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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

IT 180 - A+ Hardware Essentials (3)


This course prepares students with skills needed to be a successful computer repair technician and also prepares students for CompTIA’s A+ certification exams. In this course, students identify components, develop techniques used to diagnose hardware problems, configure PC components, and replace defective computer parts.  Students also experience installing mother boards, configuring multiple hard drives, adding peripheral devices, configuring network connectivity, solving basic printer problems, and modifying BIOS settings. Diagnostic software and hardware procedures are included. The CompTIA hardware certification exam will be taken as the final in this course.

Prerequisite(s): IT 111 - Info Lit for IT Professionals (3)