Distance Education at West Los Angeles College

 

COMPUTER SCIENCE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 965 – INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT NETWORKS

3 UNITS
Instructor: A. Chiang
Email: chianga@wlac.edu

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General Information:

This course takes place entirely online. No on-campus visits are required. 

The course begins on February 12.  You must access the course by February 20 or you will be dropped.

Newly enrolled students must email the instructor to confirm enrollment.  Please do this now by clicking here: chianga@wlac.edu.

 


Course Description:

Prerequisite: CS 901 (or CS 902) and CS 934 or equivalent experience.

This course covers network hardware and protocols in A+ and Network+ certification exam. This course serves as a general introduction for students who need a foundation in current Microsoft networking technology, local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs). It covers network media, architecture, standards, protocols, and administrative tools in Windows 2000/3 environment. This is one of the required courses for WLAC’s Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) or the CISCO (CCNA) training program.


Required Materials:

Network + LabSim: A multimedia internet-based training package: CDs and Lab Manual (with Course Simulation , Lab Simulation and Exam Simulation). Please e-mail the instructor to obtain an user account after you receive the package. Starting February, the instructor will host an orientation on Wednesday and Saturday from 1:00-3:00 PM in CE104.

Vendor Information: TestOut Corporation 1-800-877-4889 ext.219 or http://www.testout.com/highed/onlineorderstudent-wlac.htm or the West Los Angeles College Bookstore.


Optional Materials:

In additional to the required training kit-"Testout CDs", some students would like to have a reading textbook, here is the one, it's optional. The assignments, labs and exams are based on "Testout CDs" not from this optional text.

Title: Microsoft Academic Learning Series, Network+ Certification, third edition
Author: Craig Zacker
Publisher: McGraw Hill
ISBN#0-07-295553-8


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