IA Student Development

Our program provides development opportunities for students that lead to a two year associate's degree or a certificate in an IA discipline.

Evidence of IA degrees/areas of study/track or certificates

To understand the scope of student opportunities enjoyed by Bossier Parish Community College students, it is important to understand the uniqueness of its setting.

Military: The 2d Bomb Wing conducts the primary mission of Barksdale Air Force Base, La., with three squadrons of B-52H Stratofortress bombers - the 11th Bomb Squadron, which is the training squadron, the 20th Bomb Squadron and the 96th Bomb Squadron. Together they ensure the 2d Bomb Wing provides flexible, responsive, global combat capability, autonomously or in concert with other forces, and trains all active-duty and reserve B-52 crews.

The 2d Bomb Wing was assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command on February 1, 2010. Air Force Global Strike Command will provide combat ready forces to conduct strategic nuclear deterrence and global strike operations in support of combatant commanders. More than 15,000 active-duty, Air Force Reserve members and civilians make up Barksdale's workforce. About 44 B-52 Stratofortress aircraft are also assigned to the wing.
Civilian: The Cyber Innovation Center is a 501c3 not-for-profit corporation located in Bossier City, Louisiana. The CIC is the anchor of a 3,000 acre National Cyber Research Park and serves as catalyst for the development and expansion of a knowledge-based workforce throughout the region.

The Cyber Innovation Center/National Cyber Research Park works to create a knowledge-based workforce and diversify the region's economic base by promoting research, education, and technological innovation and fostering collaborative and strategic alliances between governmental agencies, private industry, and academic institutions.

Many of these employees and their dependents are Bossier Parish Community College students, as Bossier Parish Community College is located approximately five miles from the gates of Barksdale and right next door to the Cyber Innovation Center.

Bossier Parish Community College has developed many courses which incorporate into the two year associates degree and several CNSS certificates. Faculty members associated with CSEC have worked across several states to standardize programs in the area of Cyber Security, Information Assurance and Digital Forensics.

Degrees:

Industry Certificates BPCC Courses

Certifications

  • A+
  • CCNA
  • CIW JavaScript Specialist
  • CIW Web Design Specialist
  • Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator
  • ICDN2
  • ICND1
  • Linux+
  • Microsoft Office Access 2007 (77-605)
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (77-602)
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (77-603)
  • Microsoft Office Word 2007 (77-601)
  • Microsoft Server 2008 (70-642)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Configuration (72-680)
  • Network+
  • Project+
  • SCJA Java
  • Security+

Certificates BPCC holds:

  • NSTISSI 4011 – Information System Security Professional (INFOSEC)
  • CNSSI 4012 – Senior System Managers

Certifications BPCC has applied for:

  • CNSSI 4013 – System Administrators (SA) {Received Notice of approval 11/18/11, Official Certificate to be received June 2012}
  • CNSSI 4014 – Information Systems Security Officers

Course Descriptions within the Cyber Information Technology degree plans:

Articulation/Transfer agreements

Bossier Parish Community College as articulation agreements with the following institutions:

  • Barksdale Air Force Base
  • Louisiana State University in Shreveport
    • On March 7, 2011, The AAS Computer Information Systems, AAS Information Network Security Specialist, AAS Information Network Specialist, AAS Information Programmer Analyst, AAS Information Systems Administration Specialist, and AAS Web Analyst Programmer from Bossier Parish Community College will transfer to Louisiana State University-Shreveport towards the B.S. in Computer Information Systems. There is a defined curriculum for each program to transfer smoothly.
  • Louisiana Tech University
    • During spring 2011, the College of Engineering at Louisiana Tech University and the Division of Cyber Information Technology at Bossier Parish Community College created a comparison of classes in the computer science curriculum.
  • Northwestern State University
    • The Division of Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at BPCC was proud to sign an articulation agreement with the Department of Computer Information Systems at Northwestern State University on August 23, 2011. This agreement shows the classes from BPCC that NSU will accept into their Bachelor's degree.
  • University of Maryland University College
    • All six of the Cyber Information Technology Division degree programs articulate to University of Maryland University College in a complete 2+2 agreement.
    • The articulation agreement was signed on October 1, 2010 and guarantees that any student in a Cyber Information Technology degree program will be able to matriculate smoothly into University of Maryland University College.

Articulation agreements with high schools to facilitate awareness and training for faculty/administration/students

Bossier Parish Community College works with area schools in five separate parishes to facilitate awareness and training for faculty and students. Students completing dual enrollment courses will obtain college credit toward the appropriate associate in applied science degree awarded by Bossier Parish Community College.

At this time we have agreements (MOI and crosswalk) with the following schools: Airline, Benton, Bossier, BPTS, Caddo Career Center, Glenbrook, Haughton, Haynesville, Homer, LA New Tech, Minden North DeSoto, Parkway. In the following parishes: Bossier, Caddo, Webster, Claiborne and DeSoto.

BPCC/BPTS Dual Enrollment InformationPDF File

Participation in Cyber/IA competitions.

  1. Bossier Parish Community College students participate the first BPCC Cyber Competition which was held April 30, 2011
  2. Six students were selected to attend Blackhat and Defcon 2010. They competed in multiple competitions between these two conferences.

Courses containing "Hands-on" training or Lab training.

All the classes taught in the Bossier Parish Cyber Security program utilize a "hands-on" portion and some type of lab training. Courses that have a lab components:

  1. CIS 102 Problem Solving and Programming Techniques
  2. CIT 101 Network Essentials (Mapped to Net+)
  3. CIT 112 Support for Emerging Technologies (Mapped to A+)
  4. CIT 115 Network Defense
  5. CIT 120 Network Routing and Switching
  6. CIT 121 CCNA I
  7. CIT 122 CCNA II (Mapped to ICND I)
  8. CIT 130 Web Design I (Mapped to CIW Web Design Specialist)
  9. CIT 149 Web Scripting I (Mapped to CIW JavaScript Specialist
  10. CIT 169 Database Interactions I
  11. CIT 170 Microsoft Windows Server (Mapped to Microsoft Server 2008(70-642))
  12. CIT 172 Linux Server (Mapped to Linux+)
  13. CIT 209 CGI/Pearl Programming
  14. CIT 210 Advanced Network Topics
  15. CIT 221 CCNA III
  16. CIT 222 CCNA IV (Mapped to ICND2 OR CCNA)
  17. CIT 225 Network Security Design (Mapped to Sec+)
  18. CIT 242 Data Structures
  19. CIT 270 Relational Database Coding (Mapped to SQL Server 2009)
  20. CIT 279 Information Assurance
  21. CIT 280 Computer Forensics (Mapped to CHFI)
  22. CIT 282 IT Project Management(Mapped to Project+)
  23. CIT 291 Systems Administration Specialist Internship
  24. CIT 292 Network Specialist Internship
  25. CIT 293 Network Security Internship
  26. CIT 294 Web Analyst/Programmer Internship
  27. CIT 299 Program/Analyst Internship

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