Course Descriptions

CBE 190 - LEED® Green Building

CBE 201 - Direct Digital Controls and Lab

CBE 202 - Advanced Direct Digital Controls and Lab

CBE 203 - Energy Conservation

CBE 204 - Architectural Prints and Lab

1. Read and interpret building architectural, mechanical and electrical blue-prints to acceptable commercial building industry standards.
2. Draw to scale the architectural, mechanical and electrical sections for small, in-house projects to current industry practice.

CBE 205 - Fire and Life Safety Systems

1. Explain fire chemistry and identify the appropriate extinguishing agents and the firefighting tactics.
2. Demonstrate the importance of earthquake and emergency preparedness to current industry practice.
3. Recognize and identify systems components in fire alarm systems used in commercial building industry.

CBE 206 - Air and Water Balancing and Lab

CBE 207 - Indoor Air Quality

1. Analyze the scope and seriousness of indoor air quality problems as related to health and revenue loss.
2. Recognize and identify other considerations for indoor air quality problems such as chemical emissions, renovation problems, sink effect and custodial operations to industry standards.
3. Demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot indoor air quality problems.

CBE 208 - Instrumentation for Stationary Engineers

1. Accurately use test instruments used in the commercial and industrial field.
2. Analyze and interpret test instrument readings.
3. Identify the test instruments used in the industry.

CBE 210 - Programmable Logic Controls - Allen-Bradley

CBE 211 - Programmable Logic Controls - Siemens

CBE 212 - Programmable Logic Controls I

CBE 213 - Motor Control Principles and Lab

1. Discuss basic electrical theory and ohms law.
2. Analyze and interpret electric motor control systems diagrams.
3. Set up and terminate electric motor control equipment.
4. Troubleshoot electric motor control systems.

CBE 214 - Mechanical Prints and Lab

CBE 215 - Mechanical Maintenance and Lab

1. Demonstrate techniques in troubleshooting and maintaining refrigeration systems, boiler systems, mechanical systems and fluid power systems.

CBE 216 - Welding Fundamentals and Lab

1. Identify the various types of welding equipment, welding procedures and practice of welding processes: gas, SMAC, GMAC, and TIG.

CBE 218 - Programmable Logic Controls II

HVAC 107 - Refrigeration Fundamentals

1. Demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot the operational problems in commercial building refrigeration systems to industry standards.
2. Explain the refrigeration cycle to commercial building industry practices.
3. Identify the components of commercial refrigeration equipment per current industry practice.

HVAC 111 - Control Fundamentals

HVAC 115 - HVAC Systems and Lab

1. Demonstrate the ability to identify various commercial building and industrial refrigeration systems to industry standards.
2. Demonstrate the ability to identify various system components in commercial building and industrial refrigeration systems to industry standards.

HVAC 116 - HVAC/Plumbing Distribution and Lab

HVAC 213 - Motor Control Principles and Lab

1. Discuss basic electrical theory and ohms law.
2. Analyze and interpret electric motor control systems diagrams.
3. Set up and terminate electric motor control equipment.
4. Troubleshoot electric motor control systems.

HVAC 228 - EPA Regulations and Refrigerant Recovery

1. Pass the EPA 608 refrigeration handling certificate test and will obtain the certificate.

HVAC 251 - Light Commercial Refrigeration Service

CMST 280 - Intercultural Communication

1. Define culture, communication, intercultural communication, ethnocentrism, culture shock and multiculturalism.
2. Identify and describe the various aspects of culture which affect a person’s worldview.
3. Describe the characteristics of intercultural competency/flexibility and apply it to various intercultural situations. 
4. Understand the diversity of worldviews, values, behavior, traditions, and experiences of co-cultures within the United States and the interactions of those co-cultures with one another.
5. Discuss how culture influences nonverbal communication and how nonverbal communication shapes cultural identities.
6. Analyze the process of stereotype formation and the manifestations of prejudice, discrimination, and “-isms,” such as sexism and racism.

CMST& 101 - Introduction to Communication

General education distribution area: Humanities.

Course Outcomes

1. Explain the complex impact of communication on our daily lives.
2. Work effectively in groups.
3. Demonstrate effective presentation skills with a wide variety of speeches.
4. Analyze audiences to identify a choice of speaking style.
5. Apply the principles of conflict resolution and disagreement to communication scenarios.
6. Employ characteristics, skills, and behaviors of effective listening.
7. Articulate cultural influences and differences as well as similarities in communication.

CMST& 220 - Public Speaking

General education distribution area: Humanities.

Course Outcomes

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the growth and development of public speaking throughout history. 
2. Explore benefits of public speaking abilities and ability to enhance academic and career skills by enhancing this skill. 
3. Demonstrate the use and effects of rhetorical devices in a publicly delivered speech.
4. Manage apprehension with the use of performance visualization techniques and positive self-perception. 
5. Organize and focus topics for presentations with research, surveys, internet research, in-depth interviews and search directories. 
6. Analyze the audiences to identify your choice of speaking style.
7. Demonstrate understanding of cultural influences and differences as well as similarities in communication.
8. Leverage the use of a variety of presentation aids that enhance credibility, confidence and improve overall success of presentation.
9. Evaluate the effectiveness of various speech principles.
10. Apply listening and speech critiquing skills to fellow classmates.
11. Develop audience assessment tools and techniques. 
12. Develop proficiency in written, oral, visual and nonverbal forms of communication.

COMP 080 - Writing Improvement I

1. Employ pre-writing techniques to generate and organize ideas.
2. Understand and apply standard grammar and punctuation. 
3. Employ expression that is clear, concise, relevant, and detailed.
4. Demonstrate the obligations of crediting borrowed ideas when using the works of others.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of paragraph and essay structure.
6. Compose effective thesis and topic sentence statements in conventional essays and paragraphs.
7. Compose paragraphs and essays that demonstrate unity, development, and coherence. 
8. Read to understand and explain an author’s purpose and methods of persuasion. 
9. Improve writing through practice, evaluation, and revision.

COMP 090 - Writing Improvement II

1. Employ pre-writing techniques to generate and organize ideas.
2. Understand and apply standard grammar and punctuation. 
3. Employ expression that is clear, concise, relevant, and detailed.
4. Understand and demonstrate the obligations of crediting borrowed ideas when using the works of others.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of paragraph and essay structure.
6. Compose effective thesis and topic sentence statements in conventional essays and paragraphs.
7. Compose paragraphs and essays that demonstrate unity, development, and coherence. 
8. Read to understand and explain an author’s purpose and methods of persuasion. 
9. Improve writing through practice, evaluation, and revision.

COMP 100 - Applied Composition

1. Employ pre-writing techniques to generate and organize ideas.
2. Utilize standard grammar and punctuation. 
3. Employ expression that is clear, concise, relevant, and detailed.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of  the obligations of crediting borrowed ideas when using the works of others.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of paragraph and essay structure.
6. Compose effective thesis and topic sentence statements in conventional essays and paragraphs.
7. Compose paragraphs and essays that demonstrate unity, development, and coherence.
8. Read to understand and explain an author’s purpose and methods of persuasion. 
9. Improve writing through practice, evaluation, and revision.

CNA 330 - Network Databases and Structured Query Language (SQL)

1. Use SQL to create tables and indexes.
2. Compose SQL queries.
3. Understand constraints, views, triggers, and indexes in databases.
4. Explain how queries are processed, optimized and evaluated in a DBMS.
5. Explain transaction processing.
6. Recognize common SQL server issues (log space, performance problems, job failures).

CNA 335 - Programming and Scripting for Network Management

1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of command line interpreters (CLIs) on Windows and Unix.
2. Write scripts to automate common system administrator (Sysadmin) tasks such as updating, performance monitoring, user addition and control, and security sweeps.
3. Create RESTful interfaces to interface systems together.
4. Use Microsoft Azure to build a small cloud network.

CNA 336 - Network Programming in Python

1. Recognize, select and use expressions with the Python Interactive Shell.
2. Understand flow control and apply operations to create program functions and statements.
3. Understand list data types, dictionaries and the structuring of data.
4. Explain and manipulate strings and search of text patterns with expressions.
5. Explain how programs read and write data to files.
6. Use copy, move, rename, and delete functions to organize data.
7. Use various Python debugging tools.

CNA 337 - Network Programming in Python II

1. Use object oriented programming features in Python.
2. Create and use modules.
3. Discuss data structures and their advantages.
4. Use the Python package manager.
5. Distribute code between multiple files.
6. Follow PEP standards for syntax and documentation.
7. Understand, use, and explain inheritance.
8. Describe and use exception handling.
9. Understand and recognize using I/O.
10. Understand and apply multithreaded programming.

CNA 340 - IT Project Management

1. Manage the selection and initiation of individual projects and of portfolios of projects in the enterprise.
2. Conduct project planning activities that accurately forecast project costs, timelines, and quality.
3. Implement processes for successful resource, communication, and risk and change management.
4. Demonstrate effective project execution and control techniques that result in successful projects.
5. Conduct project closure activities, including formal project acceptance.
6. Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of ethics and professional responsibility.
7. Demonstrate effective organizational leadership and change skills for managing team projects, diverse project teams, and stakeholders.

CNA 350 - Introduction to Virtualization

1. Understand virtual machines (VMs), hypervisors, and their relationship.
2. Launch and manage Linux VMs using Oracle VirtualBox and VMWare ESXi.
3. Use Linux instances as building blocks for modern infrastructure including servers and databases.
4. Build Linux containers using Docker.
5. Orchestrate containers using Kubernetes.
6. Articulate performance considerations, benchmarking, and process improvements.
7. Use load balancers and database distribution techniques to build scalable infrastructure.

CNA 421 - Cloud Architecture

1. Identify the value and benefits of cloud computing and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
2. Understand the methods and tools used to maintain and protect data.
3. Navigate the AWS Console.

CNA 440 - Network Infrastructure Planning and Deployment

1. Identify networking issues in a real-world business IT case.
2. Evaluate networking technologies best suited to an organization.
3. Design a network infrastructure that solves a real-world problem.
4. Give an effective project presentation.

CNA 450 - Advanced Virtualization

1. Explain the processes behind data center virtualization.
2. Install VMware hosts and servers.
3. Configure VMware hosts and servers.
4. Manage and troubleshoot VMware hosts and servers.
5. Prepare for a related professional certification exam.

CNA 480 - Virtual Infrastructure Security

1. Understand security principles including authentication, access control, encryption, and network segmentation.
2. Understand common attack vectors, and execute them to demonstrate flaws.
3. Use VMWare ESXi to secure local infrastructure.
4. Use AWS and Google Cloud to investigate modern cloud security features.
5. Read and understand 0-days and whitepapers. Use both to inform security policy decisions.
6. Use forensic tools such as Wireshark and Test Disk.
7. Use modern pen testing suites such as Kali Linux.
8. Understand the ethics of cybersecurity and risk associated with actions.

CNA 481 - Troubleshooting Physical and Virtual Network Infrastructure

1. Use network troubleshooting and monitoring tools such as FCAPS, NAGIOS, NGS3, Logzilla, etc.
2. Create various network topology simulations.
3. Monitor systems, networks, and infrastructures.
4. Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve network infrastructure issues.
5. Monitor alerting services for servers, switches, and applications.
6. Perform real-time monitoring of virtual and physical network infrastructures.

CNA 492 - Network Architecture Capstone Project

1. Identify needs for augmenting, updating, or replacing a network infrastructure.
2. Research new networking technologies.
3. Use project management tools and techniques to plan a network infrastructure solution.
4. Design a hybrid-cloud network infrastructure as a solution to the business case study scenario.
5. Implement a hybrid-cloud network infrastructure and assess its effectiveness based on IT best practices.
6. Evaluate the network infrastructure deployment with a business representative.

CNA 493 - Cooperative Education/Internship

1. Work effectively on the organizational team.
2. Complete assigned network architecture tasks to specifications.
3. Communicate clearly and appropriately with all organization members.

CNE 310 - IT Project Management

1. Manage the selection and initiation of individual projects and of portfolios of projects in the enterprise.
2. Conduct project planning activities that accurately forecast project costs, timelines, and quality.
3. Implement processes for successful resource, communication, and risk and change management.
4. Demonstrate effective project execution and control techniques that result in successful projects.
5. Conduct project closure activities, including formal project acceptance.
6. Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of ethics and professional responsibility.
7. Demonstrate effective organizational leadership and change skills for managing team projects, diverse project teams, and stakeholders.

CNE 310L - IT Project Management Lab

1. Confidently write project documents related to initiation, management, and closure.
2. Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of different development approaches.
3. Apply soft skills including communication, teamwork, listening, and conflict resolution.
4. Use current industry tools.
5. Seamless integrate into an industry IT team.

CNE 330 - Network Programming in Python I

1. Recognize, select and use expressions with the Python Interactive Shell.
2. Understand flow control and apply operations to create program functions and statements.
3. Understand list data types, dictionaries and the structuring of data.
4. Explain and manipulate strings and search of text patterns with expressions.
5. Explain how programs read and write data to files.
6. Use copy, move, rename, and delete functions to organize data.
7. Use various Python debugging tools.

CNE 335 - Network Programming in Python II

1. Use object oriented programming features in Python.
2. Create and use modules.
3. Discuss data structures and their advantages.
4. Use the Python package manager.
5. Distribute code between multiple files.
6. Follow PEP standards for syntax and documentation.
7. Understand, use, and explain inheritance.
8. Describe and use exception handling.
9. Understand and recognize using I/O.
10. Understand and apply multithreaded programming.

CNE 340 - Network Databases and Structured Query Language (SQL)

1. Use SQL to create tables and indexes.
2. Compose SQL queries.
3. Understand constraints, views, triggers, and indexes in databases.
4. Explain how queries are processed, optimized and evaluated in a DBMS.
5. Explain transaction processing.
6. Recognize common SQL server issues (log space, performance problems, job failures).

CNE 350 - Unix and the Internet of Things

1. Use command line interfaces (CLI).
2. Remotely manage and administrate systems.
3. Explore the Internet of Things using Raspberry Pis.
4. Automate control of bare metal and cloud systems.

CNE 370 - Introduction to Virtualization

1. Understand virtual machines (VMs), hypervisors, and their relationship.
2. Launch and manage Linux VMs using Oracle VirtualBox and VMWare ESXi.
3. Use Linux instances as building blocks for modern infrastructure including servers and databases.
4. Build Linux containers using Docker.
5. Orchestrate containers using Kubernetes.
6. Articulate performance considerations, benchmarking, and process improvements.
7. Use load balancers and database distribution techniques to build scalable infrastructure.

CNE 410 - IT Project Design

1. Define the following components: Client, DNS, CDN, Load Balancer, Web Server, Worker Service, Queue, Write API, Read API, Search API, Fan Out Service, User Graph Service, Memory Cache, Database, Sharding, Object store.
2. Combine the components into robust, reliable, and appropriately-priced systems.
3. Use cloud budget estimators to determine monthly and annual costs for designs.
4. Effectively talk through whiteboard problems.
5. Pass system design interviews at major companies.

CNE 430 - Cloud Architecture

1. Identify the value and benefits of cloud computing and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
2. Understand the methods and tools used to maintain and protect data.
3. Navigate the AWS Console.

CNE 450 - Advanced Virtualization

1. Explain the processes behind data center virtualization.
2. Install VMware hosts and servers.
3. Configure VMware hosts and servers.
4. Manage and troubleshoot VMware hosts and servers.
5. Prepare for a related professional certification exam.

CNE 470 - Virtual Infrastructure Security

1. Understand security principles including authentication, access control, encryption, and network segmentation.
2. Understand common attack vectors, and execute them to demonstrate flaws.
3. Use VMWare ESXi to secure local infrastructure.
4. Use AWS and Google Cloud to investigate modern cloud security features.
5. Read and understand 0-days and whitepapers. Use both to inform security policy decisions.
6. Use forensic tools such as Wireshark and Test Disk.
7. Use modern pen testing suites such as Kali Linux.
8. Understand the ethics of cybersecurity and risk associated with actions.

CNE 480 - Troubleshooting Physical and Virtual Network Infrastructures

1. Use network troubleshooting and monitoring tools such as FCAPS, NAGIOS, NGS3, Logzilla, etc.
2. Create various network topology simulations.
3. Monitor systems, networks, and infrastructures.
4. Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve network infrastructure issues.
5. Monitor alerting services for servers, switches, and applications.
6. Perform real-time monitoring of virtual and physical network infrastructures.

CNE 490 - Network Architecture Capstone Project

1. Identify needs for augmenting, updating, or replacing a network infrastructure.
2. Research new networking technologies.
3. Use project management tools and techniques to plan a network infrastructure solution.
4. Design a hybrid-cloud network infrastructure as a solution to the business case study scenario.
5. Implement a hybrid-cloud network infrastructure and assess its effectiveness based on IT best practices.
6. Evaluate the network infrastructure deployment with a business representative.

CNE 491 - Cooperative Education/Internship

1. Work effectively on the organizational team.
2. Complete assigned network architecture tasks to specifications.
3. Communicate clearly and appropriately with all organization members.

CNE 499 - Independent Study

CNT 156 - Bits and Bytes of Cloud Computing

1. Describe basic/core characteristics of deploying and operating in the cloud.
2. Discover hardware needs to create cloud components.
3. Compare the industry vendors used to deploy cloud.
4. Compare, contrast, and demonstrate an understanding of SAAS, IAAS, and PAAS.
5. Identify, deploy, and configure cloud components to specific needs and solutions.
6. Identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement.
7. Identify and define technical requirements for an AWS-based application.
8. Analyze business needs and recommend methods of deploying and operating in the cloud.
9. Recall core cloud services and their business application.

CNT 160 - Core Networking and Cloud Computing

1. Identify the necessary components of physical and cloud-based networks.
2. Demonstrate how to create virtual machines with multiple ISOs for use as test deployments.
3. Ensure post-installation steps of software upgrade, remote services, Active Directory, group policy objects, and organizational units.
4. Build on knowledge of IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS cloud computing services.
5. Demonstrate how to manage settings, files, tools, and permissions in Windows and Linux.
6. Gain an in-depth awareness to security protocols.
7. Use critical thinking skills to challenge physical, social, and software related security failings.

CNT 240 - Routing and Switching I

1. Explain the advances in modern network technologies including Public / Private Cloud and Software-Defined Networks.
2. Identify, describe common networking topologies.
3. Identify, describe common network protocols.
4. Understand and apply common numbering systems (decimal, octal, binary and hexadecimal) used in networking.
5. Recognize and describe common cables and connectors used in networks.
6. Implement initial settings including passwords, IP addressing, and default gateway parameters on a network switch, router and end devices.
7. Calculate an IPv4 subnetting scheme to efficiently segment your network.
8. Implement an IPv6 addressing scheme.
9. Understand, describe and apply switch management concepts, tasks, and configurations.
10. Use various tools to test network connectivity.
11. Configure switches and routers with device hardening features to enhance security.
12. Compare the operation of transport layer protocols in supporting end-to-end communication.
13. Troubleshoot connectivity in a small network.
14. Identify the necessary components of physical and cloud-based networks.
15. Use the command line to complete a series of routine tasks.
16. Explain how automation of manual or repeatable processes help to minimize management overhead.
17. Implement connectivity services of a cloud architecture.
18. Identify the core cloud services that become part of an infrastructure that meets specific business needs.
19. Identify resources for technology support.

CNT 250 - Routing and Switching II

1. Configure devices using security best practices.
2. Explain how Layer 2 switches forward data.
3. Implement VLANs and trunking in a switched network.
4. Troubleshoot inter-VLAN routing on Layer 3 devices.
5. Explain how STP enables redundancy in a layer 2 network.
6. Implement DHCPv4 to operate across multiple LANs.
7. Configure dynamic address allocation in IPv6 networks.
8. Configure switch security to mitigate LAN attacks.
9. Explain how WLANs enable network connectivity.
10. Implement a WLAN using a wireless router and a WLC.
11. Explain how routers use information in packets to make forwarding decisions.
12. Configure and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 static routes.
13. Recall and discuss the core issues of cloud and non-cloud computing, such as cost, security, and privacy.
14. Use cloud services and features to manage and assess resource utilization.
15. Implement connectivity services of a cloud architecture.
16. Automate manual or repeatable process to minimize management overhead.
17. Identify the necessary components of physical and cloud-based networks.
18. Interpret the design and management methods of a cloud-based infrastructure.
19. Debug parts of a cloud-based application.
20. Use an SDK to create and deploy application programming interfaces (APIs) to the cloud.
21. Use SSH, Bash, Putty or Python to manage cloud services.
22. Use best practices to establish user acces and restriction to resources in a cloud enviromnent.
23. Explain the core issues of cloud and non-cloud computing, such as cost, security, and privacy.

CNT 254 - Network Infrastructure

1. Demonstrate ability to create, manage and maintain images for deployment.
2. Install and configure a nano server.
3. Configure disks and volumes.
4. Implement server storage.
5. Install and configure Hyper-V including storage and networking.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of high availability for disaster recovery options utilizing a Hyper-V solution.
7. Deploy, configure and manage a Windows server in a cloud architecture.
8. Centrally manage Active Directory Users and Policies.
9. Troubleshoot Windows Server issues.

CNT 256 - AWS Cloud Foundations

1. Define what the AWS Cloud is and the basic global infrastructure.
2. Describe key services on the AWS platform and their common use cases.
3. Describe basic security and compliance aspects of the AWS platform and the shared security model.
4. Identify sources of documentation or technical assistance.
5. Define the billing, account management and pricing models.
6. Describe core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud.
7. Identify the necessary components of physical and cloud-based networks.
8. Interpret the design and management methods of a cloud-based infrastructure.
9. Provision cloud services within a cloud-based network infrastructure following a cloud architecture design.
10. Automate manual or repeatable process to minimize management overhead.
11. Implement connectivity services of a cloud architecture.
12. Use cloud services and features to manage and assess resource utilization.
13. Recall and discuss the core issues of cloud and non-cloud computing, such as cost, security, and privacy.
14. Identify and recommend cloud database products that are appropiate for specific tasks and projects. 
15. Apply best practices to design, configure and deploy new relational and non-relational databases in a cloud infrastructure.
16. Describe the differences between files, relational databases and non-relational databases in the cloud and when to use each to help a customer select the best solutions for their needs.
17. Apply practical database skills including database design, table structures, database migration, queries, and data visualization.
18. Import, export, and migrate large datasets to and from one database to another database.

CNT 259 - Secure Enterprise Networks

1. Work with routers and switches using OSPF in point-to-point and multiaccess networks.
2. Mitigate threats and enhance network security using access control lists and security best practices.
3. Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills using Cisco Packet Tracer.
4. Understand virtualization, SDN, and how APIs and configuration management tools enable network automation.
5. Configure Extended ACLs and IPv6 ACLs.
6. Deploy, configure, and manage a Linux server in a cloud architecture.
7. Use the command line to complete a series of routine tasks.
8. Demonstrate navigation between directories to access and manipulate files.
9. Use SSH, Bash, or Python to manage cloud services.
10. Deploy, configure, and manage a Windows server in a cloud architecture.
11. Centrally manage Active Directory Users and policies.
12. Troubleshoot Linux and Windows Server issues.
13. Compare the services and structure of a number of typical cloud computing providers.
14. Define the current issues and possible future trends of cloud computing and the impact on the industry.
15. Use best practices to establish user access and restriction to resources in a cloud environment.
16. Monitor and troubleshoot instance connectivity and health issues.
17. Explain the core issues of cloud and non-cloud computing, such as cost, security, and privacy.
18. Use best practices to develop simple computer programs using higher level programming languages such as Python.
19. Use an SDK to create and deploy application programming interfaces (APIs) to the cloud.
20. Write and debug parts of a cloud-based application.

CNT 262 - Introduction to Databases with SQL

1. Understand terms related to database design and management.
2. Utilize basic modeling techniques for database design such as the E-R Model.
3. Understand the relational model and relational database management system (RDBMS).
4. Implement a relational database with SQL Server, MySQL or similar RDBMS.
5. Learn the basics of SQL and demonstrate understanding through utilizing SQL to manage a database and query data.
6. Understand the basics of data management, administration and data security.
7. Identify and recommend cloud database products that are appropiate for specific tasks and projects. 
8. Apply best practices to design, configure and deploy new relational and non-relational databases in a cloud infrastructure.
9. Describe the differences between files, relational databases and non-relational databases in the cloud and when to use each to help a customer select the best solutions for their needs.
10. Apply practical database skills including database design, table structures, database migration, queries, and data visualization.
11. Import, export, and migrate large datasets to and from one database to another database.

CNT 263 - CompTIA Linux+

1. Summarize and explain common uses of Linux in both physical and cloud environments.
2. Demonstrate the steps necessary to boot and properly shutdown a Linux system.
3. Show competency in hard disk partitioning and understand the reasoning behind different partitioning approaches. 
4. Develop a maintenance schedule including system updates, backup & restore, shutdown & reboot.
5. Create and execute basic shell scripts.
6. Utilize version control such as Git and/or GitHub.
7. Manage files and directories including permissions and ownership.
8. Perform common administrative tasks including administering users and groups, printer administration and working with log files.
9. Display and edit text files with vi and other common text editors.
10. Deploy, configure, and manage a Linux server in a cloud architecture.
11. Use the command line to complete a series of routine tasks.
12. Demonstrate navigation between directories to access and manipulate files.
13. Use SSH, Bash, or Python to manage cloud services.
14. Troubleshoot Linux Server issues.

CNT 264 - Applied Network Concepts

1. Understand the architectural principles of computer networking and the overall structure of the Internet.
2. Show a clear understanding of the layered Internet protocol framework, its design principles, and functionality.
3. Explain various network performance metrics (throughput, latency, loss, etc.) and their impact on applications.
4. Describe the essential principles of reliable data delivery, flow control, and congestion control, and their implementation at the transport layer.
5. Understand distributed routing protocols and data and control plane operations of the network layer in the Internet.
6. Understand wired and wireless data link layer protocols for communication over a shared medium.
7. Demonstrate a basic understanding of network security, vulnerabilities at various layers, and associated protocols.
8. Implement network protocols using network stack programming libraries.
9. Use network tools such as Wireshark to analyze real-world networks.

CNT 290 - Next Level Networking Topics

1. Explain how automation and virtualization impact network management.
2. Install and configure a type 1 Hypervisor and deploy a VM client in a simulated LAN.
3. Assess and evaluate the technical benefits of implementation of a cloud computing architecture.
4. Recommend cloud applications to solve specific technical business problem. 
5. Describe basic/core characteristics of deploying and operating in the cloud.
6. Identify sources of documentation or technical assistance (for example, whitepapers or support tickets).
7. Recall core cloud services and their business application.
8. Evaluate the financial impact of cloud migration against business goals. 
9. Identify the core cloud services that become part of an infrastructure that meets specific business needs.
10. Build a cloud architecture based on a provided architectural design.
11. Interpret the design and management methods of a cloud-based infrastructure.
12. Provision cloud services within a cloud-based network infrastructure following a cloud architecture design.
13. Recall and discuss the core issues of cloud and non-cloud computing, such as cost, security, and privacy.
14. Identify and recommend cloud database products that are appropiate for specific tasks and projects. 
15. Deploy, configure, and manage a Linux server in a cloud architecture.
16. Use the command line to complete a series of routine tasks.
17. Demonstrate navigation between directories to access and manipulate files.
18. Use SSH, Bash, or Python to manage cloud services.
19. Deploy, configure, and manage a Windows  server in a cloud architecture.

CNT 294 - Internship/Cooperative Education

1. Work in an environment that allows the student to utilize the knowledge acquired in college.
2. Gain experience by matching the student’s theoretical knowledge to real life situations.
3. Gain additional technical and non-technical knowledge in industry.
4. Function positively as a member of a team.
5. Add value to the company where the student is employed.

CNTS 256 - AWS Cloud Foundations

CS 142 - Java Programming II

1. Write clean and efficient Java code.
2. Implement different data structures in Java programs.
3. Use appropriate algorithms in working Java programs.
4. Explain reasoning behind solutions to programming problems.
5. Collaborate with peers in program and user interface design and testing.

CS& 141 - Java Programming I

1. Apply object-oriented design principles to a working Java program.
2. Select and implement appropriate control structures to solve programming problems.
3. Create and execute efficient algorithms in Java.
4. Work effectively with peers.

CSI 120 - Computer Programming I

1. Use an integrated development environment to write, compile, run, and test simple object-oriented Java programs.
2. Read and make elementary modifications to Java programs that solve real-world problems.
3. Validate input in a Java program.
4. Identify and fix defects and common issues in code.

CSI 122 - Computer Programming II

1. Learn design principles of graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
2. Create graphical user interfaces.
3. Process events in response to user interactions with GUI controls.
4. Create and manipulate various controls.
5. Understand the object-oriented programming concepts and use to create GUI controls.

CSI 124 - Computer Programming III

1. Apply inheritance principle to create new classes by extending existing ones.
2. Apply the polymorphism principle by using the keywords virtual & override to create child classes of a base or parent class.
3. Apply polymorphism principles with an abstract parent class, using the keywords abstract & override.
4. Apply polymorphism to group classes together by functionality using an interface as a parent or base type.

CSI 130 - Database Design

1. Explain the structure of tables and the function of keys in a relational database.
2. Manipulate data using SQL query.
3. Constructor SQL queries to update, filter, compound, calculate, and order data or select groups of data.
4. Produce queries to retrieve information from the databases and evaluate the results.
5. Retrieve data from multiple tables.

CSI 140 - Front-End Web Development

1. Understand and explain how web sites work.
2. Demonstrate the use of basic HTML and CSS.
3. Demonstrate the development of a web by understanding the different types of style sheets and designing.
4. Build websites using HTML5 and CSS3 components.
5. Explore the developer tools.

CSI 226 - Computer Programming IV

1. Create a windows application in an object oriented programming (OOP) language.
2. Become familiar with an OOP platform and its libraries.
3. Apply object-oriented principles when building an application.
4. Use an input/output library to create, write and read files.
5. Create multi-threaded applications.
6. Create simple web applications with servlets.
7. Create a web application using sessions.

CSI 234 - Applied Database Development

1. Install and configure SQL Server 2017.
2. Create user databases and how to administer it.
3. Write complex SQL queries to extract information from the database.
4. Know the different SQL functionalities that exist.
5. Write more efficient SQL code.
6. Write procedures for code re usability.
7. Learn to improve query performance.
8. Create full database backups.

CSI 242 - Client-Side Scripting

1. Use Operators, variables, control structures, String, Arrays, Dates, Math objects.
2. Use the objects defined in the Browser Object Model (BOM).
3. Map Html using the DOM - Document Object Model.
4. Change an html page content and structure dynamically, using the DOM.
5. Create dynamic styles.
6. Able to use JavaScript events to create interactive content.
7. Create animation on a web page.
8. Add graphics to canvas.
9. Install and set up a web page to use jQuery.
10. Use jQuery selectors.
11. Use jQuery chaining.
12. Use jQuery for Form Validation.

CSI 250 - Rich Internet Applications

1. Explain the concept of a rich Internet user experience.
2. Use JavaScript, JSON, jQuery or AngularJS to create an application with API services.
3. Develop and test responsive Model View Controller (MVC) web applications using HTML5, CSS3 and an API as the database model.

CSI 260 - Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms

1. Compute time efficiency of an algorithm and conclude its Big O notation.
2. Explain the working concept of the 5 sort methods: bubble sort, selection sort, insertion sort, merge sort & quick sort.
3. State the advantages and disadvantages of the List data structure, by analyzing its insert, search & delete implementation algorithms.
4. Define and explain the main functions of the Queue data structure.
5. Analyze the time efficiency and Big O notation of each of the functions: insert, search and delete implementation algorithms of the Queue.
6. Define and explain the main functions of the Stack data structure.
7. Analyze the time efficiency and Big O notation of each of the functions: insert, search and delete implementation algorithms of the stack.
8. Define and explain the main functions of a Hashtable.
9. Analyze the time efficiency and Big O notations of each of the functions: insert, search, and delete algorithms.

CSI 293 - Capstone Design and Development Project

1. Write a project requirements document that includes the functional and non-functional requirements of the system that is to be developed.
2. Write a design document that emphasizes the different tools and components used for the project.
3. Provide a project schedule when each component will be completed.
4. Build a working project from start to finish.
5. Complete an oral presentation of the finalized project at the end of the quarter.

CSI 294 - Cooperative Education/Internship

1. Work in an environment that allows the student to utilize the knowledge acquired in college.
2. Gain experience by matching the student’s theoretical knowledge to real life situations.
3. Gain additional technical and non-technical knowledge in industry.
4. Function positively as a member of a team.
5. Add value to the company where the student is employed.

CSI 330 - Software Engineering

1. Effectively serve on a project team that communicates effectively with other team members.
2. Understand differences between traditional Methodologies and that of Agile Methodologies.
3. Become well versed in importance of DevOps.
4. Apply sound reasoning in Requirements Engineering, Analysis Modeling and Design Modeling.
5. Understand sound approaches to Software Testing.
6. Apply considerations to designing systems that are dependable, reliable, secure and reusable.
7. Discern the differences and apply principles between differing architectures such as Component-Based Software Engineering, Distributed Software Engineering, Service-oriented Software Engineering.

CSI 335 - Discrete Math

1. Effectively work in project teams.
2. Program in a high-level programming language to solve problems in Discrete Math.
3. Effectively elaborate in writing on topics in Discrete Math.
4. Become well versed in how Discrete Mathematics applies to Computer Science.

CSI 340 - Software Application Development I

1. Use testing principles to ensure correctness in functionality of the Web Application.
2. Apply Security (Authentication/Authorization) to the ASP.NET MVC Core Application.
3. Deploy the ASP.NET MVC Core Application in the Cloud.
4. Understand principles in User Experience and Responsive Web Interfaces.

CSI 345 - Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms

1. Program the core operations of a given Data Structure.
2. Use Algorithmic Efficiency to understand the behavior of an algorithm.
3. Select the appropriate Data Structure for a given programming need.
4. Program implementations utilizing a Data Structure.
5. Effectively elaborate on topics in Data Structures and Algorithms that apply to Computer Science.

CSI 350 - Software Application Development II

1. Program a web application using ASP.NET MVC Core or alternate system.
2. Use testing principles to ensure correct functionality of the web application.
3. Apply security authentication/authorization to the application.
4. Apply principles of user experience and responsive web interfaces.

CSI 360 - Mobile Application Development I

1. Explain the basic concepts of Android phone features and capabilities.
2. Explain the relationship between XML and Java for the Android platform.
3. Use views and view groups to design user interfaces.
4. Add and apply Resource files to Android applications.
5. Distinguish between explicit and implicit Intents.
6. Create, write and test Android applications using multiple Activities.

CSI 460 - Mobile Application Development II

1. Understand and use Android application data storage options, including Virtual Machines.
2. Create a SQL database using SQLite.
3. Choose and connect a Content Provider to an Android SQLite database.
4. Create notifications, action buttons, and other multimedia in a graphical user interface.
5. Distinguish between foreground and background service operations.
6. Understand and apply the Android application permissions model, including install-time and runtime permissions.
7. Control playback of audio/video files and streams using MediaPlayer.

CSI 470 - Data Mining

1. Communicate what format the Data needed for a given Machine Learning Algorithm should be.
2. Communicate on the basic steps to successfully use a Machine Learning Algorithm.
3. Communicate for what scenarios what type of Machine Learning Algorithm is needed, its strengths, deficiencies.
4. Use Classification Algorithms to designate the class a data item is a member of.
5. Use Clustering Algorithms to designate the cluster a data item is most closely a member of.
6. Use Association Algorithms to determine what is the most likely event outcome.

CSI 475 - Advanced Database Intelligence

1. Use Tableau to analyze data and create dashboards.
2. Clean and shape data to optimize for analysis and to connect to data in Tableau.
3. Create effective and interactive dashboards that tell a story and allow business users to use the data in their decision-making process.
4. Create an ad-hoc analysis environment that facilitates data discovery by non-technical users.

CSI 483 - IT Project Management

1. Work on course projects and demonstrate critical thinking, teamwork, oral communications, inter-cultural appreciation, and technical and information literacy skills.
2. Demonstrate ability to obtain and confirm business requirements for an application, translate these into technical specifications, assess the resource requirements, and divide the overall project requirements into smaller steps, organized to conform to the System Development Life Cycle model.

CSI 492 - Senior Capstone Project

1. Identify a business problem or e-commerce service that can be solved via a web or mobile application. 
2. Apply project management and technical programming skills to design, develop, test, document and deliver a software project to the required quality, on schedule and within budget (if applicable). 
3. Analyze the work of peers in order to communicate constructive feedback through participation in peer review of mobile or web applications. 
4. Communicate project status to stakeholders using various forms of communication which may include face-to-face meetings, video chatting, video presentations and email. 
5. Develop a final presentation in order to demonstrate a completed, original web or mobile application to specifications defined in an approved project proposal. 
6. Write a personal reflection outlining the value of earning a BAS degree in achieving future professional goals.  

CSI 494 - Cooperative Education/Internship

1. Work in an environment that allows the student to utilize the knowledge they acquired in college.
2. Gain experience by matching the student’s theoretical knowledge to real life situations.
3. Gain additional technical and non-technical knowledge in industry.
4. Function positively as a member of a team.
5. Add value to the company where the student is employed.

CSI 495 - Independent Study

CSI 499 - Emerging Technologies

1. Understand the impact of emerging technologies in the software development industry.
2. Identify shifts in technology and future trends.
3. Recognize disruption and position your skills for the future.
4. Ability to research and demonstrate emerging technologies and to make recommendations for utilization.

CSIS 101 - Programming Fundamentals