INFORMATION SYSTEMS NETWORK

DESCRIPTION:
A program designed to provide those professionals in the Information Systems divisions of local corporations the opportunity to broaden their understanding of the telecommunications environment. The curriculum is designed for data processing professionals, is designed to fill a gap between electronic science and computer data processing.

BEGINNING SEMESTERS: FALL, SPRING, SUMMER

CAMPUS: BELTLINE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Must be presently employed in the Information Systems profession.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:
A minimum of 24 semester hours is required for certification.

PROGRAM NOTES:

1. The certificate is designed to accommodate those individuals who are already employed in the telecommunications profession.
2. Those individuals interested in this discipline and are not presently employed in the telecommunications profession should consider the Telecommunications Systems Management degree curriculum.
3. Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all of the courses offered within the Business and Information Systems Technology departments for the grade to count toward graduation. This includes courses with the following prefixes: ACC, BAF, BUS, CPT, CRP, IST, LEG, MGT, MKT and OST.
4. Departmental Electives are three-credit hour courses taken within the Information Systems Department. Information Systems prefixes include OST, IST and CPT.
   CPT 101- Introduction to Computers and OST 105-Keyboarding cannot be used as departmental electives.

CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS THROUGH SUMMER 2008
Course		Prerequisites
IST 201	Cisco Internetworking Concepts	RDG 100, MAT 100
IST 202	Cisco Router Configuration	IST 201
IST 221	Advanced Data Communications	IST 202
IST 250	Network Management	IST 202
IST 260	Network Design	IST 202
IST 261	Advanced Network Administration	IST 202
IST 266	Internet and Firewall Security	IST 202
TEL 203	Fundamentals of Wireless Communications	IST 202

 

CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVE FALL 2008
Course		Prerequisites
IST 200	Cisco LAN Concepts	RDG 100
IST 201	Cisco Internetworking Concepts	RDG 100, MAT 100
IST 243	Network Architecture III	IST 201
IST 250	Network Management	IST 202
IST 261	Advanced Network Administration	IST 202
IST 266	Internet and Firewall Security	IST 202
EGR 109	Engineering Project Management	RDG 100
TEL 203	Fundamentals of Wireless Communications	IST 202

04/07/08