Information Technology Fundamentals Certificate

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15 Credits

The Information Technology Fundamentals certificate is designed to prepare students or career changers for continued studies in information technology by addressing a variety of fundamental technical concepts in server administration, networking, and one other aspect of technology: security, programming, databases, or maintenance. The coursework required for this certificate may also be helpful to individuals whose work requires them to understand technical concepts and terminology, but are not necessarily involved in the same day-to-day work as information technology professionals.

Students must earn a grade of 2.5 or higher on all courses in this program. All of the courses required for this certificate apply towards the Cybersecurity and Networking, AAS-T .

Contact: For more information, please contact us at itdegrees@greenriver.edu, (253) 833-9111, ext. 4600.

Program Website: Information Technology | https://www.greenriver.edu/students/academics/degrees-programs/information-technology/

Program Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program will be able to:

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

Core Requirement (5 credits)

IT 102 - Scripting for Cybersecurity Credits: 5
or
IT 224 - Windows Automation and Scripting Credits: 5

Complete any two of the following courses (10 credits)

IT 114 - IT Essentials Credits: 5
IT 131 - Introduction to Networks Credits: 5
IT 160 - Windows Server Administration I Credits: 5
IT 135 - CompTIA Security+ Certification Preparation Credits: 5
IT 201 - Database Fundamentals Credits: 5

Last Revised

7/1/2019