This course is a series of seminars on current careers, job opportunities, professional requirements, professional organizations, and professional certification in the Information Technology area. Local business and industry professionals in the Information Technology area will be invited to share their job descriptions, duties, and professional requirements with students. Field trips to off-site locations and seminars may be arranged as needed. This course will cover the Windows operating environments. The features of word processing software are introduced, demonstrated and practiced.
Students receive hands-on training using an industry accepted word processing software package.
Emphasis is on learning all the features of the software and using them in the most efficient manner. May be repeated for additional credit when topics vary. This class covers telecommunications technology and standards, transmission basics, media types and topology, modems, transmission services, voice, data and video transmission. The Internet, satellite, and wireless technologies will be discussed. Basic concepts of data communications including on-line communication systems, electronic mail, networking, bulletin boards, terminal emulation, protocols and remote operations will be covered in an interactive lecture.