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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Northwest Vista College Schedule/Catalog 2016-2017 [Archived Catalog]

Information Assurance & Cyber Security 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.

Related Degrees and Certificates: Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) Level 1 Marketable Skills Achievement Award , Cyber First Responders Marketable Skills Achievement Award , CompTIA Security+ Certification Preparation Marketable Skills Achievement Award , Computer Forensics Level 1 Certificate , Information Assurance & Cyber Security Level 1 Certificate

Degree Requirements (Total Credit Hours 60)

Semester I

Select 1 from the following:
ITCC 1401 - Cisco Exploration 1 - Network Fundamentals
ITNW 1425 - Fundamentals of Networking Technologies #
Select 1 from the following:
ITCC 1404 - Cisco Exploration 2 - Routing Protocols and Concepts
ITNW - 2412 Routers #
Select 1 from the following:
ITNW 1308 - Implementing and Supporting Client Operating Systems
ITSC 1305 - Introduction to PC Operating Systems #
Select 1 from the following:

Social and Behavioral Sciences (80) Core

Semester II

Select one course from Additional Communication (90) Core
ITSC 1316 - Linux Installation and Configuration
Select 1 from the following:
ITSY 1300 - Fundamentals of Information Security
ITSY 1342 - Information Technology Security
Select 1 from the following:
ITDF 1400 - Introduction to Digital Forensics
ITNW 1454 - Implementing and Supporting Servers #

ITNW 2405 - Network Administration #

Semester III

ITSC 2325 - Advanced Linux
ENGL 1301 - Composition I

Semester IV

ITSY 2443 - Computer System Forensics
Select 1 from the following:
ITCC 2408 - Cisco Exploration 3 - LAN Switching and Wireless
ITNW 1413 - Computer Virtualization #

ITNW 2472 - Implementing VMware Virtualization #
Select 1 from the following:
ITCC 2410 - Cisco Exploration 4 - Accessing the WAN
ITSY 2430 - Intrusion Detection
Select 1 from the following: Mathematics (20) Core

Semester V

ITSY 2286 - Internship - Computer and Information Systems Security
ITSY 2442 - Incident Response and Handling
Select 1 from the following:
ITCC 2343 - Network Security
ITSY - 2301 Firewalls and Network Security #
Select 1 from the following:

Language, Philosophy & Culture (40) Core

Creative Arts (50) Core

Notes:

A course may be used only once to fulfill degree requirements.

The student is encouraged to carefully examine requirements at the transfer institution. Requirements vary from institution to institution and can change from one year to the next.

# Offered at other Alamo Colleges

Program CIP: 11.0901

Major Code: ISAC

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