This certificate is designed to prepare students to take the Cisco Certified Network Associate certification examination. This course of study prepares students for entry level employment in the computer networking field. The certificate is part of the Cisco Networking Academy program and all instruction is provided by Cisco Certified Academy Instructors using Cisco certified curriculum.

Coastline College offers a variety of courses and state-of-the-art computer labs at an affordable tuition. The Garden Grove campus now hosts a Testing Center in the computer lab where you can take certification exams such as CompTIA, Microsoft, Cisco, and Linux. Students taking networking courses at Coastline can receive a discounted voucher for select CompTIA exams.

With a certificate in the computer networking field, you can find employment as a Network Technician, Technical Support Specialist, Test Engineer, Network Administrator, Systems Analyst, Information Systems Architect, or Systems Integrator.

Many businesses prioritize adopting cloud computing solutions to streamline their operations, better support their customers and remain agile in an ever-changing world. The cloud impacts global companies such as Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft as well as the many small business and tech start-ups who recognize it is the best way for them to build, store and utilize their data.

IT professionals with a cloud computing certificate and the strong technical knowledge to help implement these cloud-based solutions can become a critical component to their future success as the cloud becomes a permanent fixture for end users and service providers.

PPSC's Computer Networking program will provide you with the tools to maintain and troubleshoot computer hardware and networks. These networks are the backbone of every major platform - Amazon, Craigslist, Facebook, Uber and others - so these skills are, and will continue to be, in high demand.