An applied exploration of the installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting techniques applicable to modern operating systems. Topics include researching hardware and software compatibility, operating system installation, hardware device configuration, peripheral connectivity and network configuration. ITAS 167 was formerly called ITAS 167T; credit will not be granted for both courses. (2:0:2)
This course covers a range of wired and wireless networking technologies including the configuring and operation of switches and routers, TCP/IP protocols, how data is transferred between devices and network security concepts.
Students learn to design, code, and test programs in an environment such as Python. They create algorithms to solve problems and use the constructs of structured programming in coding their solutions. They learn the principles of programming language paradigms. The course emphasizes the importance of sound design in programming.