Become an Internet guru and watch your career take off.
There are very few places in Canada to study Internet engineering. This challenging, high-paying profession is perfect for creative problem-solvers – and the Sheridan Internet Communications Technology Program offers Canada's best undergraduate preparation for an Internet engineering career.
Our Internet Communications Technology Program provides more in-depth emphasis on Internet Protocol engineering than any undergraduate program in Canada. Internet engineers specialize in communications systems and network security. They design, build and oversee critical Internet components.
You'll acquire a comprehensive understanding of Internet infrastructure, architecture and security. The curriculum offers hands-on experience in:
- Internet routing, design and testing
- Internet telephony and wireless technology
- Hacker techniques and building armored networks
- Analysis and problem-solving of complex networks
- Building of next-generation networks
Internet Communications Technology offers extraordinary income potential and opportunities for career advancement.
Advanced Work and Study
During the third term, Internet Communications Technology students can apply for paid co-op work placements. Enrolment is limited; click through to Cooperative Education for details on the application process.
After earning an Internet Communications Technology diploma, students can bridge into Sheridan’s Bachelor of Applied Information Sciences (Information Systems Security) Program. See the Bachelor of Applied Information Sciences (Information Systems Security) bridging page for details.
The successful completion of this program will enable the graduate to:
- Distinguish, identify and relate between the principal layers of a complex communications system.
- Know all important telecommunications principles and equipment, protocol suites, architectures, regulatory bodies and common carrier services as well as issues of cross-protocol communications.
- Have the skills required to install, administer and manage a Local Area Network (LAN) and be able to network that LAN to other network segments over wide area links.
- Have a working knowledge of distributed applications (such as database software), distributed operating systems and the hardware server and workstation platforms dominant in the current networked workplace.
- Know the theory behind and the basic use of network testing, monitoring and management instruments and systems.
- Apply basic computing principles and programming skills to install software, configure devices, troubleshoot and maintain a data network.
- Be able to assess the communications needs of a client, perform a broad brush analysis of the traffic conditions associated with these needs and then determine the optimal connectivity for the conditions.
- Know the range of data communications services associated with the dominant public carrier services in Canada today and be able to estimate point to point costs using tariff schedules.
- Skilled with at least one major package from each of the following computer applications groups: word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and information graphics.
- Apply basic electronic and digital principles and instrumentation in the installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of communications hardware.
- Apply the principles of mathematics, science and engineering and utilize information from handbooks, journals, regulations and specifications to resolve telecommunications problems.
- Schedule or supervise telecommunications projects and follow up with written reports in accordance with established formats and procedures.
- Know and be able to apply basic management principles such as project and time management, break-even analysis, planning and control.
- Communicate effectively with associates in written, oral or schematic form.
- Exhibit appropriate professioinal attitudes and conduct work in accordance with workplace safety guidelines.
| CODE |
TITLE |
CREDITS |
| |
|
|
| TERM 1 |
|
|
| INFO 16029 |
Problem Solving/Programming Logic |
3 |
| MATH 26507 |
Discrete Math |
3 |
| PROG 10082 |
Object Oriented Programming - Java |
6 |
| MATH 17688 |
Mathematics 1 |
3 |
| SCIE 16048 |
Technology: Apocalypse or Eden? |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Total: |
|
18 |
| |
|
|
| TERM 2 |
|
|
| TELE 22069 |
Introductory Telecommunications Principles |
3 |
| MATH 24376 |
Applied Calculus |
3 |
| SYST 13416 |
Linux/Unix Operating Systems |
3 |
| PROG 24178 |
Object Oriented Programming 2 - Java |
6 |
| ELECTIVE |
Cross College General Education |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Total: |
|
18 |
|
|
|
| TERM 3 |
|
|
| DBAS 27198 |
Database Design and Implementation |
4 |
| TELE 26529 |
Linux Architecture with Network Scripting |
6 |
| TELE 26622 |
Physical Layer |
3 |
| TELE 26206 |
IP Mechanics |
3 |
| ELECTIVE |
Cross College General Education |
3 |
| COWT 10022 |
Cooperative Education Forum |
1 |
| |
|
|
| Total: |
|
20 |
| |
|
|
| COWT 19999 |
Co-op Work term |
7 |
| |
|
|
| TERM 4 |
|
|
| TELE 28648 |
IP Engineering 1 |
3 |
| INFO 20172 |
IT Project Management Using PMP |
3 |
| TELE 20049 |
Network Service Applications |
3 |
| TELE 20102 |
Wi-Fi Networks |
6 |
| MATH 21811 |
Applied Math for Telecommunications |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Total: |
|
18 |
| |
|
|
| COWT 20799 |
Co-op Work term |
7 |
| |
|
|
| TERM 5 |
|
|
| TELE 31831 |
IP Engineering 2 |
6 |
| TELE 38525 |
Network Operations with Active Directory |
6 |
| TELE 35376 |
Public Carrier Systems |
3 |
| GNED |
Cross College General Education |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Total: |
|
18 |
| |
|
|
| COWT 39207 |
Co-op Work term |
7 |
| |
|
|
| TERM 6 |
|
|
| TELE 31063 |
IP Engineering 3 |
6 |
| TELE 33776 |
Applied Security Principles |
6 |
| TELE 34660 |
Topics in Advanced Networking |
6 |
| |
|
|
| Total: |
|
18 |
Graduates of Internet Communications Technology start at high rungs on the information technology career ladder. Salaries begin at around $50,000 and climb quickly after that. Our graduates work for Fortune 500 companies and large institutions in the public and private sectors; any organization that has an information systems infrastructure is a hiring candidate.
Recent graduates have gone to work in jobs such as:
- Network systems engineer/analyst/administrator
- NOC (Network Operations Centre) engineer
- Network security consultant
- Network design specialist
- Enterprise network specialist
- Managed services engineer
- Security analyst
Program Eligibility
Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, including these required courses:
- One English, Grade 12 (ENG4C or ENG4U)
plus
- Grade 12 Mathematics for College Technology (MCT4C) or
Grade 11 Functions (MCF3M) or Grade 11 Functions and Relations (MCR3U)
or any Grade 12 (U) math
or
Mature student status. (See "Admissions" section for details.)
Applicants who do not meet the admission requirements will be invited to complete pre-admission tests in mathematics and English. Applicants asked to take the test are considered for admission to Term 1 contingent on receiving a minimum grade of 60% in both the pre-admission mathematics/English tests.
Applicants who are lacking the mathematics admission requirements for this program may be able to be admitted into this program with additional courses completed in their first year at Sheridan. There may be additional cost involved depending on the program.
Applicant Selection
Eligible applicants are selected on the basis of previous academic achievement (the average of their six highest senior-level credits, including required courses), and/or results of pre-admission testing.
Applicants who do not meet the admission requirements for this program will be assessed and advised individually and may be considered for other, related programs.
Admission at an Advanced Level (Direct Entry)
Students may apply for admission at an Advanced Level (Direct Entry) into Year 2 of this program if they have recent credits from a university or college. Students may have to complete certain courses from Year 1 prior to graduation.