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Year one course is the first step toward preparing students to become an IT professional. Students learn computer repair and maintenance skills by building functioning computers from component parts, upgrading existing computers, and diagnosing and repairing customer units. The online curriculum includes instructional units on memory, operating systems, application software, diagnostic techniques, customer interaction, viruses, printers, peripheral interfacing, networking, and basic computer security. Students are expected to take the CompTIA A+ certification exams. The current version includes 220-1201 and 220-1202 exams.
For more information about the certification and what it means click here.
During the last term of Computer Technician we begin the journey of CISCO Networking Academy Semester 1 where we cover enterprise networking in environments of more than 100 computers.
We also offer, for those students who qualify, dual enrollment options through our partnership with Frederick Community College. Our dual enrollment courses are CMIS120, CMIS121 and CMIS290.
After successful completion of this program, your second year will cover Network+ and Security+ courses.
Our first year curriculum includes the following chapters:
Chapter 1. Introduction to Personal Computer Hardware
Chapter 2. PC Assembly Install components to build, repair, or upgrade personal computers.
Chapter 3. Advanced Computer Hardware
Chapter 4. Preventive Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Chapter 5. Networking Concepts Explain how computers communicate on a network.
Chapter 6. Applied Networking Configure devices to communicate on a network.
Chapter 7. Laptops and Other Mobile Devices
Chapter 8. Printers Install a printer to meet requirements.
Chapter 9. Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Chapter 10. Windows Installation Install Windows operating systems.
Chapter 11. Windows Configuration Perform management and maintenance of Windows operating systems.
Chapter 12. Mobile, Linux, and OSX Operating Systems
Chapter 13. Security Implement basic host, data, and network security.
Chapter 14. The IT Professional Explain the roles and responsibilities of the IT Professional.
Year two course is divided into two semesters.
Semester one is Network+. Covered materials include:
1.0 Networking Concepts 23%
2.0 Infrastructure 18%
3.0 Network Operations 17%
4.0 Network Security 20%
5.0 Network Troubleshooting and Tools 22%
CompTIA Network+ is an entry-level IT networking course that teaches you how computer networks work, how to configure them, and how to troubleshoot network problems. It prepares you for the CompTIA Network+ certification exam, currently associated with exam code N10-009.
Semester two is Security+. Covered materials include:
1. Security Concepts — Explain confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA triad), authentication, authorization, and nonrepudiation.
2. Threat Actors and Motivations — Identify threat actors, including cybercriminals, nation-state attackers, hacktivists, insiders, and organized crime groups.
3. Malware and Malicious Activity — Explain viruses, worms, ransomware, spyware, Trojans, rootkits, and fileless malware.
4. Social Engineering — Recognize phishing, spear phishing, whaling, vishing, smishing, pretexting, and tailgating.
5. Network Security — Explain firewalls, IDS/IPS, network segmentation, VLANs, VPNs, secure protocols, and zero-trust architecture.
6. Cryptography and PKI — Compare symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hashing, digital signatures, certificates, and public key infrastructure (PKI).
7. Identity and Access Management (IAM) — Explain multifactor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO), role-based access control (RBAC), least privilege, and account management.
8. Vulnerability Management — Describe vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, patch management, risk assessment, and remediation.
9. Incident Response — Identify the stages of incident response: preparation, detection, analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned.
10. Risk Management and Business Continuity — Explain risk identification, risk mitigation, business impact analysis (BIA), disaster recovery, and recovery time and recovery point objectives (RTO/RPO)
CompTIA Security+ is an entry-level cybersecurity course that teaches you how to protect computer systems, networks, and data from cyberattacks. It prepares you for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam, currently SY0-701
To request a shadow appointment please click here.
If you would like additional information or have specific questions I can be contacted by email at melvin.baker@fcps.org
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