Penn Commercial Business/Technical School · Courses
IT
4 courses with the subject IT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
IT 100OPERATING SYSTEMS3.0
– 50 Hours – 12 Weeks This course is designed to expose the student to multiple consumer-facing Operating Systems. Students are expected to work with Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, and Linux. This course will walk through activities involving installation, configurations, and administration of these different operating environments. Students will work with these Operating Systems to become familiar with the interfaces and differences between the various platforms available for both consumer and business users.
50 Hours - 12 Weeks This course goes beyond the implementation of security and steps into the realm of ‘Ethical Hacking’. We will explore hands- on use of advanced tools, basic fingerprinting, and methods used to gain access to computer systems. Students will perform ‘Penetration Testing’ - scan, test, and hack their own systems, utilizing the five phases of ethical hacking: reconnaissance, scanning, gaining access, maintaining access, and covering your tracks. Activities will only be performed against equipment you have consent to access.
50 Hours - 12 Weeks This course introduces the VoIP technology present in many business environments today. It will expand upon previous knowledge by introducing additional IP protocols such as RTP and SIP. Students will learn the impact of IP-related issues such as jitter, latency, and packet loss, and also the importance of using QoS for network traffic management. This is supplemented by working with VoIP equipment in our hands-on lab.
50 Hours - 12 Weeks This course will take an in-depth look into virtualization technologies. Both VMWare vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V platforms will be utilized throughout this course. Topics include creating a virtual host, installing the hypervisor, creating and managing virtual storage, working with virtual networks, and managing system resources. Students will also create, manage, and utilize virtual machine, create templates, clone machines, and work with snapshots. 65
