First Year
This course uses the TestOut PC Course and prepares students for the TestOut’s PC Pro Certification as well as the CompTIA’s Exam 220-1001 and Exam 220-1002 Certification. It validates understanding of the most common hardware and software technologies in business and certifies the skills necessary to support complex IT infrastructures.
Module 1 - Course Introduction
Module 2 - PC Technician Responsibilities
Module 3 - Hardware
Module 4 - Operating Systems Basics
Module 5 - Storage
Module 6 - System Implementation
Module 7 - System Management 1
Module 8 - System Management 2
Module 9 - File Management
Module 10 - Peripheral Devices
Module 11 - Networking
Module 12 - Mobile Devices
Module 13 - Printing
Module 14 - Security
Second Year
This course uses NetAcad’s IT Essential Course alongside TestOut’s Client Pro Course. It prepares students for the NetAcad’s IT Essential Certification as well as the TestOut’s Client Pro Certification. Candidates for this exam operate in computing environments that use Microsoft Windows 10 as a desktop operating system in an enterprise environment. Candidates should have at least one year of experience in the IT field, as well as experience implementing and administering any Windows client operating system in a networked environment.
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Personal Computer Hardware
Chapter 2 - PC Assembly
Chapter 3 - Advanced Computer Hardware
Chapter 4 - Preventive Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Chapter 5 - Networking Concepts
Chapter 6 - Applied Networking
Chapter 7 - Laptops and Other Mobile Devices
Chapter 8 - Printers
Chapter 9 - Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Chapter 10 - Windows Installation
Chapter 11 - Windows Configuration
Chapter 12 - Mobile, Linux, and OSX Operating Systems
Chapter 13 - Security
Chapter 14 - The IT Professional
Third Year
This course uses NetAcad’s CCNAv7 Introduction to Networking Course alongside TestOut’s Network Pro Course. It prepares students for the NetAcad’s Introduction to Networking Certification and TestOut’s Network Pro Certification. It focuses on building simple LANs, performing basic configurations for routers and switches, and implementing IPv4 and IPv6 addressing schemes. You will also configure routers, switches, and end devices to provide access to local and remote network resources.
Module 1 - Networking Today
Module 2 - Basic Switch and End Device Configuration
Module 3 - Protocols and Models
Module 4 - Physical Layer
Module 5 - Number Systems
Module 6 - Data Link Layer
Module 7 - Ethernet Switching
Module 8 - Network Layer
Module 9 - Address Resolution
Module 10 - Basic Router Configuration
Module 11 - IPv4 Addressing
Module 12 - IPv6 Addressing
Module 13 - ICMP
Module 14 - Transport Layer
Module 15 - Application Layer
Module 16 - Network Security Fundamentals
Module 17 - Build a Small Network
Fourth Year
This course uses NetAcad’s CCNAv7 Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials Course alongside TestOut’s Routing and Switching Pro Course. It prepares students for the NetAcad’s Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials Certification and TestOut’s Routing and Switching Pro Certification. It focuses on working with routers, switches and wireless devices to configure and troubleshoot VLANs, Wireless LANs and Inter-VLAN routing. You will also configure and troubleshoot redundancy on a switched network using STP and EtherChannel.
Module 1 - Basic Device Configuration
Module 2 - Switching Concepts
Module 3 - VLANs
Module 4 - Inter-VLAN Routing
Module 5 - STP
Module 6 - EtherChannel
Module 7 - DHCPv4
Module 8 - SLAAC and DHCPv6 Concepts
Module 9 - FHRP Concepts
Module 10 - LAN Security Concepts
Module 11 - Switch Security Configuration
Module 12 - WLAN Concepts
Module 13 - WLAN Configuration
Module 14 - Routing Concepts
Module 15 - IP Static Routing
Module 16 - Troubleshoot Static and Default Routes