Information Technology Networking (ITN) at Southwest Virginia Community College
Distance Learning
Time of Day
Term
- ITN 90 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - ITN 93 - Studies In
- Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits - ITN 95 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - ITN 100 - Introduction to Telecommunications
- 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.
3-4 credits - ITN 101 - Introduction to Network Concepts
- 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.
3-4 credits - ITN 106 - Microcomputer Operating Systems
- 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 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 107 - Personal Computer Hardware and Troubleshooting
- Includes specially designed instruction to give a student a basic knowledge of hardware and software configurations. Includes the installation of various peripheral devices as well as basic system hardware components.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 109 - Internet and Network Foundation
- 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 3-4 hours. Laboratory 0-2 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 110 - Client Operating System (Specify Version)
- Covers installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the desktop client operating system in a networked environment.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 111 - Server Administration (Specify Version)
- Covers installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, and troubleshooting of a server in a networked environment.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 112 - Network Infrastructure (Specify Version)
- Covers planning, installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of network infrastructure components.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 113 - Active Directory (Specify Version)
- Covers planning, installation, configuration, administration, management, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Active Directory (AD) and Domain Name Service (DNS) in a networked environment.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 120 - Wireless - Network Administration (WNA)
- 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.
3-4 credits - ITN 154 - Introduction to Networks - Cisco
- Provides instruction in the fundamentals of networking environments, the basics of router operations, and basic router and switch configuration.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.
4 credits - ITN 154L - Network Fundamentals, Router Basics, and Configuration (ICND1) - Laboratory
- Provides problem solving experience to supplement instruction in Networking Fundamentals - Cisco.Laboratory 2 hours per week.
Co-requisite: ITN 154.1 credits - ITN 155 - Switching, Routing and Wireless Essentials - Cisco
- Provides the skills and knowledge to install, operate, and troubleshoot routers and switches in small networks. Introduces students to wireless local area networks (WLANS) and network security concepts.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ITN 1544 credits - ITN 156 - Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation - Cisco
- Teaches students to configure, troubleshoot, and secure enterprise networks. Introduces students to virtualization, application programming interfaces (APIs) and the configuration management tools that make network automation possible.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ITN 1554 credits - ITN 157 - WAN Technologies - Cisco
- Concentrates on an introduction to Wide Area Networking (WANs). Includes WAN design, LAPB, Frame Relay, ISDN, HDLC, and PPP.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 170 - Linux System Administration
- 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.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 171 - Unix 1
- Provides an introduction to UNIX operating systems. Teaches login procedures, file creation, UNIX file structure, input/output control, and the UNIX shell.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 190 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - ITN 193 - Studies In
- Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits - ITN 193 - Studies In
- Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits - ITN 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - ITN 200 - Administration of Network Resources
- Focuses on the management of local area network servers. Teaches proper structuring of security systems. Explains print queues, disk management, and other local area network (LAN) issues. Presents concerns and issues for the purchase and installation of hardware and software upgrades. Can be taught using any network operating system or a range of operating systems as a delivery tool.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 208 - Protocols and Communications TCP/IP
- Centers on providing an understanding of the TCP/IP suite and the details of its implementation. The details of implementation are treated by discussing IP addressing, the structure of frames and protocol headers that enable communication between two computers. Discusses IP routing, tunneling, SNMP, and security.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 209 - Voice Over Internet Protocol
- Discusses in depth the concept, theory and principles of Voice over Internet Protocol technology. Reviews the existing PSTN architecture. Examines VOIP Quality of Service, various speech coding techniques, the H.323 architecture, Session Initiation Protocol, Media Gateway Protocol and the relationship between VOIP and SS7.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 245 - Network Troubleshooting
- Focuses on servicing and maintaining local area networks (LANS). Teaches network installation, network troubleshooting, installation of file servers and workstations, configuring of network boards and cables, and diagnosing common network problems.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 254 - Virtual Infrastructure: Installation and Configuration
- Explores concepts and capabilities of virtual architecture with a focus on the installation, configuration, and management of a virtual infrastructure, and Virtual Center. Covers fundamentals of virtual network design and implementation, fundamentals of storage area networks, virtual switching, virtual system management, and engineering for high availability.Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
4 credits - ITN 257 - Cloud Computing: Infrastructure and Services
- Focuses on cloud infrastructure, deployment, security models, and the key considerations in migrating to cloud computing. Covers the technologies and processes required to build traditional, virtualized, and cloud data center environments, including computation, storage, networking, desktop and application virtualization, business continuity, security, and management.Lecture 3-4 hours. Total 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 260 - Network Security Basics
- 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 five security keys, confidentiality integrity, availability, accountability and auditability.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 261 - Network Attacks, Computer Crime and Hacking
- Encompasses in-depth exploration of various methods for attacking and defending a network. Explores network security concepts from the viewpoint 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.
3-4 credits - ITN 262 - Network Communication, Security and Authentication
- 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.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 263 - Internet/Intranet Firewalls and E-Commerce Security
- 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.
3-4 credits - ITN 266 - Network Security Layers
- 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.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - 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.Lecture 3-4 hours hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 275 - Incident Response and Computer Forensics
- 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. Credit will be given to either ITN 275 or ITN 276 and ITN 277, but not all three courses.Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4-5 hours per week.
3-4 credits - ITN 276 - Computer Forensics I
- Teaches computer forensic investigation techniques for collecting computer-related evidence at the physical layer from a variety of digital media (hard drives, compact flash and PDAs) and performing analysis at the file system layer. Credit will be given to ITN 275 or ITN 276 and ITN 277, but not all three courses.3-4 credits
- ITN 290 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - ITN 293 - Studies In
- Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits - ITN 295 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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