This course provides a technical foundation of operating systems installation and configuration and how those operating systems fit into an on-premises, virtualized or cloud environment. It introduces terminology and concepts related to servers, operating systems, networking, virtualization, cloud and automating tasks using the command line and scripting. Students learn to problem-solve and identify technical solutions to meet business needs.

This course introduces the concepts of critical thinking, documentation, presentation, and project management with an emphasis on problem analysis and problem solving. These concepts provide the basis for deriving practical solutions to common and abstract problems. Students will work in teams to analyze problems, document their processes and solutions, and present their findings.

Today Linux powers most servers and mobile devices.

This subject introduces students to the use and management of Linux through the following actions:

1. Interact with Linux by typing commands on command lines and clicking on graphical user interfaces.
2. Personalize and control Linux.
3. Make personalization settings reboot-persistent by saving edits to plain text files.
4. Run Linux locally on Windows or macOS.
5. From Linux running locally, connect to and manage remote Linux servers.
6. Automate repetitive tasks on Linux by creating or modifying scripts.

In this course students learn the foundation of core, distribution and access networks implementation, based on hardware and software components in a distributed control plane architecture. All those components are integrated in a secure and manageable solution according to customers needs. Through practical activities, students configure network appliances and apply switching and routing techniques to implement quality of service, congestion control and security features.

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform administration tasks on a Microsoft Windows Server operating system, on-premise or in a cloud environment. Topics such as designing and implementing a user and group strategy, resource security, protecting data, scripting and using cloud services will be covered through lecture and hands-on exercises.

This project-based course will teach students how to install and configure a Linux server. Further, students will learn how to connect to and communicate over a network in a controlled environment. They will learn how to manage their files on their system and how to set-up file and directory permissions. Students will manage basic system security and firewall settings. In order to configure their system, students will gain knowledge of basic Unix/Linux commands and be exposed to the Bash Shell and python programming basics.

With the ever-expanding of digital world, cyberattacks are an evolving danger to organizations, employees and consumers. This course provides the technical foundation required to understand the security concerns faced by network administrators, technical support staff and end users in today's data communications environments. Current security solutions that address issues such as secure network deployments, access controls, security breaches and malicious attacks will be examined through a combination of lectures and hands-on labs.

In this project-based course students will examine and then use the functions and components of Software Defined Networks (SDN) to create a network. They will identify challenges when converting static networks to software defined ones. And will be able to analyze the performance of an SDN using verification and troubleshooting techniques to guarantee quality of service.

This course is an introduction to databases. Through activity-based learning and using a database cloud deployment project, students will learn how to work on Microsoft Azure SQL on cloud and on-premises Microsoft SQL server. Students will learn how to use Structured Query Language (SQL) to query data and optimize query performance. Students will also learn how to monitor and optimize operational resources, how to implement a secure environment and how to automate database tasks.

This course introduces gains hands-on experience on Azure services, core solutions and management tools, security features, identity and privacy, governance and compliance, and cost management and service level agreements through lecture and hands-on exercises.

This subject teaches the maintenance and administration of a Linux server. Students will learn to install and upgrade the operating system software, set up user accounts, manage current files systems, back up and restore files, install and configure servers, modify system start-up sequences, administrate common services and modify basic network configurations. Students will also be able to modify the configurations using scripting tools.

Threat landscape is continuously evolving and despite all the efforts, adversaries penetrate networks for a variety of purposes, such as theft of confidential information, sabotage and money extortion. Therefore, it is important for all of the cybersecurity workforces to be familiar with the process and technologies used in cyber incident response. This course is prepared to cover a variety of topics, from preparation, detection and analysis, intelligence, and response automation. Students will perform live and dead box forensics, create timelines and develop scripts to automate their processes in order to rapidly respond to cyber incidents.

This course focuses on the design, planning, implementation, operation and troubleshooting of Wireless Local Area Networks. It comprehensively covers technologies, security, and design best practices with particular emphasis on hands on skills.

This course draws the student's attention to the issues and considerations related to the inter-connectivity and administration of various on-premises network devices, applications and services. Students learn to identify, isolate and subsequently overcome various installation and maintenance-related obstacles. It is expected that students will be proficient in creating, administering and diagnosing an interconnected multi-server environment by course end. This course also introduces networking design topics, including development of a scalable and redundant network design in conjunction with disaster recovery planning. This course is devoted to group project work, designed to allow the students to apply the knowledge they have acquired in all of the subjects in the previous semesters.

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure, and administer Windows server Active Directory through interactive lectures and applied labs. The subject also focuses on the tasks required to centrally manage large numbers of users and computers.

This course will prepare students for working as systems and network administrators in a modern, automated environment with the focus on Open-Source operating systems (OS). Through a series of projects using industry standard tools and programming languages, students will demonstrate how to automate tasks learned in previous courses such as OS deployment and configuration, application deployment, databases, storage devices, networks and firewalls.

In this problem-based course students will be challenged to learn the concepts of planning, integration and administration in a multi-platform environment. Students will employ skills gained in the previous semesters along with the problem solving and research techniques introduced in this course to plan effective system strategies, share system resources and provide efficient and stable cross-platform environments. Topics will include effective planning and reporting strategies, installation techniques, backup/recovery techniques, security services, print, and user services.

This is an advanced course designed to prepare information systems and network security professionals to write the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification examination. CISSP is the gold standard in vendor-neutral security certification through the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (www.isc2.org).

Gain a solid understanding of cloud computing concepts including fundamental technologies, architecture, design and security.

Python is an open source programming language commonly used for data manipulation in commercial Big Data operations. In addition to Big Data manipulation, Python is employed for testing microchips, networking, powering social media platforms and building video games. This course provides students with an overview of the language and an in-depth guide to writing code in Python as it applies to Big Data and Computer Networking.

DevOps is a software development methodology that combines software development and operations together in the entire software/service life-cycle, through the development process to production support. Many companies are adopting DevOps to get software projects completed in a faster and automated way by communication, collaboration, integration and automation between software developers and technology operations professionals. In this course, students will learn the principles and practices of DevOps including Source Control management, Integration, Testing, Configuration management and Monitoring.

This course enhances student's abilities to function as network administrators and technicians, using the technical knowledge that they gained in previous semesters, and focusing on the importance of interpersonal and other skills that are needed in Help Desk problem-solving.