software, routing protocol, and access lists. Upon completion, students should have an understanding of routers and their role in WANs, router configuration, routing protocols, TCP/IP troubleshooting, and ACLs.
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| SEC-160 | 3 | ||
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This course provides an overview of security administration and fundamentals of designing security architectures. Topics include networking technologies, TCP/IP concepts, protocols, network traffic analysis, monitoring, and security best practices. Upon completion, students should be able to identify normal network traffic using network analysis tools and design basic security defenses.
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| NOS-230 | 3 | ||
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This course covers the installation and configuration of a Windows Server operating system. Emphasis is placed on the basic configuration of core network services, Active Directory and group policies. Upon completion, students should be able to install and configure a Windows Server operating system.
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