IT 114 - IT Essentials

Credits: 5
Covers basic functionality and configuration of desktop computers and operating systems.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Identify and describe PC hardware components.
Understand, install, and maintain various desktop operating systems.
Describe a basic computer network in a small office/home office environment.
Configure basic security for a desktop operating system.
Identify and describe mobile devices and their basic configurations.

Program Outcomes

Understand and demonstrate procedures to install, configure, support, and troubleshoot operating systems and networking hardware.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.