Applied Cybersecurity students prepare a portfolio that highlights the skills they learned, in order to prepare them for a challenging career, and a showcase of certifications earned. Students also create a professional resume and letter of application.

There are a variety of projects within the six Occupational Completion Points. Students will need to complete all of the projects in order to satisfy the curriculum requirements for this course.

Courses:

The following table illustrates the program structure.

Program Length: *750 Hours

*To complete this program, students must complete OCP A plus one or more of the subsequent OCPs (B-F). Program hours may be 750, 900, 1050, 1200 or 1350 hours depending on the number of subsequent OCPs completed.

Microsoft Tech Associate
An industry-recognized certification for those pursuing a career path in IT infrastructure, database design, or software development using Microsoft technologies.

CompTA Security+
CompTA Security+ certification designates knowledgable professionals int the field of security, one of the fastest-growing fields in IT.

Specific Admissions Requirements: Successful completion of Computer Systems & Information Technology or prior industry certification(s), and/or experience with computer systems technology.

DOE Basic Skills Exit Requirements: Communications 9, Computation 9 (unless exempt).

CASAS Exit Requirements: Communications 239+, Computation 225+ (unless exempt). 

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and cybersecurity related careers in the Information Technology career cluster. It also provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of cybersecurity.

Internships

Various professional organizations are partners with iTech, working to provide internship opportunities for our students.

Workforce Education Internship Program

Students participate in work-based learning experiences in their field of study outside of the classroom. ITECH has a Workforce Internship Program for those students who need work experience, but do not have an out-of-school job.

Job Placement

Our competent counseling staff provides job postings on a daily basis, with help in resume writing and the interviewing process.

A certificate is awarded to students who successfully complete the program’s competencies and satisfy basic skill requirements in accordance with state guidelines. Students will also have the opportunity to test and earn additional industry and national credentials through the training program.