Telecommunications Systems Management

Associate in Computer Technology
Routing and Switching Career Path
Credit Requirements: 75 Semester Credit Hours

The Routing and Switching Career Path of the Telecommunications Systems Management program prepares students for positions as network administrators, managers, designers, operations specialists, technicians, installers or support specialists. The goal is to give students the ability to fit into a variety of information systems infrastructures by teaching basic concepts within the framework of a wide variety of equipment and architectures with a focus on Cisco networking. The program also prepares students for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), A+/Network+, Certified Novell Administrator (CNA) and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) exams. TTC is a Novell Academic Training Partner and a Cisco Regional Networking Academy.

Recommended Sequence of Courses

First Semester

 

Basic Computer Concepts

3

 

Macroeconomics

3

 

English Composition I

3

 

Data Communications

3

 

College Algebra

3

Total 15

Second Semester

 

Operating Systems

3

 

Cisco Internetworking Concepts

3

 

Cisco Router Configuration

3

 

LAN Networking Technology

3

 

Internet Communications

3

Total 15

Third Semester

 

C Programming I

3

 

UNIX Operating System

3

 

Advanced Cisco Router Configuration

3

 

Cisco Troubleshooting

3

 

Network Architecture III

3

Total 15

Fourth Semester

 

Computer Systems Management

3

 

LAN System Manager

3

 

Cisco Advanced Routing

3

 

Cisco Remote Access

3

 

ELE HUM   Select one course from Humanities
  Electives

3


Total 15

Fifth Semester

 

Multimedia Techniques

3

 

Advanced Technical Communications

3

 

Cisco Multilayer Switching

3

 

Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting

3

 

ELE TSR   Select one course from Routing and
  Switching Electives

3


Total 15

See Humanities Electives.