Information Technology Course Outline

To receive a certificate in Information Technology you must complete all core subjects and elective subjects with an average grade of "C" or better. For your convenience each module outline is listed below. This outline focus which class you need to take to get certified and what curriculum and skill level you will learn during the session. In addition the outline describes each module, duration, credit units & skill sets needed for career success!

Information Technology Core Subjects

1.

Module #:

MCSE - 301

Module Name:

Installing and Configuring Workstation

Duration:

40 hrs. (5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Installation of workstations residing on a network or in a standalone mode. NTFS Security issues, shared folders, local group policies and policy objects, management of documents, printers, and file management techniques.

2.

Module #:

MCSE - 302

Module Name:

Administering Workstations

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Enhanced File Management, Security, Workgroup issues and the creation and customization of Consoles and remote management. Understand the Registry and its components, setting up the Hard Drive, Partitioning and Volume Types and backup strategies. Also covered is the Boot Up process.

3.

Module #:

MCSE - 303

Module Name:

Installing and Configuring Servers

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Installation of a Windows 2000 Server; the connection of Win2K clients, and the creation and management of User accounts. Cover unattended installation, disk management concepts, the NTFS and FAT 16 File Systems, and the architecture of the Active Directory Services.

4.

Module #:

MCSE - 304

Module Name:

Administering Servers

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

The standalone DFS root, configuration of a DFS link, the planning of a namespace, a site, OU's, and their objects. Covers more account user issues such as enabling, disabling, renaming, deleting, and unlocking user accounts and resetting user passwords. Cover MMC and Win2K printing. Discuss TCP/IP and the DHCP Services, and Also, backup and recovery issues.

5.

Module #:

MCSE - 305

Module Name:

Network Transports

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Networking protocols and technologies that enable a reliable and interoperable network infrastructure. Cover DHCP, the DNS Query process, NetBIOS, and the WINS name resolution process. Also covered are PKI Concepts, certificates, IP-Sec and server security.

6.

Module #:

MCSE - 306

Module Name:

Network Services

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Remote access and protocols, the authentication process, routing, dial up remote access, Internet services, and remote user connection accounting, and the NAT protocol. Discuss IIS and configuring a Web Site. Terminal services, the SNMP protocol and data streams.

7.

Module #:

MCSE - 307

Module Name:

Planning and Desiging a Network

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

The Active Directory Database, its objects, components, and logical and physical structures. Discusses the Global Catalog, replications, and trust relationships, the DNS name space, and domain wide master roles. It also discusses the NTFS security environment and shared folders' security. The management of the Active Directory Service.

8.

Module #:

MCSE - 308

Module Name:

Maintaining Network

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Configuring sites, workstation login and authentication issues and directory replication. Domain properties, account maintenance and home directories are discussed. File permissions, security, and folder permissions are covered. Publishing resources, moving objects, OU's management, and registry based group policies.

9.

Module #:

MCSE - 309

Module Name:

Designing a Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure - I

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Design of the Active Directory naming strategy that accommodates the organizational structure of a business; Develop a plan to secure and delegate administrative authority over Active Directory objects based on the administrative model of an organization; Identify business needs and scenarios. Base of design is Group Policy, multiple-domain Active Directory structure in situations. Also design namespace, Forest Structure plane and analyze an organization's optimum environment.

10.

Module #:

MCSE - 310

Module Name:

Designing a Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure - II

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Configuring Organizational Unit structures and naming conventions for users groups. Create a Site Topology and environment that impact its need. Also replicate information within site and between sites. Manage site links, Site link bridges and bridgehead servers. Also define and implementation plans for active directory that consolidation of resource domains into organization. Also, migrating plan from NT4 Directory services into 2000 Active directory Service.

Information Technology Elective Subjects

1.

Module #:

MCSE - 311

Module Name:

Administering a Windows 2000 Network Environment

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Installation and configuring of workstations. Helps a student understand network architecture, the network, and workstation and server management tools. Teach security, Plug and Play, File System. NTFS Security issues, shared folders, local group policies and policy objects, management of documents, printers, and file management techniques.

2.

Module #:

MCSE - 312

Module Name:

Managing a Windows 2000 Network Environment

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Group policy, Active Directory Services, Replication, network transport, DNS and RAS. Enhanced File System Management, Understanding the Registry and its components, and setting up the Hard Drive, Partitioning and Volume Types and backup strategies.

3.

Module #:

MCSE - 313

Module Name:

Exchange 2000 Server Implementation

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

The general Overview of Messaging System, Exchange 2000 Server Design Goals, Backward Compatibility and Interoperability, Integration with Microsoft Management Console, Active Directory Service Integration, Windows 2000 Protocols and Services Integration Clients for Exchange Server, Messaging Application Programming Interface, Creating Messaging Profiles, Advanced User Configuration, Integrating Windows 2000 with Novell Netware, Outlook and Netware Client Requirement

4.

Module #:

MCSE - 314

Module Name:

Exchange 2000 Server Administration

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

SMTP Transport Configuration and Message Routing Administration Introduction to Public Folders, Creating and Managing Pub Real-Time Collaboration, and Connecting to Microsoft Mail and Schedule+

5.

Module #:

SQL - 601

Module Name:

Administering a SQL Server 2000

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

starting, stopping, pausing, and modifying MS SQL 2000 Services. Also, upgrade to newer versions, performing an online DB upgrade, transferring and transforming data and the backup and restoration process in SQL.

6.

Module #:

SQL - 602

Module Name:

Manging a SQL Server 2000

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

Standby server usage, and Fail-over Clustering, and planning for replication and administering replication. Create Multi-server jobs, a DB Maintenance Plan and designing an Access and Permissions Plan.Also deals with file-groups, drop user tables, column values, and scripts.

7.

Module #:

SQL - 603

Module Name:

Programming a SQL Server 2000 Database

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

The SQL Server environment, the installation and configuring of a SQL Database. Discuss Relational database architectures and security architectures. Perform remote installations of a SQL DB. Discuss the Query Analyzer, the Enterprise manager, and the Transaction Log Architecture and Database Catalogs and DTS Services.

8.

Module #:

SQL - 604

Module Name:

Quering SQL Server 2000 with Transact-SQL

Duration:

40 hrs.(5 Weeks)

Credit Unit:

3 Units

Skill Sets:

The creation of a User Database, DB options, managing the size of the DB, placing DB files on multiple Disks, and the Bulk Copy and Insert Programs and Data Restoration issues. Show the authentication process, creating and managing logins and developing a performance-monitoring Plan.