Information Technology

Information Technology continues to be one of the most important topics in the modern workforce. This course will introduce you to the fundamentals of the field and teach you a range of valuable professional skills, including how to set up operating systems, how to troubleshoot problems, and how to build a computer. By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to take your next steps in IT and start solving technology problems on your own. This online class has optional live sessions. [This course is offered through the RIZE Education Consortium]

Foundational principles and practices of individual and organizational leadership in a global context from integrated moral, technical and social perspective. Emphasis on developing integrity, valuing leveraging diversity, acquiring and applying leadership skills. [This course is offered through the RIZE Education Consortium]

Whether a workplace is just a few people connected to a wireless router, or a financial giant, wired directly into the Nasdaq, it likely relies heavily on Network Technologies. This course will teach you how networks work, and how to set up and secure them. By the end of this course, you will be able to manage and maintain a range of different network types. This online class has optional live sessions. [This course is offered through the RIZE Education Consortium]

Modern applications often rely on databases and, by extension, need software systems to manage those databases. One such system is PostgreSQL, which is notable for including many features that help facilitate application development and protect data. By the end of this course, you will be able to use PostgreSQL to manage databases and support application development and integration. This online class has optional live sessions.

Course includes a focus on web technologies including distributed architecture, networking, database concepts, client and server development, infrastructure management, and web system integration. [This course is offered through the RIZE Education Consortium]

Topics include database theory and architecture, data modeling, designing application databases, query languages, data security, and database applications on the Web. [This course is offered through the RIZE Education Consortium]

Whether you’re using a Mac or a PC, operating systems are a key part of how humans interface with technology. Therefore, understanding how they work is vital to understanding how computers power our world. This course will teach you the fundamentals of Operating System structure, function, and architecture, and prepare you to administer both Windows and Linux-based systems. This online class has optional live sessions. [This course is offered through the RIZE Education Consortium]

Topics include user experience design techniques and best practices including requirements analysis, usability studies, prototyping methods, evaluation techniques, and cognitive, social, and emotional theories. [This course is offered through the RIZE Education Consortium]

This course is designed to give students experience and to improve their Information Technology skills and provides an introduction to undergraduate research. [This course is offered through the RIZE Education Consortium]

This course is designed to give students experience and to improve their Information Technology skills and provides an introduction to undergraduate research. [This course is offered through the RIZE Education Consortium]

Imagine a world where people were trying to steal from every home, workplace, or bank - all the time. That’s the world of digital security. Because it’s cheap to launch attacks on every system you can find, virtually every organization and individual is always under some level of digital attack. This course will teach you how to help defend against this constant assault and keep valuable information and critical systems safe. This online class has optional live sessions.

Special emphasis will be on the completion of a research project and an exit interview.

So far, you’ve learned how to solve problems as they occur, and how to address the various components that make up an organization’s IT ecosystem. Through an internship experience, this course will put it all together. You’ll learn how to solve systemic problems across all layers of an organization and guide transformational change. By the end of this course, not only will you know how to solve IT problems as they arise, you’ll be able to prevent those problems from happening in the future.