Suffolk County Community College as a Cisco Systems Regional Network Academy provides Cisco course work (XH60, XH61, XH62 and XH63) for a complete range of basic through advanced networking concepts - from pulling cable, through such complex concepts as subnet masking rules and strategies.

The format for the classes reflects the content: interactive lessons are stored primarily on the classroom's own Cisco Web server. To promote development of the personal skills that underpin successful careers, projects require students not only to resolve technical issues but also to successfully address network users' needs.

Contact the Department of Engineering/Technology, Ammerman Campus, for full details of this XH60-63 course sequence.

Companies that want to take full advantage of Unicenter TNG rely on the industry’s most qualified administrators. Only Certified Unicenter Administrators (CUAs) meet Computer Associates’ own high standard for ensuring the performance and availability of IT resources throughout an enterprise using Unicenter TNG.

By automating many mundane day-to-day tasks seamlessly across multiple platforms, Unicenter TNG frees administrators to focus on seeking out and swiftly resolving situations that—left unchecked—could bring down a database or compromise system availability for hours. To ensure that system administrators, network administrators, and operators have the expertise to maximize their companies’ investment in this sophisticated technology, Computer Associates (CA) established the Certified Unicenter Administrator (CUA) credential. It is the industry’s first—and still the only—performance standard for technical professionals who administer Unicenter TNG. Successfully field-tested since 1998, our CUA sequence at Suffolk County Community College (CS70 & CS71) was expanded and improved for spring 2000, based on input from CUEs.

Contact the Department of Computer Science/Information Technology at the Ammerman Campus or the Business and Technology Area at the Western Campus for particulars on CS70 and CS71 course sequence.

Community College Institute (CCI) The Summer Institute for Community Colleges is designed to provide educational training and research experience during ten weeks in the summer at a Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories for highly motivated community college students.

Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellow (ERULF) An opportunity for an undergraduate student to work with a scientist at one of the national laboratories associated with the DOE. This program is supported during the fall, spring, semester and summer term.

Suffolk County Community College encourages students interested in computer science, engineering, mathematics, and the natural & physical sciences to contact Dean Donald R. Coscia (631.451.4656 or cosciad@sunysuffolk.edu)  for more information about these excellent opportunities.  Click here to view some of the past SCCC student projects through these opportunities.

FIRST Robotics Competition Information

The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Competition is a national engineering contest, which immerses high school students in the exciting world of engineering. Teaming up with engineers from businesses and universities, students get a hands-on, inside look at the engineering profession. In six intense weeks, students and engineers work together to brainstorm, design, construct and test their "champion robot".  The teams then compete in a spirited, no-holds-barred tournament complete with referees, cheerleaders and time clocks.

The partnerships developed between schools, businesses, and colleges provide an exchange of resources and talent, highlighting mutual needs, building cooperation, and exposing students to new career choices. The result is a fun-filled, exciting and stimulating environment in which all participants discover the important connection between classroom lessons and real world applications.

Each year, the competition changes so that returning teams always have a new challenge to which to look forward. However, details are kept confidential until the unveiling at a "Kick-Off" workshop which induces a high level of excitement as the new challenge is seen for the first time triggering a plethora of new ideas for the construction of a champion robot. Suffolk County Community College is proud to be the host facility for the Long Island Regional FIRST competition. For additional information, contact the Office of the Vice President for Academic and Campus Affairs.

Microsoft Corporation has partnered with Suffolk County Community College to serve County residences and employers through the administration of Microsoft Corporation certification examinations for the MS Office products. The Microsoft Office Specialist Program is an important evolutionary step in the world's adoption of computers in the workplace. As the computer becomes an accepted and integrated tool of every office, the focus is shifting to workforce technical competency.

Certification of user skills will provide a much-needed level of specificity in the training, hiring, placement, development and support process. We believe corporations, temporary and employment agencies, educational institutions and the technical training industry will rapidly adopt Microsoft's program throughout the world.

Suffolk County Community College encourages interested parties in the Microsoft Office Specialist Program to contact either Continuing Education or the computer information systems' department administrator for more information about this excellent opportunity.