Bachelor of Science in Computer Technology

The concentration offers an introduction to the field of cloud computing. You will learn about cloud architecting, the fundamentals of building IT infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS); it will teach you solutions architects and how to optimize the use of the AWS Cloud by understanding AWS services and how these services fit into cloud-based solutions, while maintaining recommended security and privacy. The concentration aligns with AWS Certification.

Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:

• Identify appropriate cloud services such as Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Software-as-a-Service necessary to fulfill business requirements.
• Select key resources to model service specifications and service contracts to perform service orchestration.
• Design logical Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to convert into services implementable in today's cloud environments.
• Demonstrate use of key tools to analyze an organization’s assets and verify if the cloud security and privacy implications are justifiable in implementing cloud computing.
• Apply key principles of cloud computing and the security and privacy involved with this technology.

This concentration expands your knowledge of information technology security and, it helps you better apply critical security measures. Protecting sensitive or proprietary information is of paramount importance. Malicious security threats are on the rise and necessitates critical security strategies that incorporate information assurance, solid attack and defense tactics, risk management, auditing, planning and policies that will maintain the credibility and survival of the organization. The concentration focuses on addressing these information security needs in the industry.

Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:

• Analyze user requirements to design, develop and deploy effective information security solutions.
• Apply information assurance initiatives to protect an organization’s information assets.
• Develop a security architecture consisting of tools, techniques, and technologies to prevent the penetration of networks, to detect attacks, and to defend an organization using effective countermeasures.
• Develop effective assessment strategies to implement effective and proactive risk mitigation measures and risk management practices.
• Examine various technologies and tools to assist with discovery and auditing in the world of security management.
• Construct security plans and actionable and maintainable policies to create a holistic approach to cybersecurity for an organization.

The concentration extends your understanding of the principles and practices associated with local, distributed and enterprise networking. You will learn about basic routing and switching concepts, Virtual LANs (VLANs), Inter-VLAN routing, static routing and dynamic routing protocols, Single-Area OSPF, Access Control Lists (ACLs), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Network Address Translation (NAT), wireless ad-hoc networks, and network and mobile security. The concentration aligns with Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT®) certificate as well as the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA R&S) designation.

CCENT® is a registered trademark of Cisco Technology, Inc.

Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:

• Identify user requirements to design, develop and deploy effective network solutions.
• Analyze network designs, topologies, architectures, protocols, communications, administration, operations, and resource management for wired, wireless, and web-based networks.
• Demonstrate the ability to configure routers, switches, static routing, dynamic routing, and Virtual LANs (VLAN).
• Demonstrate the use of common network protocols.
• Develop network security practices, processes, and plans used to maintain an effective and productive network.
• Apply relevant wireless and mobile network security measures to address security threats.

This concentration focuses on the principles and practices necessary to design, develop, and deploy web applications. You will study Internet communication and technology, Web browsing, multimedia on the Web, databases and Web search engines, business e-mail and personal information management, Internet services and tools. You will also explore search engine optimization (SEO) techniques, design effective user interfaces for websites, examine Web e-commerce development and how businesses and organizations may to use the Web to the buy and sell products and services online, and use Extensible Markup Language (XML) standard to create data formats to electronically share structured data.

Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:

• Explain the principles and practices of Web technologies.
• Apply search engine optimization (SEO) strategies.
• Design effective user interfaces for websites, with an emphasis on designing for mobile technologies.
• Summarize the growing trends of e-commerce development and how it is transforming businesses.
• Demonstrate use of Extensible Markup Language (XML) standard to create a document structure.