Program Information

Employment opportunities vary depending on the option completed and include entry-level positions such as computer programmer; database developer or manager; Web page designer, Web master and Web site manager; and local and wide area network administrator.

Network Administration
The Network Administration option provides the concepts and skills needed to design, setup, maintain and expand networked systems. The curriculum provides specific training in Microsoft, Cisco, and/or Nortel network systems.

IT Certification Tracks
Enrollment in any one of the IT degree options concurrently prepares students to sit for the appropriate industry-recognized certification exam. However, one does not need to be enrolled in one of the IT degree options to enroll in one of the college's IT certificate tracks.

The institution currently offers four certificate tracks that prepare students to sit for the national certification exams. They include:

A+*
Fundamentals
Cisco Networking Enhanced (CCNA)*^
Microsoft Networking Enhanced (MCSE)*^

* Students wishing to enroll in this certificate track must have basic computer skills equivalent to 100 CIS Introduction to Computers.

^ Please contact us for information on the coursework and/or experience required for the certificates.

Enrollment Information
Enrollment in either the Information Technology degree program or one of the IT certificate tracks requires admission to the college. To enroll, the Admissions Office will need the following information:

  1. A completed application* for admission.
  2. Your ACT scores.
  3. An official** copy of your high school or college transcripts, if you have attended college elsewhere.
  4. Completion of the ASSET and/or COMPASS exam. (To be scheduled after you have submitted your application for admission.)

* An application may be obtained from the college's Web site.

** Official transcripts are sent directly from the sending institution to the college's Admissions Office. They may not be mailed to the student for delivery to the college.

West Kentucky Community and Technical College is an equal opportunity institution.

For more information about the curriculum for this program
see the
KCTCS Catalog

or contact the Admissions Office

 

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