Beginning fall semester Wallace Community College will offer a newly structured Industrial Electronics Technology (ILT) curriculum which changes the focus from applied electronics to industrial network technologies.

“This is the hottest growing section in the IT world with a limitless horizon,” says instructor Chris Purvis. This growth includes modification of the entire program, as well as the addition of six new ILT courses. The emergence of multi-platform wireless communications in WAN and LAN structures requires technologists to possess intimate knowledge of network infrastructure including network operating systems, programming languages, protocol specifications, server design and integration, and common network device specifications.

Nine new state college courses were developed for this program, including three adopted into the Alabama College System statewide curriculum. Several of Alabama’s leading industries are partnering with the Industrial Network Technologies program to ensure top paying technical positions are always available to program graduates. These include Mercedes Benz, Verizon, AT&T, CISCO, Alabama Power, Hyundai, and Intel.

Features of this option include Visual Studio. Net programming and network industrial certificates including Microsoft Certified System Engineer, CISCO Certified Network Administrator, Network + CompTIA LAN Certified Administrator, and A+ Computer Technician Certification; and wireless devices including IEEE 802.11X high speed wireless network and wide area network technologies.