IT 114 - IT Essentials

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

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

• 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.