STEM
Courses
Engineering
You would like this class if you are interested in:
- Breaking Stuff to see how it works
- Inventing
- Creating designs on CAD software like Inventor or Solidworks
- Art, Math, Physics
Key things that you will learn in the class:
- Problem-Solving to serve a client
- Troubleshooting your design until it works
- Blueprints detailed enough for someone else to build
- College-level engineering math
- Collaboration with other disciplines
- How structures work
What will you leave the class with:
- The full-circle experience of engineering design: design, analysis and construction.
- Some experience with power tools
- Collaborating with Lemelson-MIT program
Instructor
Become a Life Hacker! Design, create and analyze your own products. Create solutions to immediate problems in our community. Allow math and science to give you the power to turn
dreams into reality. Students will work primarily with their hands and brains, but a pencil and paper are useful too.
Networking and Cybersecurity
You would like these classes if you are interested in:
- Learning how computers work individually and collectively
- Understanding how hackers infiltrate networks and how to prevent them or counter them
- Building and using computers, servers, and networking tools.
- Cloud computing and server networks
Key things that you learn in the class:
- Binary to decimal and hexadecimal conversions
- Analyzing major PC (Personal Computer) components and functions
- Building and configuring Desktop Computers
- Understanding OSI Model and TCP/IP Model Encapsulation Processes
- Designing and implementing Networks
- Creating and installing standard Ethernet based cables
- Cisco IOS configuration
- Windows 10 installation and configuration
- Windows Server installation, Active Directory configuration
- Network Troubleshooting and Fault isolation
What you can leave these classes with:
- Dual Credit
- Hands-On Equipment Experience
Certifications:
- MTA (Microsoft Technology Associate)
- Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (Exam AI-900) and Azure Data Fundamentals (Exam DP-900)
- Cisco: CCT (Cisco Certified Technician), CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
- CompTIA: IT (Information Technology) Fundamentals, A+, Network +, Security +
- VMware VCTA (VMware Certified Technical Associate)
What Jobs could you start with after graduation:
- Help Desk
- System Administration
- PC Support Technician
- IT Support Technician
- Network analyst
- PC/Network Support Technician
Instructor
The Cyber Security course helps lay the foundation for certified ethical Hackers arming learners with the knowledge and skills needed to be a well-rounded IT professional.
Labs will be multi-day projects that are based on real-world scenarios and use standard PMP (Project Management Professional) certification guidelines. Our classroom will have many intricate levels of tasks that will include interacting with other roles within the networking industry. Projects will be based on short- and long-term periods with tangible deliverables; designing and building elaborate offline networks.
Learn to identify hacking attempts and implement tools to counter and prevent future attacks. IT Essentials covers fundamental computer and career skills for entry-level IT jobs. Students apply skills and procedures to configure, and troubleshoot computers, mobile devices, and install software.
Students will work towards certification in:
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Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (Exam AI-900) and Azure Data Fundamentals (Exam DP-900)
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MTA (Microsoft Technology Associate)
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Cisco: CCT (Cisco Certified Technician), CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
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CompTIA: IT Fundamentals, A+, Network +, Security +
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VMware VCTA (VMware Certified Technical Associate)