Technical Certificate
Professional–Technical Program
The Computer Information Technology (CITE) program prepares students for careers in information technology by offering a one-year technical certificate, a two-year advanced technical certificate, and an associate of applied science degree. The A.A.S. degree in CITE is a two-year program that will prepare students for working with sophisticated networking hardware and operating system software and will lead to industry recognized certifications. It also includes all related coursework to complete A.A.S. degree requirements.
The CITE one-year technical certificate teaches the founda-tion of informafounda-tion technology job skills and the two-year advanced technical certificate includes all the technical coursework of the A.A.S. degree, but with reduced general education requirements. The CITE program is designed to provide students with essential skills to plan, implement, ad-minister, support, and secure networked computer systems and associated users, as well as install and configure routers and switches in multiprotocol internetworks using LAN and WAN interfaces. North Idaho College operates a Cisco Re-gional Academy and a Local Academy that delivers training directly to students and professionals. NIC is a Microsoft IT Academy member institution and maintains academic partnerships with industry leaders such as CompTIA and VMware.
Continued advances in network technology have created an increased need for professionals trained in the information technology field. Students will gain essential technical in-struction that enables them to perform tasks such as network design, installation, maintenance, and management as well as fill network administration and systems administration job roles.
This is a selective enrollment program. Successful comple-tion of the first semester is required to continue to the next semester. Contact the Professional-Technical Programs advi-sor for information on selective enrollment criteria.
Program Guidelines • 2014-2015
Program Requirements
First Semester
Course No. Title Credits
CAOT-112 Keyboarding I 1
CITE-116 Desktop Operating System Support 3 CITE-117 Desktop Operating System Support
Projects 1
CITE-118 Computer Essentials 2
CITE-119 Computer Essentials Projects 2
ENGL-101 English Composition 3
MATH-025 Elementary Algebra (or higher) 3-4 Semester Total 15-16 Second Semester
CITE-104 Systems Administration I 3
CITE-105 Systems Administration I Projects 3
CITE-121 Network Support I 3
CITE-122 Network Support I Projects 3 COMM-101 Introduction to Speech Communication 3 Semester Total 15 Third Semester
CITE-206 Systems Administration II 3 CITE-207 Systems Adminsitration II Projects 3
CITE-213 Network Support II 3
CITE-215 Network Support II Projects 3 _______ A.A.S. Social Science/Human Relations/
Interpersonal Communications Requirement 1 3 Semester Total 15-17 Fourth Semester
CITE-208 Systems Administration III 3 CITE-209 Systems Administration III Projects 3
CITE-217 Network Support III 3
CITE-219 Network Support III Projects 3
CITE-295 CITE Internship 4
or ATEC-117 Occupational Relations and Job Search (2) _______ A.A.S. General Education Requirement 1 3 Semester Total 17-19 Program Total 62-65
Notes:
1 Select from A.A.S. degree requirements listed on page 54.
Computer Information Technology
Advanced Technical Certificate
Professional–Technical Program
The Computer Information Technology (CITE) program prepares students for careers in information technology by offering a one-year technical certificate, a two-year advanced technical certificate, and an associate of applied science degree. The A.A.S. degree in CITE is a two-year program that will prepare students for working with sophisticated networking hardware and operating system software and will lead to industry recognized certifica-tions. It also includes all related coursework to complete A.A.S. degree requirements.
The CITE one-year technical certificate teaches the foundation of information technology job skills and the two-year advanced technical certificate includes all the technical coursework of the A.A.S. degree, but with reduced general education requirements. The CITE pro-gram is designed to provide students with essential skills to plan, implement, administer, support, and secure net-worked computer systems and associated users, as well as install and configure routers and switches in multiproto-col internetworks using LAN and WAN interfaces. North Idaho College operates a Cisco Networking Academy.
NIC is a Microsoft IT Academy member institution and maintains academic partnerships with industry leaders such as CompTIA and VMware.
Continued advances in network technology have cre-ated an increased need for professionals trained in the information technology field. Students will gain essential technical instruction that enables them to perform tasks such as network design, installation, maintenance, and management as well as fill network administration and systems administration job roles.
This is a limited enrollment program. Successful comple-tion of each semester is required to continue to the next semester. Contact the Professional-Technical Programs advisor for information on selective enrollment criteria.
Program Guidelines • 2014-2015
Program Requirements
First Semester
Course No. Title Credits
CAOT-112 Keyboarding I 1
CITE-116 Desktop Operating System Support 3 CITE-117 Desktop Operating System Support
Projects 1
CITE-118 Computer Essentials 2
CITE-119 Computer Essentials Projects 2
ENGL-101 English Composition 1 3
________ A.A.S. Math Requirement 2 3-5 Semester Total 15-16 Second Semester
CITE-104 Systems Administration I 3
CITE-105 Systems Administration I Projects 3
CITE-121 Network Support I 3
CITE-122 Network Support I Projects 3 COMM-101 Introduction to Speech Communication 1 3 Semester Total 15 Third Semester
CITE-206 Systems Administration II 3 CITE-207 Systems Adminsitration II Projects 3
CITE-213 Network Support II 3
CITE-215 Network Support II Projects 3 _______ A.A.S. Social Science/Human Relations/
Interpersonal Communications Requirement 3 3 Semester Total 15-17 Fourth Semester
CITE-208 Systems Administration III 3 CITE-209 Systems Administration III Projects 3
CITE-217 Network Support III 3
CITE-219 Network Support III Projects 3
CITE-295 CITE Internship 4
or ATEC-117 Occupational Relations and Job Search (2) _______ A.A.S. General Education Requirement 3 3 Semester Total 17-19 Program Total 62-65 Notes:
1 Satisfies A.A.S. degree general education requirement.
2 Mathematics requirement includes any math course that is MATH- 123 or higher and meets the A.A.S. degree requirements listed on page 54.
3 Select from A.A.S. degree requirements listed on page 54.
Computer Information Technology
Associate of Applied Science Degree
Professional–Technical Program
In addition to the specific Computer Information Technology courses, students must take a minimum of 15 credits of A.A.S. general education courses as speci-fied in the program below.
The Computer Information Technology (CITE) program prepares students for careers in information technology by offering a one-year technical certificate, a two-year advanced technical certificate, and an associate of applied science degree. The A.A.S. degree in Computer Informa-tion Technology is a two-year program that will prepare students for working with sophisticated networking hard-ware and operating system softhard-ware and will lead to in-dustry recognized certifications. It also includes all related coursework to complete A.A.S. degree requirements.
The CITE one-year technical certificate teaches the foundation of information technology job skills and the two-year advanced technical certificate includes all the technical coursework of the A.A.S. degree, but with reduced general education requirements.
The Computer Information Technology program is designed to provide students with essential skills to plan, implement, administer, support, and secure networked computer systems and associated users, as well as install and configure routers and switches in multiprotocol internetworks using LAN and WAN interfaces. North Idaho College operates a Cisco Regional Academy and a Local Academy that delivers training directly to students and professionals. NIC is a Microsoft IT Academy and a Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance partner.
Continued advances in network technology have cre-ated an increased need for professionals trained in the information technology field. Students will gain essential technical instruction that enables them to perform tasks such as network design, installation, maintenance, and management as well as fill network administration and systems administration job roles.
This is a limited enrollment program. Successful comple-tion of the each semester or permission of the instructor is required to continue to the next semester. Successful completion of the technical certificate or permission of the instructor is required for enrollment in third and fourth semester courses. Placement in specific math and English courses is determined by the college assessment test. Prospective students who do not meet the initial eli-gibility requirements for a professional-technical limited enrollment program will need to take selected courses to receive necessary skill building prior to entering the program (see page 45).
Program Guidelines • 2014-2015
Program Requirements
General Education Requirements (see pages 52-53)
Area of Study Credits
Arts and Humanities (2 disciplines) 6 Communication 3
English Composition 6
Laboratory Science 1 0
Mathematics 1 0
Physical Education Activity and Dance 2
Social Science (2 disciplines) 6
Social Science and Arts and Humanities 3 Program Requirements
CS-150 Computer Science I 4
CS-151 Computer Science II 4
CS-155 Computer Organization and Assembly
Language 3
CS-228 Introduction to UNIX 2
MATH-170 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 4 MATH-175 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II 4
MATH-187 Discrete Math 4
MATH-335 Linear Algebra 3
Choose one of the following groups: 8-10 BIOL-115 Introduction to Life Science
& BIOL-202 General Zoology CHEM-111 Chemistry I & CHEM-112 Chemistry II
PHYS-211 Engineering Physics I & PHYS-212 Engineering Physics II Elective Requirements
Courses 100-level or higher 0-2
Total Credits (minimum) 64 Recommended Courses
CS-107 Introduction to Robotics Programming 3 CS-211 Languages of Computer Science 3
Choose one of the following science electives: 4 BIOL-203 General Botany
BIOL-227 Human Anatomy and Physiology with Cadaver I
BIOL-228 Human Anatomy and Physiology with Cadaver II
BIOL-250 General Microbiology GEOG-100 Physical Geography GEOL-101 Physcial Geology GEOL-102 Historical Geology
GEOL-123 Geology of Idaho and Pacific Northwest PHYS-101 Fundamentals of Physical Science PHYS-103 Elementary Astronomy
PHYS-111 General Physcis I PHYS-112 General Physics II Notes:
1 This General Education Requirement is met by the Program