Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

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Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today’s world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Serving more than 6,000 students from the ten Metrocom Communities and northeast San Antonio. Named “Best Institutional Facility” by Live Oak Economic Development.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunites for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Top 10 finalist for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance in America’s community colleges.
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St. Philip’s College

St. Philip’s College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College is named in the top 150 community colleges in the nation by Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Palo Alto College

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Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, A.A.S

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The Associate of Applied Science in Information Security and Assurance will prepare students to design, implement and secure computer networks. Students with this degree will be able to install security software, monitor networks for security breaches, respond to cyber attacks and in some cases, gather data and evidence to be used in prosecuting cyber crime. Some security courses in this degree have been approved by National Security Agency, NSA (applies to SPC only).

Related Degrees and Certificates

Computer Information Systems: Associate of Science concentration in Computer Information Systems

Computer Science: Associate of Science concentration in Computer Science

Computer Programmer A.A.S.

Computer Support Specialist, A.A.S.

Network Administrator, A.A.S.

Cisco Certified Network Associate Level 1 Certificate

Computer Programming Basics Level 1 Certificate

Computer Programming Intermediate Level 1 Certificate

Computer Support Specialist Level 1 Certificate

Computer Forensics Level 1 Certificate

Information Assurance & Cybersecurity Level 1 Certificate

Personal Computer Skills Level 1 Certificate

Degree Requirements (Total Credit Hours 60)

First Year

First Semester (14 credit hours)

Select 1 course from the Social and Behavioral Sciences (80) Core
ITCC 1401 - Cisco Exploration 1 - Network Fundamentals
or ITNW 1425 - Fundamentals of Networking Technologies
ITCC 1404 - Cisco Exploration 2 - Routing Protocols and Concepts
or ITNW 2412 - Routers #
ITSC 1305 - Introduction to PC Operating Systems
or ITNW 1308 - Implementing and Supporting Client Operating Systems #

Second Semester (13 credit hours)

Choose one course from the Additional Communication (90) Core
ITSY 1342 - Information Technology Security
or ITSY 1300 - Fundamentals of Information Security
ITSC 1316 - Linux Installation and Configuration
ITDF 1400 - Introduction to Digital Forensics
or ITNW 1454 - Implementing and Supporting Servers
or ITNW 2405 - Network Administration

Third Semester (6 credit hours)

ITSC 2325 - Advanced Linux
ENGL 1301 - Composition I

Second Year

First Semester (15 credit hours)

ITCC 2408 - Cisco Exploration 3 - LAN Switching and Wireless
or ITNW 2472 - Implementing VMware Virtualization #
or ITNW 1413 - Computer Virtualization #
ITCC 2410 - Cisco Exploration 4 - Accessing the WAN
or ITSY 2430 - Intrusion Detection
ITSY 2443 - Computer System Forensics
Choose one course from the Mathematics (20) Core

Second Semester (12 credit hours)

ITCC 2343 - Network Security
or ITSY 2301 - Firewalls and Network Security #
ITSY 2442 - Incident Response and Handling
Select 1 from the Language, Philosophy & Culture (40) Core or Creative Arts (50) Core
ITSY 2286 - Internship - Computer and Information Systems Security *

NOTES:

* Capstone Course
# Course not taught at Palo Alto College
CIP Code: 11.0101
Major Code: ISAC

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