Computer Networking

Computer Networking - Certificate - Cloud Computing

Bellingham Technical College is a Microsoft IT Academy member and is a member of CompTIA.

Employment Information

Data are provided on a program (not credential) level

72% BTC graduate placement rate¹

$63,311 starting annual wage²
$79,867 average annual wage²
$94,358 potential annual wage²

Employment and Wage Data Sources

¹Employment data come from the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) and reflect WA/OR employment for students enrolled at BTC between 2017-18 and 2019-20. Students are included in the employment rate if they left with a credential. Rates are not shown for programs with fewer than 10 students meeting the above criteria.

²Whatcom County and WA State wage data come from Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) 2021 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates and reflect 2018-21 employment. Wage data represent occupations that BTC faculty have identified as the most relevant career paths for program graduates. Note that these wages reflect employees with varying educational levels/credentials. For cases in which multiple occupations have been identified by faculty, a weighted percentile is calculated using each occupation’s percentile wage and employment size estimate. Wages are not shown for programs for which occupations do not meet the ESD’s minimum thresholds for publishing. If the program has wage data from the Washington SBCTC that involves shift work, these ESD wages reflect the same number of hours used in the annual wage calculation. Starting wage = 25th percentile, median wage = 50th percentile, wage potential = 75th percentile.

Entry Information

When Can I Start?

Students should check with a general or faculty advisor to determine when the classes required for this Certificate are available.

What are the Minimum Entry Requirements?

Admissions application and assessment testing in Reading, Math and Writing is required. Your score on the test and/or your previous transcripts will determine where you begin your course sequence. Contact Admissions at 360.752.8345 or at admissions@btc.edu for assistance with academic planning.

What are My Next Steps?

1. Apply to BTC and Financial Aid
2. Assess Your Starting Point
3. Advising & Registration
4. Prepare to Attend

Classes

Total Program Credits: 15

Current Students: Learn how to use this page to register for classes
You are now able to sign up for classes in ctcLink using the class list below. It requires certain steps to work smoothly. Please read and follow the instructions:
Once at the beginning of each session:
- Follow the link below which will open the ctcLink login screen in a new browser tab
- In the new tab login to ctcLink
- Return back to this tab
These steps log you into ctcLink and keep you logged in until you log out manually or close your browser. If you or a public computer it is good security practice to logout and close all browser windows when you are done.
Proceed to ctcLink login in new window
For each class:
- Click on the name of the class below to show future offerings
- Click the 'Find in ctcLink' button below the class you wish to find. (Button will only show if registration is open.)
- A new tab with the ctcLink Class Search tool will open
- Without changing any of the filter options, click the 'Search' button
- Only the specific class you selected will show. If logged in following the steps above, you will be able to register for the class.

Program Specialty
IT 252 Amazon Cloud 5 CR
This course covers design, implementation, and use of AWS cloud services. Topics include3 Simple Storage Service(S3), Elastic compute Cloud (EC2), Virtual Private Cloud, Relational Database Service, & Identity and Access Management.
Prerequisites:
(IT 250 and IT 240 both with a D or higher) OR (IT 250 and IT 242 both with a D or higher) OR Instructor permission.
Current & Future Offerings:
Winter 2023
01/04/2023-03/24/2023 TTh 2:30 PM-4:20 PM Burkeland
01/04/2023-03/24/2023 Burkeland
Icon Key
- Online Asynchronous
- Online Synchronous
- Hybrid Asynchronous
- Hybrid Synchronous
- Face-to-Face
- Self-Support
- Definitions
  Online Asynchronous - The class is taught completely online. There are no scheduled class times that are required; all online work is completed asynchronously. There is no face-to-face instruction.
  Online Synchronous - The class is taught completely online; attendance at scheduled online class meetings at specific times is required. There is no face-to-face instruction.
  Hybrid Asynchronous - This is a hybrid class. The class meets face-to-face for scheduled classes at specific times; all online work is completed asynchronously.
  Hybrid Synchronous - This is a hybrid class. The class meets both face-to-face and online for scheduled classes at specific times.
  Face-to-Face - This class meets face-to-face for scheduled classes at specific times. There is no online instruction, although an online learning platform may be used supplementally.
  
  Self Support - Self-Support classes have different fees and refund policy than state-supported classes. See the Tuition and Fees page for more details.
  
  Synchronous - Online class meetings are scheduled to occur in real time.
  Asynchronous - No required online class meetings are scheduled.
  
  Note: All modalities include regular coursework due dates and require class participation.
IT 253 Microsoft Cloud 5 CR
This class covers design, implementation and use of Azure cloud services. Topics include Azure Storage, Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Azure, DNS, and Azure Active Directory.
Prerequisites:
(IT 250 with a D or higher and IT 240 with a D or higher) OR (IT 250 with a D or higher and IT 242 with a D or higher) or Instructor permission.
Current & Future Offerings:
Spring 2023
04/05/2023-06/23/2023 MW 2:30 PM-4:20 PM Burkeland
04/05/2023-06/23/2023 Burkeland
Icon Key
- Online Asynchronous
- Online Synchronous
- Hybrid Asynchronous
- Hybrid Synchronous
- Face-to-Face
- Self-Support
- Definitions
  Online Asynchronous - The class is taught completely online. There are no scheduled class times that are required; all online work is completed asynchronously. There is no face-to-face instruction.
  Online Synchronous - The class is taught completely online; attendance at scheduled online class meetings at specific times is required. There is no face-to-face instruction.
  Hybrid Asynchronous - This is a hybrid class. The class meets face-to-face for scheduled classes at specific times; all online work is completed asynchronously.
  Hybrid Synchronous - This is a hybrid class. The class meets both face-to-face and online for scheduled classes at specific times.
  Face-to-Face - This class meets face-to-face for scheduled classes at specific times. There is no online instruction, although an online learning platform may be used supplementally.
  
  Self Support - Self-Support classes have different fees and refund policy than state-supported classes. See the Tuition and Fees page for more details.
  
  Synchronous - Online class meetings are scheduled to occur in real time.
  Asynchronous - No required online class meetings are scheduled.
  
  Note: All modalities include regular coursework due dates and require class participation.
IT 254 Web Applications 5 CR
This course utilizes cloud technologies to deploy modern web applications in a fault tolerant way. Topics include System Monitoring, Dynamic Deployment of Services, API's and Containerization Software.
Prerequisites:
(IT 240 and IT 252 both with a D or higher) OR (IT 240 and IT 253 both with a D or higher) or Instructor permission.
Current & Future Offerings:
Spring 2023
04/05/2023-06/23/2023 TTh 2:30 PM-4:20 PM Burkeland
04/05/2023-06/23/2023 Burkeland
Icon Key
- Online Asynchronous
- Online Synchronous
- Hybrid Asynchronous
- Hybrid Synchronous
- Face-to-Face
- Self-Support
- Definitions
  Online Asynchronous - The class is taught completely online. There are no scheduled class times that are required; all online work is completed asynchronously. There is no face-to-face instruction.
  Online Synchronous - The class is taught completely online; attendance at scheduled online class meetings at specific times is required. There is no face-to-face instruction.
  Hybrid Asynchronous - This is a hybrid class. The class meets face-to-face for scheduled classes at specific times; all online work is completed asynchronously.
  Hybrid Synchronous - This is a hybrid class. The class meets both face-to-face and online for scheduled classes at specific times.
  Face-to-Face - This class meets face-to-face for scheduled classes at specific times. There is no online instruction, although an online learning platform may be used supplementally.
  
  Self Support - Self-Support classes have different fees and refund policy than state-supported classes. See the Tuition and Fees page for more details.
  
  Synchronous - Online class meetings are scheduled to occur in real time.
  Asynchronous - No required online class meetings are scheduled.
  
  Note: All modalities include regular coursework due dates and require class participation.

View past class requirements for this program.
Select the year closest to the year started, without going over, to see program requirements for a student who started the program that year:

Faculty & Support

Gregory Rehm

Degrees and Credentials
Microsoft Certified Professional - 1997
B.S., Community Health Ed, Western Washington University - 1997
WA Professional Technical Certification - 1997
Network+ Certified Professional - 1997
Linux+ Certified - 1997
Certified Netware Administrator - 1997
A+ Certified Professional - 1997

Mike Massey

Mike Massey graduated from Western Washington University, in 1985, with a combined Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Business Administration, and a minor in History. For the next 15 years he worked as a computer programmer (Dealer Information Systems), and as a database programmer, network administrator and IT Manager at Western Washington University (WWU). During that time he also obtained his commercial pilot license and float plane rating from Trinity Western University. Mike has been teaching Computer Networking at Bellingham Technical College since 2000. He is currently pursuing a degree in Biology at WWU.

Degrees and Credentials
WA Professional Technical Certification - 2001
CompTIA Network+ Certified - 2001
CompTIA A+ Certified - 2001
B.A., Business Administration/Computer Science, Western Washington University - 2001
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - 2001

Winter 2023
	01/04/2023-03/24/2023	TTh	2:30 PM-4:20 PM	Burkeland
	01/04/2023-03/24/2023			Burkeland

Spring 2023
	04/05/2023-06/23/2023	MW	2:30 PM-4:20 PM	Burkeland
	04/05/2023-06/23/2023			Burkeland

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Computer Networking

Computer Networking

Computer Networking - Certificate - Cloud Computing

Employment Information

Entry Information

When Can I Start?

What are the Minimum Entry Requirements?

What are My Next Steps?

Classes

Total Program Credits: 15

Current Students: Learn how to use this page to register for classes

Program Specialty

View past class requirements for this program.

Faculty & Support

Gregory Rehm

Degrees and Credentials

Mike Massey

Degrees and Credentials

Kevin Burkeland