CNET 1000 - IT Exploration

1. Explore software, hardware, and network components that make up the IT infrastructure supporting businesses and organizations.
2. Understand the importance of cyber security and how this applies to software, system settings, and the protection of personal information.
3. Recognize how software is a fundamental part of our digital world and learn about application development.
4. Produce computer programs and learn about various types of software creation.
5. Develop an understanding of the various careers related to data science and analytics.
6. Examine the types of data-intensive skills that provide competitive advantage to businesses and use a simulation to work on analytical skills and visualization using provided dataset and worksheets.

1. Basic Computer Hardware
2. Fundamentals of Computer Operating Systems
3. Basic Networking Technologies
4. Internet Computing Technologies
5. Programming Languages Defined
6. Command-Line Programming
7. Introduction to Graphics
8. Programming Techniques
9. Introduction to Information Security
10. Internet Privacy and Security
11. Hardening Networks & Systems
12. History and evolution of business intelligence, analytics, and informatics
13. Components of Business Analytics
14. Analytics and Competitive Advantage
15. The D.A.T.A. Framework
16. Data summarization using formulas and functions
17. Data mining, organization, and classification
18. Slicing and dicing - Data reduction and extraction
19. Data presentation and visualization