Computing and Information Technology: Cyber Security-Network Security, AAS

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CODE: CITCSNSAAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 61 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

DESCRIPTION

This degree provides students with the necessary education and skills required by today’s Network Security specialists. Instruction includes courses on server/client centric security issues as well as router/switch centric security issues. It provides students with a wide array of training in various functional areas related to network security. Completion of this course of study prepares students for successful completion of a number of industry certification exams such as CompTia Security+, Cisco CCNA: Security, and others.

ACADEMIC MAPS

Academic Map: AAS Computing and Information Technology: Cyber Security-Network Security

Student Learning Outcomes

Evaluate computer hardware and software.
Develop organization security policies.
Explain how to use networking tools and devices to detect and mitigate security attacks.
Manage the security of a network system.
Manage a networking project.

General Education Requirements

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 22

Mathematics (3 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

ET 111B - Mathematics for Electronics Applications
or MATH 116 - Technical Mathematics or above (except MATH 122 and MATH 123)

English Composition (3-5 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Recommended: ENG 107.

Communications (3 Credits)

Strongly Recommended: COM 115.

Human Relations (3 Credits)

Natural Science (3 Credits)

EGG 131 - Technical Physics I

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science (3 Credits)

any AM prefix course
or any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)
or any ART prefix course
or any COM prefix course
or any ECON prefix course
or ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above
or GEOG 106 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
or any HIST prefix course
or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)
or any PHIL prefix course
or any PSC prefix course
or any PSY prefix course
or any SOC prefix course
or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)
or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
or World Languages 101B or above course (includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, GRE, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI)

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)

Four Credit Options
HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Six Credit Options
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
or
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 217 - Nevada History

Special Program Requirements

TOTAL SPECIAL PROGRAM CREDITS: 39

Core Requirements (39 Credits)

CIT 112B - Network+
and CIT 173 - Introduction to Linux
and CIT 174 - Linux System Administration
and CIT 217 - Security+
and CIT 263 - Project Management
and CSCO 120 - CCNA - Introduction to Networks
and CSCO 121 - CCNA Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials
and CSCO 220 - CCNA Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation
and CSCO 221 - CCNA WAN Fundamentals
and CSCO 230B - Security Operations Center Fundamentals
and CSEC 114B - Introduction to Applied Network Forensics