Signing up for some computer courses

[platinumike]

Im registering for some computer clases at my local community college. Here are the ones they offer. Iam looking for any classes in networking. I have lots of hardware experience, but not much networking(I've only done 2 networks my entire life, both with just 3 computers, and both were simple wireless)
Here are the classes Im considering, and I appreciate you guys reading this:
Local Area Networking-This course is designed as a comprehensive study of microcomputer networking. Topics include the selection, installation, maintenance, and management of network software and hardware.

MicroProcessors1-Study of the organization and operation of a stored program digital computer with emphasis on CPU operation in response to assembly and machine language instructions. Methods of selecting and operating I/O devices under program control will also be studied. Course work includes sophisticated assembly language programming for the MC68000 microprocessor. Prerequisite: CET1114C or instructor approval

Network Administration- This course is designed to teach advanced network administration. Topics will include the design and implementation of NDS, advanced netware installation and migration, advanced netware files system and security, and advanced network printing. Basic knowledge of microcomputer networking is required.


Thoose are the main 3. Do they seem kind of noob-ish? there are some other programming classes like c++,java, and vb. But Im not looking to be a programmer.The microprocessors sounds interesting, but I could imagine it becoming very monotone after a while. I really want to take a networking course. Thanks for reading!

 

[tami]

i'd do network administration and local area networking. the microprocessors class seems pretty annoying -- i've taken a class like that and they really do focus on transistors and all that stuff. if you like that kind of thing, then go for it, but unless you're going to be building a processor and are interested in computer/electrical engineering, it's a waste of time.

 

[MrChad]

Number 1 sounds a bit basic, but if you're new to networking it will probably be valueable. Number 2 sounds completely unnecessary if you're not interested in programming (and even if you were interested, assembly code and low-level processor instructions are only really relevant to advanced or embedded systems programmers).

 

[tomt4535]

i had to take a how to use windows xp class for my first semester at my community college, so these dont sound too pointless for me

 

[JDMnAR1]

I would definitely skip MicroProcessors1 if you want to do network type work. That sounds like an EE class I took years ago where we did fun stuff like write machine code to illuminate diodes and crap like that. :disgust:

 

[platinumike]

how'd you get stuck taking a windows xp course? or you choose to? I decided im not going to take microprocessors. But am torn between the 2 networking. I also wana take some buisness course. It was either Buisness ethics, or intro. to Buisness. I read the 2, and decided to go with Intro to buisness.

 

[platinumike]

bump.

 

[tomt4535]

Originally posted by: platinumike
how'd you get stuck taking a windows xp course? or you choose to? I decided im not going to take microprocessors. But am torn between the 2 networking. I also wana take some buisness course. It was either Buisness ethics, or intro. to Buisness. I read the 2, and decided to go with Intro to buisness.

it was a required class, i had to.

 

[Specabecca]

I don't think any one of those classes are a waste, and by no stretch of the imagination are any of them 'noobish', unless of course the lan class starts out with 'class, this is what we call a computer' with a guy holding a poker up to a projector image.

Networking classes give a lot of bang for their buck. I think you will enjoy them all, given the right prof and books written sometime > 1985.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Specabecca
I don't think any one of those classes are a waste, and by no stretch of the imagination are any of them 'noobish', unless of course the lan class starts out with 'class, this is what we call a computer' with a guy holding a poker up to a projector image.

Networking classes give a lot of bang for their buck. I think you will enjoy them all, given the right prof and books written sometime > 1985.

>1995, actually. If it ain't Fast Ethernet focused, it ain't worth the time.

 

[Specabecca]

Haha, I knew I would be criticized for the year. There is still some value in slightly older technical books. It's sort of like, 'whoops, I thought I was taking a current events course, but ended up getting a course on the civil war'. Still worth taking over underwater basket weaving and latin 4!

 

[platinumike]

well the network administration has been rolled into. SEcurity+.heres the decription:This course provides the student with an understanding of the computer, network, infrastructure, and information security issues faced by industry worldwide. Expertise necessary to combat and protect intellectual property from theft and destruction are also developed. The skills developed by students who complete this course will prepare them for the Security+ certification exam.

 

[platinumike]

I'll take the LAN

 

[ttown]

The microprocessor class seems way out of the arena.
Assembly language and the controlling of micro devices are a pretty niche market -- and seem more appropriate for electrical engineering, or maybe some 'cool' gadget making. I took an electronics course in college and found it very interesting and fun -- but I can say it has contributed almost nothing to my interest in network/system admin or application programming.

The other 2 networking ones seem appropriate. The first one sounds very basic... but if you're a noob and all the wires running out of the back of your PC and into some box is a mystery to you, then it's probably worthwile.
The second one sounds like a good course.

hth

 

[platinumike]

lol I like your description of noob. They rolled network adminitstration into something else. What I was looking for is a class that could really explain how hosting websites works, and bandwidth,etc. This LAN class seems to basic.