CIS Courses

Offered in Fall and Spring Semester (First 8-week Session)

This course introduces the fundamentals of cloud computing including the different cloud computing models; Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service on the Amazon Web Services platform. This course reviews the basic concepts of server, networking, and storage virtualization. We will go over what are the current industry trend of computing, storage and application migration to cloud computing. The course will cover the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing. Students will also study cloud careers and discusses industry demand for cloud computing skills.
For any questions contact the instructor Dr. Dorothy Phillips email @email.

Offered in Fall and Spring Semester (Second 8-week Session)

Pre-Reqs (CIS 192)
This course introduces Amazon Web Services data storage services. The course will cover both an introduction of AWS database technologies and AWS block and object-based storage services. A range of AWS SQL and NoSQL database technologies will be covered, including the principles of database design and management. In addition, AWS block and object-based storage options will be introduced which includes the principles of block and object-based storage options and the various use case scenario for AWS data storage services.
For any questions contact the instructor Dr. Dorothy Phillips email @email.

Offered in Fall and Spring Semester Online

Pre-Reqs (CIS 192)
This course introduces Amazon Web Services computing related services. Students will learn the core computing technologies offered by Amazon Web Services. The computing services students will learn will follow the computing models: Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Function as a Service or Micro-services. You will learn how to set up and manage computing services, auto scale computing services and configure computing load balancing. You will also learn how to code auto deployment scripts for the AWS infrastructure.
For any questions contact the instructor Dr. Dorothy Phillips email @email.

Offered in Fall and Spring Semester Online

Pre-Reqs (CIS 192)
This course explores Amazon Web Services security at both the AWS services layer and Amazon data center infrastructure layer. This course will go over how Amazon Web Services implemented security measures in their global data center infrastructure. The course will also look at the AWS security shared responsibility model and how to use Amazon security and monitoring tool to ensure security in an AWS cloud infrastructure. The course will provide an understanding of how AWS security tools can provide hardware, service, network and user activity monitoring, key management services, server and application firewall services and an introduction to implementing private and public subnets.
For any questions contact the instructor Dr. Dorothy Phillips email @email.

Offered in Fall and Spring Semester Online

Pre-Reqs (None)
This course is the first in a series of three courses designed to prepare the student to take LPI level certification exams. Each of these courses corresponds to one of the levels of LPI exam levels as LPI I, II and III. The purpose of this course is to develop sufficient expertise, knowledge, skills and confidence to enable the student to pursue self-development in order to be able to take Linux certification exams. Subjects covered: Linux Command-Line Tools Managing Software Configuring Hardware Managing File and Filesystems The X Windows System The Boot Process and Scripts Documentation and Security Administering the System Basic Networking Managing Servers In addition the following areas are covered as well: Multi boot installation, Linux commands (almost all are the same or very similar to UNIX commands), system management and maintenance, scripting, diagnosis and troubleshooting, setting up a simple network and use of network commands. Updating and upgrading software, installation of new software and applications. Operating systems theory, design or construction are not covered. However, key characteristics of a superior operating system are explored. An integral part of this course is extensive lab work in the class.
For any questions contact the instructor Dr. Dorothy Phillips email @email.

Offered in Fall and Spring Semester Online

Pre-Reqs (None)
This course teaches the fundamental principles of object-oriented programming design and concepts to design applications, using the Java programming language. It uses the latest version of the Java Standard Edition Development Kit. Students learn to design and develop programs using the following programming techniques and constructs: Algorithm development, data representation using variable and constant objects; control structures; designing classes, methods, and functions; use of arrays; and Graphical User Interface design.
For any questions contact the instructor Dr. Dorothy Phillips email @email.

Pre-Reqs (None)
This course covers topics of the Python language, which include: Data types, variables, control structures, objects and object-oriented programming, standard mathematical libraries, tool-chain use and Python Frameworks, user-defined classes and abstract collections, single arrays, multidimensional arrays, Python lists, tuples, collections, and dictionaries.
For any questions contact the instructor Dr. Dorothy Phillips email @email.