Business Communications - BUS220

Project Management - BUS380

This course will allow students to manage a project within their major field of study. Students prepare a project plan that includes details of their project, deliverables, dates when they will be completed, and the associated learning that will be exhibited. Students implement their plan and record weekly status on their progress, issues, decisions, and learning. At the conclusion of the course, students complete their projects and summarize their results in a final report.

Fundamentals of Information Systems - CIS103

Students learn to analyze systems and quality concepts and learn how information technology can be used to design, facilitate, and communicate organization goals and objectives. An overview of hardware and software with its relation to information technology is also presented.

Fundamentals of IT Networking - CIS116

This course presents the essential elements of IT networking to the student. Topics include planning a network, understanding TCP/IP, setting up a server, understanding wireless concepts, running a mail server, managing user accounts and network storage, solving network problems, and protecting the network.

Hardware and OS Architecture - CIS140

This course provides knowledge in preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of expansion buses, multimedia, video, modems, SCSI controllers, laptops, and printers. In addition, this course provides a brief introduction to networking technology, including the components necessary to attach a client to a local area network LAN).

Data Communications - CIS143

This course covers the basic concepts of networking technology within Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) environments. Topics include the dominant network topologies (Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI), network protocols (TCP/IP, SPX/IPX and NetBIOS), cabling systems (coaxial, twisted pair, fiber optic), as well as wireless communication. The course introduces the primary features of internetworking devices (bridges, routers, repeaters, hubs, gateways, and switches) and the OSI software model for computer communication. All topics are related to the historical development of the field.

Client Operating Systems Technology - CIS145

The student will learn how to install, configure, optimize, and troubleshoot a Windows XP Professional client operating system. The student will become familiar with resource administration, hardware devices and drivers, system performance and reliability, the desktop environment, network protocols and services, and security. These concepts will be reinforced through a series of hand-on exercises.

Server Operating Systems Technology - CIS150

The student will learn how to install, configure, optimize, and troubleshoot a Windows 2003 server operating system. The student will become familiar with access to resources, hardware devices and drivers, storage configuration and optimization, network connections, and security. In particular, the student will focus on managing, monitoring, and optimizing server system performance, reliability, and availability. These concepts will be reinforced through a series of hands-on exercises.

Network Infrastructure Management - CIS155

In this course, the student will learn to install, manage, monitor, configure, and troubleshoot the services that are required for the efficient operation of a TCP/IP Windows 2003 network infrastructure, including Domain Name Servers (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Remote Access, Network Protocols, IP Routing, Windows Name Servers (WINS), Network Address Translation (NAT), and Certificate Services in a Windows 2003 network infrastructure. Students will understand the conceptual and practical framework for this TCP/IP infrastructure through a series of hand-on exercises.

Network Directory Services Management - CIS160

In this course, students learn to install, configure, and troubleshoot the Windows 2003 Active Directory components, DNS for Active Directory, and Active Directory security solutions. In addition, each student will be developing the skills required to manage, monitor, and optimize the desktop environment by using Group Policy. Through a series of hands-on exercises, the student will become familiar with directory organization unit structures, connection objects and links, global catalog servers, directory backup and restore integration of directory services with DNS, inter-site replication of data, directory change and configuration management, group policy, remote installation, and network security.

Linux Operating Systems - CIS162

In this course, students will learn how to install and optimize Red Hat Linux, a multi-user and multitasking Unix-like operating system. In particular each student will become familiar with: the Linux file system; shell programming; filters and pipelines; GUI desktop and application environments; and virtual memory. Through a series of laboratory exercises, each student will configure a server for remote access using the standard suite of TCP/IP tools and application packages.

Internetworking Technologies - CIS170

This course provides students with an understanding of how the Internet, e-mail, e-learning, and telephony work. It explains network security and how to make a network safe, how traffic gets from here to there. By completion of the course, the student will learn about disaster recovery and other ways to keep a network running, how businesses share data. It covers a broad variety of internetworking topics-from e-mail to VPNs.

Quality Management - CIS185

This course provides students with theoretical knowledge about concepts of software quality, about the quality - models, - standards and – methodologies used in software industry. By completion of the course, students will be able to understand software quality in its complexity, to see the differences and interconnections among the most popular software quality models, standards, approaches. They will have a solid basis that enables them to make the right selection among software quality models, based on a software company’s own characteristics.

Fundamentals of IT Security - CIS201

This course will prepare students to pass the current CompTIA Security+ 2008 certification exam. After taking this course, students will understand the field of network security and how it relates to other areas of information technology. This course also provides the broad-based knowledge necessary to prepare for further study in specialized security fields, or it can serve as a capstone course that gives a general introduction to the field.

Advanced Data Communications - CIS210

In this class the student develops an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of various communication protocols and datalink subnetworks, including TCP/IP, SNA, SPX/IPX, X.25, frame relay and ATM. Students design and analyze a wide area network infrastructure. This analysis includes congestion, bandwidth versus performance trades, bandwidth versus cost trades, equipment specifications, protocol standards, LAN/WAN integration, and network performance in terms of latency and jitter.

Fundamentals of Server Technology - CIS219

This course presents the essentials of server technology. Topics include Web servers and Web clients, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), FTP, Gopher, WAIS, constructing Web scripts, architecture of Web servers, configuration of Web servers, performance of Web servers, secure Web servers, and digital commerce.

Network Directory and Infrastructure Design - CIS226

Active Directory services infrastructure and design a network infrastructure that meets those business requirements. Network infrastructure elements include: network topology, routing, IP addressing, name resolution using DNS, virtual private networks, and remote access. Various network designs are covered, including issues such as bandwidth requirements, latency, statistical access patterns, multi-protocol requirements, internet connectivity, and WAN infrastructure telecommunication costs. Students also design a directory services architecture, including forest and domain structure, naming strategy, and organization unit structure, replication strategy, site topology, operations masters, global catalog servers, domain controllers, and DNS servers.

Network Security Infrastructure Design - CIS230

Students learn to analyze the business requirements for security and to design security solutions that meet business requirements. The student learns best practices in security including: controlling access to resources, auditing access to resources, authentication, and encryption. Security topics include: audit policy, encryption file system, authentication strategy, security group strategy, public key infrastructure, DNS, SNMP, terminal services, remote access, signing, and IPSec. The student design a security baseline for a Windows 2003 network that includes domain controllers, operations masters, application servers, file and print servers, RAS servers, desktop computers, portable computers, and kiosks.

Routers and Switches in the Enterprise - CIS250

Students learn how to work with networks that include routers and switches. They will be able to install, configure, and operate Cisco routers and switches within LAN and WAN environments. Students will configure IP, IPX, and IGRP protocols, as well as frame relay and remote access dial-up router interfaces.

Advanced Router Configuration - CIS251

Students learn how to configure and troubleshoot various routed environments (Access, Distributed and Core). Students learn to manage access and control overhead traffic in growing, routed networks once basic connectivity has been established. An additional focus is on router capabilities as well as connecting corporate enterprise networks to an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Advanced Switch Configuration - CIS252

Students learn to build networks using multilayer switching technologies over high-speed Ethernet connections. Students encounter routing and switching concepts and implementations including the use of appropriate devices and external management tools.

Implementing and Supporting Secure Networks - CIS255

In this course, students learn and implement best practices in the creation of a secure wide area network that includes both Microsoft and non-Microsoft products. Students design a security system that degrades gracefully under attack both from within and without. As part of this course, students learn published hacking techniques, such as IP address spoofing, source routing, routing table corruption, password cracking, denial of service zombies, and several methods to get access to the root directory. The course then focuses on the patches and methods to disable these security breaches. Vulnerabilities of Microsoft, Linux, and UNIX operating systems are addressed. Several well-known hacking case studies are analyzed.

Wireless Telecommunication Networks - CIS281

Students develop a fundamental understanding of fixed and wireless networks, including satellites, in terms of design and deployment engineering practices. The course considers indoor and outdoor propagation effects, modulation and data encoding technologies, antenna design and placement, and personal communications device design constraints. Current and future systems in the U. S., Europe and Asia are included, with particular emphasis on the standards development process. The impact of new Low Earth Orbit (LEOs) Satellites and other technologies on the use of wireless Personal Communications Systems (PCS) will be analyzed. Students will work in teams on a specific practical project.

Internetworking Device Troubleshooting - CIS340

Students learn advanced functionality and developments of router IOS software and multilayer switching software releases. Students learn to troubleshoot an environment possessing routers and switches to connect multiprotocol client-hosts, servers, LANs and WANs using Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Token Ring LANs, Serial, Frame Relay, ISDN BRI and ISDN PRI WANs.

IP-Based Communications Technologies - CIS380

This course presents capabilities and considerations engineers find when using IP-based communications technologies. Topics include wireless networking, IEEE 802.11 and 802.15 standards, MMAC, Bluetooth, IP address space, security considerations, and the use of IP with TCP.

Internetworking w/ TCP/IP - CIS385

This course introduces the student to TCP/IP, used as the standard for the Internet. Topics include concepts and architectural models, the organizations monitoring TCP/IP use, network communication, Fiber Distributed Data Interconnect (FDDI), Internet addresses and mapping them to physical addresses, and general Internet protocols.

Virtual Private Networks & Firewalls - CIS410

This course includes the theoretical foundation of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) including Insect and IKE. Students review Cisco VPN technology, including IOS Software Router and PIX firewalls. Students configure routers and firewalls for site-to-site VPNs and remote access using both preshared keys and digital certificates. The course includes configuration and advanced configuration of the Cisco PIX firewall including AAA, attack guards, IPSec, and context-based access control. Students learn how to monitor and scale Cisco VPN technology.

Information Technology Senior Project - CIS490

College Composition - ENG111

Current Topics in English - ENG290

Oral Communications - ENG310

Advanced Composition and Research - ENG320

Special Topics in English - ENG490

This course concentrates on special topics in English. Topics may include, but are not limited to, advanced topics such as English philology and etymology, as well as advanced topics in rhetoric and critical interpretation of texts.

Principles of Ethics - HUM110

Spanish I - HUM210

Special Topics in the Humanities - HUM290

World Literature - HUM320

This course emphasizes an understanding and appreciation of world literature. Materials covered Include Western and non-Western literary endeavors. Focus will be on similarities among the various literatures, analysis of literary genre, and appreciation of voice.

The American Experience - HUM330

This course emphasizes the development of American values and Institutions through analysis of social, political, and economic materials. The course examines the Influence of political, economic, social, and environmental factors as it explores Ideas of Individualism, success, and national character. Materials may include historical documents, literature, and social, political, and artistic works.

Understanding World Cultures - HUM410

Spanish II - HUM420

Special Topics in the Humanities - HUM490

Special Topics in Humanities II - HUM491

This course concentrates on special topics in the humanities. Topics may include, but are not limited to, advanced topics in ethics, philosophy, religious and cultural studies, and/or language arts.

Special Topics in Humanities III - HUM492

This course concentrates on special topics in the humanities. Topics may include, but are not limited to, advanced topics in ethics, philosophy, religious and cultural studies, and/or language arts.

Fundamentals of Mathematics - MAT110

This course provides an introduction to the basic techniques of mathematics and applies them to problem solving in different areas of business and industry. This course does not count towards the Bachelor's program.

College Algebra - MAT210

This course explores a series of algebraic concepts including rational expressions, radicals and exponents, quadratic equations, systems of equations, and applications.

Current Topics in Mathematics - MAT290

This course concentrates on current issues in mathematics. Topics may include, but are not limited to, set theory, algebraic concepts, geometry, and probability.

Statistics - MAT310

This course presents material essential in an increasing number of professional fields by providing a new type of competence, quantitative literacy. Topics include descriptive statistics; collecting and interpreting data; inferential statistics; probability; consumer mathematics; management mathematics; and growth and scaling.

Calculus - MAT410

This course focuses on techniques of differential and integral calculus likely encountered in professional activities and real-world situations. Students will gain a sound, intuitive understanding of the basic concepts of calculus through a problem-solving approach. Topics include functions, graphs, and limits; differentiation; derivatives; exponential and logarithmic functions; integration; and variables.

Special Topics in Mathematics - MAT490

This course concentrates on special topics in mathematics. Topics may include, but are not limited to, mathematical history and philosophy, Euclidian and non-Euclidian geometries, linear algebra, polar coordinates, vectors, partial derivatives, line integrals, and multiple integrals, as well as applications for these topics.

Social Psychology - PSY110

Current Topics in Psychology - PSY290

This course concentrates on current issues in psychology. Topics may include, but are not limited to, introductory topics in learning, memory, motivation, emotion, states of consciousness, psychological assessment, mental health, psychology of personality, and creativity.

Human Growth & Development - PSY320

This course emphasizes the psychological, cognitive, emotional, and social development of the human organism. Materials include those related to the various stages of the life span, and the developmental Influence of social class, the family, the school, and the group. A focus is placed on the abilities, needs, problems, and concerns of humans to change throughout life, and how people are shaped by their experiences throughout their development.

Critical Thinking and Reasoning - PSY340

This course is designed to help students develop thinking skills and make good judgments. Participants are exposed to both logical and illogical thinking processes as a means to develop their skills in reasoning, analysis and the use of logical arguments. Various kinds of arguments are presented and analyzed, and logical fallacies are explored with the goal of reaching sound conclusions. Deductive and inductive reasoning are examined as are the criteria for sound reasoning and common reasoning mistakes people make. Students debate issues from different sides with both logical and illogical arguments.

Special Topics in Psychology - PSY490

This course concentrates on special topics in psychology. Topics may include, but are not limited to, advanced topics in deviant behavior, psychological testing and assessment, religious behavior, neurophysiology, and psychology and the law.

General Science - SCI110

This course examines scientific concepts and principles in an integrated manner to provide an overview of the sciences. Topics include physics, astronomy, chemistry, earth science, and biology as a means to address areas such as growing global population, limited resources and the fragile environment.

Current Topics in Science - SCI290

Impact of Science and Technology - SCI410

Special Topics in Science - SCI490

This course concentrates on special topics in science. Topics may include, but are not limited to, advanced topics in interdisciplinary topics such as the history of science and technology, cross-cultural studies of science, cosmology, biotechnology, the use of science and technology to enhance human abilities and quality of life, and techniques for assessment and remediation of science and technology hazards.