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Network Technologies Specialist - Certificate

Computer and Information Technologies

Required Courses

Courses Credit Notes
CIT 219 Internet Protocols 3 Prereq: CIT 160/161/ or CIT 162 or instructor consent
CIT 288 Network Security 3 Prereq: CIT 180 and Level I Network Technologies Specialization Sequence or instructor consent
Course from the Network Technologies Course Sequences - at least 8 hours from a single platform and at least 4 hours from a different platform (see below) 15  
CERTIFICATE TOTAL 21  

Network Technologies Course Sequences

Select 15 hours from the platform course listed below. At least 8 hours must be from a single platform and at least 4 hours must be from a different platform.

Microsoft Platform:

Courses Credit Notes
CIT 213 Microsoft Client Configuration 3 Prereq: CIT 111 and either CIT 160, 161 or 162
CIT 261 MS Active Directory Services 3 Prereq: CIT 111 and CIT 160/161 or instructor consent
CIT 262 MS Network Infrastructure 3 Prereq: CIT 111 and CIT 160/161 or instructor consent
CIT 264 Microsoft Server Management 3 Prereq: CIT 262 or instructor consent
CIT 285 MS Windows OS Security 3 Prereq: CIT 180 and either CIT 214 or CIT 262 or instructor consent
Other Microsoft networking course as approved by the CIT Program Coordinator 3  

Cisco Platform:

Courses Credit Notes
CIT 167 Switching and Routing Essentials 4 Prereq: CIT 161
CIT 209 Scaling Networks 4 Prereq: CIT 167 or instructor consent
CIT 212 Connecting & Scaling Networks 4 Prereq: CIT 167 or instructor consent

UNIX/Linux Platform:

Courses Credit Notes
CIT 217 UNIX/Linux Administration 3 Prereq: CIT 111 and CIT 160/161 or instructor consent
CIT 218 UNIX/Linux Network Infrastructure 3 Prereq: CIT 217
CIT 255 Web Server Administration 3 Prereq: (CIT 150 or CIT 155 or CIT 157) and (CIT 214 or CIT 218 or CIT 262) and CIT 219 or instructor consent

Data Center Platform:

Courses Credit Notes
CIT 201 Information Storage Management 3 Prereq: CIT 167 and CIT 214 or CIT 217 or CIT 262 or instructor consent
CIT 203 Introduction to Virtualization 3 Prereq: CIT 167 and CIT 214 or CIT 217 or CIT 262 or instructor consent
CIT 204 VMWare Optimize and Scale 3 Prereq: CIT 203 or instructor consent
CIT 205 Cloud Infrastructure and Services 3 Prereq: CIT 201 and CIT 203 or instructor consent

Students graduating with a degree or certificate in Computer and Information Technology may only use a course with a grade of "C" or higher (or a "P" for Pass/Fail courses) to fulfill a course or track graduation requirement.

The Computer and Information Technologies department does not accept non-general education course older than five years from returning or transfer students without consent from the local program coordinator.

Requirements taken from the 2022-2023 KCTCS Catalog