Information Systems Technology

Overview

The Department of Information Systems Technology offers coursework in computer hardware repair, computer networking, network security and network management. The demand for IT professionals continues to rise. IT professionals are being sought after with higher salaries as an incentive. Continuing education opportunities are available for IST graduates through current articulation agreements with four-year colleges. Courses will be offered on a rotating semester basis in daytime and evening schedules.

Why Great Bay?

At GBCC’s IST courses students will find small classes with a maximum enrollment of 15 students.  This class size is dictated by the Cisco course curriculum with equipment requirements per student.  All courseware and reference material is provided online to all students.

Highlight Statistic(s)

GBCC is well located to receive equipment donations from local companies and students benefit from the excess equipment brought to our labs for their use.

These connections with several local companies is also a resource for placing students in internships as well as career opportunities.

Career Options

Related Degrees

• Cyber Security
• Computer Information Systems

Accreditation Information

IST Faculty holds and maintains Cisco Instructor Certification.

Additional certifications are required for specific technology courses: FOA – Fiber Optics, VMware, CompTIA Computer A+, Linux and CyberSecurity Certifications. 

Total Overall Credits: 64-67

General Education & Core Courses

Program Specific Requirements

Technical Standards

Students who enroll in the program should comprehend the English language, both oral and written, and have sufficient keyboarding skills to produce electronic documents in a timely manner.

They should be able to sit or stand at a desk or workstation and stay on task for extended periods of time.

They should be detail-oriented, able to read small print, and able to perform basic mathematical operations. Successful employees in the field demonstrate the emotional stability required to exercise sound judgment, accept direction and guidance from a supervisor, and establish rapport and maintain sensitive interpersonal relationships with employees, customers, and clients.

Health and Internship Considerations

The College must ensure that stakeholders at internship and service learning sites are not adversely affected by students during learning experiences.

Therefore, students participating in internship and field experiences must demonstrate the emotional stability required to exercise sound judgment, accept direction and guidance from a supervisor or faculty member, and establish rapport and maintain sensitive interpersonal relationships with employees, customers, and clients.

Program Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Design local area networks using multiple sub-networks

• Configure networking devices to forward traffic throughout a local area network

• Configure networking devices to connect to internet service provider network

• Configure and maintain personal computers in a networked environment

• Configure and maintain network servers

• Install and test physical layer infrastructure to include copper, fiber-optic, and wireless media

• Install and configure Windows workstations and servers

• Establish and maintain basic network security policies and procedures

• Configure and maintain advanced network security devices

• Configure and implement virtualization of the desktop and network

• Prepare for selected industry recognized certifications