CSNT 116 A+ Hardware

6 credits

Using the CompTIA A+ competencies, students will study all PC components. While installing and troubleshooting PC hardware, students gain a top-to-bottom knowledge of PC hardware technologies as they acquire critical levels of proficiency.

Prerequisites: MATH 087 (or equivalent placement score for MATH 098/MATH 099 or higher)
Corequisites: CSNT 115 and CSNT 117

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Global Outcome(s)
This course teaches to the global outcome of Infromation Literacy.

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Identify and describe the characteristics of the common storage devices used on desktop PCs
Describe the basic maintenance issues of disk drives
Explain the differences between ROM and RAM memory components
Demonstrate how system BIOS utilities function with system CMOS chips
Install and configure input and output devices and define their technologies
Define the characteristics and features of impact, ink-jet, laser, and color thermal printing systems
Explain the evolution of motherboard architectures and features
Research and report the latest technical advances in PC hardware via Internet resources