PROGRAM ATTRIBUTES
The Information Network Security Specialist program provides students with the skills needed to manage an organization's network security needs. The program prepares individuals to function as entry level network security specialist, and includes instruction on technologies to keep network assets secure, conducting forensic analyses, encryption techniques, and organizational security management. All courses are offered in 4-week and 8-week formats and average class size is 35 students.

EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
Future employment in the computer systems design and technical consulting services is expected to rise 34% to 83% by 2018. (Information is taken from Bureau of Labor Statistics)

SAMPLE CLASSES
Freshman Year
First Semester
CIS 105: Computer Concepts
CIT 101: Network Essentials
ENGL 101: Composition & Rhetoric I
MATH 102: College Algebra
PHSC 105: Elemental Physics
Humanities elective

Second Semester
CIT 115: Network Defense
CIT 120: Network Routing and Switching
CIT 170: Microsoft Windows Servers
CIT 172: Linux Server
CWD 130: Web Design I

Sophomore Year
First Semester
CIT 220: Managing Firewalls
CWD 170: Database Interactions
CWD 210: GCI/Perl Programming
CWD 280: Information Assurance
SPCH 110: Principles of Speech

Second Semester
CIT 225: Network Security Design
CIT 240: Virtual Private Networks
CIT 280: Computer Forensics
CIT 293: Network Security Internship
Behavior/Social Science Elective
Total credit hours: 63

CONTACT INFO
Contact a CALL representative by phone 318-678-6050 or email call@bpcc.edu

For more information, please visit: http://www.bpcc.edu/call/  

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