COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: Course Descriptions
- CET 111 - Computer Upgrade/Repair I
- This course is the first of two courses covering repairing, servicing, and upgrading computers and peripherals in preparation for industry certification. Topics include safety practices, CPU/memory/bus identification, disk subsystem, hardware/software installation/configuration, common device drivers, data recovery, system maintenance, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to safely repair and/or upgrade computer systems to perform within specifications.
- Course Hours Per Week: Class 2, Lab 3.
- Semester Hours Credit: 3.
- Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in ENG 095 or English and Reading Placement score 42 or higher.
- Co-requisite: CIS 110.
- CET 130 Operating System Prin
- This course introduces the concepts, usage, internals and applications of operating systems used in engineering technology. Topics include resource management, shells, schedulers, file systems, networking, software considerations and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to choose and evaluate an operating system for engineering applications.
- Prerequisites: CIS 110
- Corequisites: None
- CET 150 Computer Forensics
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This course is an introduction to computer forensic concepts, with emphasis on computer forensic methods and best practices. Topics include computer system analysis, physical and logical storage methods for different types of media, tools to recover and analyze data from storage media, system security. Upon completion, students should be able to use diagnostic and investigative techniques to identify and retrieve data from various types of computer media.
- Prerequisites: CET 211 or CET 130
- Corequisites: None
- CET 172 Internet Technologies
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The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to Internet technologies and prepare students to pass vendor independent internet technology certification exams. Topics cover using different Internet protocols, programming on the Internet, the OSI model, the Internet infrastructure, security, and e-commerce. Upon completion, students should be prepared to take vendor independent Internet technology certification exams
- Prerequisites: None
- Corequisites: Non
- CET 211 - Computer Upgrade/Repair II
- This course is the second of two courses covering repairing, servicing, and upgrading computers and peripherals in preparation for industry certification. Topics include resolving resource conflicts and system bus specifications, configuration and troubleshooting peripherals, operating system configuration and optimization, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to identify and resolve system conflicts and optimize system performance.
- Course Hours Per Week: Class 2, Lab 3.
- Semester Hours Credit: 3.
- Prerequisite: CIS 110.
- Corequisites: None
- CET 212 - Integrated Manufacturing Systems
- This course covers computer topics related to integrated manufacturing systems common to current manufacturing facilities. Topics include robot programming, automated control systems, PLCs, data communication, and networking in an integrated manufacturing environment, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to program robots using teaching pendants and troubleshoot and maintain network installations related to integrated manufacturing systems.
- Course Hours Per Week: Class 1, Lab 3.
- Semester Hours Credit: 2.
- Prerequisite: ELN 131, ELN 237.
- CET 240 Network Security
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This course is to provide a comprehensive study of network and computer security. Topics include security principles, establishing baselines, policies, network hardening, legal issues, disaster recovery, attack and defense techniques and technologies. Upon completion, students should be able to identify, establish, and maintain an appropriate security model on a computer network.
- Prerequisites: CET 172
- Corequisites: None
- CET 245 - Internet Servers
- This course covers the setup and management of Internet server hardware and software. Topics include TCP/IP, FTP, SMTP, and SNMP; installation and configuration of server software for WWW, FTP, DNS, news, mail, and listserv services; and other topics. Upon completion, students should be able to set up and maintain Internet servers. This course introduces the peripherals and attendant software needed to
create and deliver networked interactive multimedia applications.
- Course Hours Per Week: Class 2, Lab 3.
- Semester Hours Credit: 3.
- Prerequisite: CET 130 and CET 172
