The following questions will help us learn a little more about your IT knowledge and experience. This is NOT an exam, and you don’t need a high score to be admitted. In fact, many successful IT professionals started their careers by entering academic programs like this one with little to no IT knowledge to begin with.
So, just do your best in providing responses WITHOUT the help of an internet search or asking anyone else.
The Secure Infrastructure Specialist certificate program is a fast-paced academic program that requires full-time study both on-campus and online for one semester.*
This program is designed to help you gain the knowledge and skills that employers in the IT industry expect in a short period of time. Although the time period of the program is short, the amount of material covered, and learning expected, is extensive and is NOT reduced to fit within the short timeframe.*
Timed exams that are proctored (supervised in a testing center) are a major part of the SIS program. Two exams (A+ Core I and A+ Core II) are required in week 4 of the program, another exam (Network+) is required in week 10, and another exam (Security+) is required in week 16, the final week of the program.*
In addition to a strong personal commitment, some key things you will need to be successful are:
After understanding a little more about the program and expectations, describe how you would prepare for the program? (Examples might include, but are not limited to, discussion with family, friends, exploring transportation arrangements, investigating home WiFi cost or free WiFi hotspot locations, etc.)*