Program Components:

James Hicks

1600 W. Imperial Hwy

Los Angeles, CA 90047

323-241-5387, hicksje@lasc.edu

technologies. It provides students with training in a career that is in demand,

growing, high wage, and requires only 3 8-week modules to become proficient.

Additionally the project is designed to bridge the digital divide and give students industry

standard marketable skills. It provides students with industry standard foundations in

fundamental internet concepts, webpage concepts including the design, development,

administration, and support of websites, and networking fundamental concepts. It is

sponsored by the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET). The

program consists of three 3-unit courses and a 1-unit exam preparation course. These are:

CSIT 621 – Internet Fundamentals

CSIT 622 – Web Page Authoring Fundamentals

CSIT 623 – Networking Fundamentals

CSIT 699 – CIW Exam Preparation.

For the exam preparation course, state-of-the-art adaptive testing is used. This testing

adapts to a student’s knowledge level by detecting weaknesses in certain areas based on

previous answers, and automatically reconfiguring to ask more and more questions from

those areas. Students are certified after passing the foundation exam.

The courses are offered continuously in 8-week modules during day and evening sessions.

Through grant money, students are provided with all course material and the examination

fee is waived. The college has applied to receive Regional Testing Center status so the

exam can be given on campus.

To market the program, flyers are distributed on campus and to neighborhood clubs,

church groups, and community-based organizations. The program is presented during

high school outreach visits and career day events. It also coordinates with the Los Angeles

Council of Black Professional Engineers (LACBPE) and the Society of Mexican

American Engineers & Scientists (MAES). There was also a program rollout launch

event. In addition, it is advertised by participating students through their student

homepage.