Las Positas College - Spring 2025 - Class Schedule

SPRING 2025 9 25. 424. 1 000 | l p c - a d m i s s i o n s @ l a s p o s i t a s c o l l e g e . e d u S P R I N G 2025 - C O U R S E L I S T I N G S Please refer to the onl ine schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section detai ls and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. Word features to apply character and paragraph formatting; creating and formatting tables, enhancing visual appeal by incorporating graphics elements, using the mail merge feature, and printing documents. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 71A with a minimum grade of C. CIS 88B ADV MICROSOFT WORD 1.5 Units Advanced word processing techniques used to produce complex business documents. Includes topics such as format multiple page reports, create tables of contents and indexes, insert footnotes/ endnotes, usingWord’s collaboration features to share documents, create macros to automate tasks, and integrate data from Excel and other programs. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 88A with a minimum grade of C. This is an accelerated 8-week course. Please carefully note the start date of the course. CIS 89A DESKTOP PRESENTATION 1.0 Units Desktop presentation design techniques and enhancements. Application using current desktop presentation software. Hands- on experience creating, editing, saving, printing slide shows, incorporating graphics, charts, tables, SmartArt, sounds, and video, enhancing presentations using transitions and animations. CIS 9002 INTRO TO DATABASE MANAGEMENT 3.0 Units This course provides the students with an introduction to the core concepts in data and information management. It is centered around the core skills of identifying organizational information requirements, modeling them using conceptual data modeling techniques, converting the conceptual data models into relational data models and verifying its structural characteristics with normalization techniques, and implementing and utilizing a relational database using an industrial-strength database management system. The course will also include coverage of basic database administration tasks and key concepts of data quality and data security. In addition to developing database applications, the course helps the students understand how large-scale packaged systems are highly dependent on the use of Database Management Systems (DBMSs). Building on the transactional database understanding, the course provides an introduction to data and information management technologies that provide decision support capabilities under the broad business intelligence umbrella. In database design, students learn a conceptual representation of an organization’s information. In database programming, students implement their database design by creating a physical database using Structured Query Language (SQL) to create, query, manipulate, and control access to the data in a relational database. Students learn to create and maintain database objects such as tables, indexes, views, constraints, and sequences. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 50 with a minimum grade of C COMPUTER NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY CNT 43 PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS 3.0 Units This course applies the principles of ethical and effective communication to the creation of letters, memos, emails, and written and oral reports for a variety of business situations. The course emphasizes critical thinking, and analysis, planning, organizing, composing, and revising business to create and deliver professional-level oral presentations in-person and virtually. Additional focus will be placed on developing interpersonal skills, team participation skills, and technical report writing skills. Students who have completed or are enrolled in CIS 43 or CS 43 may not receive credit. Recommended Course Preparation: ENG 1A with a minimum grade of C or ENG 1AEX with a minimum grade of C CNT 51 COMPTIAS A+ CERT. COMP. TECH 4.0 Units This course provides an introduction to the computer hardware and software skills needed to help meet the industry demand for entry-level PC Technicians. This course covers PC hardware, software, security, networking, laptops, printers, operational procedures, operating systems, security, troubleshooting, and mobile devices. The students will study the topics needed to become certified PC technicians. Preparation for the CompTIA A+ certification, which verifies knowledge equivalent to that of an entry-level ICT (Information and Communications Technology) technician with about 12 months of hands-on experience. The responsibilities of an ICT professional will be introduced. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 50 with a minimum grade of C CNT 52 NETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS 3.0 Units This course provides an introduction to computer networking fundamentals skills needed to meet the industry demand for entry-level Network Technicians. Topics include: Ethernet network fundamentals, Local Area Networks (LANs), andWide Area Networks (WAN) technologies, the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, wiring implementations, network adapters and connectivity devices, IPv4/IPv6 addressing, Voice over IP (VoIP), and wireless standards. Tools to help prevent cyber-attacks with IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems), authentication, and encryption are demonstrated. Student labs include: configuration of a SOHO (Small Office/Home Office), a firewall, a virtual private network (VPN), a switch, and a router and documenting a networking using professional drawing software. The responsibilities of an ICT (Information and Communications Technology) professional will CompTIA Network+ Certification Exam. This professional certification verifies the student has the knowledge equivalent to that of an ICT technician with about 12 months of hands-on experience. Students who have completed or are enrolled in CIS 66 may not receive credit. Recommended Course Preparation: CIS 50 with a minimum grade of C CNT 55 MCSA-I WINDOWS SERVER 3.0 Units This course prepares students for the Microsoft’s Examination: Installation, Storage and Compute with Windows Server, which is the first of three exams a student must pass to obtain a MCSA (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate) Certification. By passing thisexam,onebecomesaMicrosoftCertifiedProfessional (MCP)and gains access toMCP network or computer systems administrator or as a computer network specialist. The topics include installation, storage, and compute features and functionality available in the current Windows Server, Nano Server, images for deployment, storage solutions, data deduplication, high availability, disaster recovery, storage spaces direct, and failover clustering solutions. Also covered: Hyper-V and containers. Recommended Course Preparation: CNT 52 with a minimum grade of C CNT 56 MSCA II NETWORKINGWINDOWS SER 3.0 Units This course prepares students for Microsoft’s Examination: Networking with Windows Server, which is the second of three exams a student must pass to obtain a MCSA (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate) Certification. By passing this exam, one becomes a hands-on labs, students will install and configure DNS, DHCP, IPAM, VPN and RADIUS. Also covered: managing DFS and branch cache solutions, and implementing Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions such as Hyper- V Network Virtualization (HNV) and Network Controller, Implement Network Connectivity and Remote Access Solutions, Implement Core and Distributed Network Solutions. Strongly Recommended: CNT 55 with a minimum grade of C Scan here to visit the current Spring 2025 class schedule online