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ARTICULATION
AGREEMENT
Capitol College and
Montgomery County Public Schools
Capitol College: B.S. Telecommunications Engin..rlng Technology
Montgomery County Public Schools Program: Network Oper8tions
I~TRODUCT'O!'":
Ir. the pa..~tscveral years, technological advanceshave changcd the
processesa11dcquipment used in a gro~;t1g11umbcr
of technical fields. Today's workforce is
C()"frontedwith diverse and comp1extechnicalconceptsand equipn1entand must have a broad
undcr.'ilandinsof ti1e comprehensiveprinciplcs that govern thc behltvior of the systemsand
subsy~lemsthat make up Lhcwork environment.
Admlnl~ration. curriculum coordinators,811dthe re.'ipectivefacultiesof the Montg{'meryCounty
Pub/jt: Schools (MCPS) and Capito: Collcgc have examined the course c<>ml')etencics
and cuntent
tau¥ht at both institutiC1nsin Network Operattonl and T(.'lcCftmmunicatioDS
Engineerin~
'rechaolOl)' and haveagreedto:
Dcvclop, for the maximum bcncfit of stud~t-", an articulatedprogramin Network Operations
to preparestudentsfor carem in microcomputerin~lallation.configuration8l1dcontrol sy,c;tems,
telecommunications, network installation. ccnfi~ration, operation. and troubleshooting.
Studcnts completing a two semester!leqllCnccshould be ahle to pass the vt:ndor-n~utral
('ompTTA A- and Nctwork- examinations, Thesetwo certificationsare rl!pidly becomingparl
of the ha.,iccredcntialsthat help thosegoing into networkmanagement.
CER'11FICAnON: Studentswho wish to enter (~apitol Co11esewill presentan official high
schooltranscript attachedto 8 c()t-nplctcdArticulatio" AgrecmcntCredit Award Form verifying
successfulcompletionof the articulatedNetwork apemtions courscs"ith 8 gradeof B or better
to the Registrar's Office of Capitol College, 1130l Springfield Road, Laurel, Mary1and2070~,
To receive crcdit, studentsn,ust cnroll at Capitol ("OlIegewithin five yearsof completionof an
articulatedprogram wjth MCPS. Elective credit will be transfeJTed
upon admissionint(')Capitol
Collegeinto an applicableprogramand completionof one(I) seme~1er
of study.
MCPSPROGRAM
APPI.TCABLECAPITOL COLLEGE l~ROGRAMS
NetworkOperations
Tcle<;OInn1unications
EllgnleeringTecbnology,
B.S.
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CORRESPONDING CAPITOL COLLEGE COURSES
4202Network OperationaA(1.5 ozwditJ)
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TC-191 Comput.- Azcbit8Ct\n andNcwork1."Ii (6 aectiU)
4203NetWorkOiJeJ'Ittoas
B (I.! credits)
OTHER SPEaAL
CO:NsmERA
,TIONS:
St1kI811s,cekjna C8Pitol College a'edit 1mder WI Articulation Agr6lment mUtt additionally
provide lltisfat:tmy evidenceof havins puled both Ct>mpTIAA+ and CofnpTI,J..Network...
~fication
examinations, via ori8ina1exam ICOresheetsor celtificttM.
IMPL.l:MENT A TION:
1.
To impJemait thi.9agrecnent, the parbcipatina i~tutiona
~
to:
Offer approvedMCPS cc~
dwina If.des 9-12 in math8natics,~8lcc, aod
tocJmol0iYthat ~e
~uisite
skills and c,ontentfcr co~
otT~ in C~-.ol
CoU88ecUIricuJum in the Information Tcclu1o10l)' Program. Students will be encourage<!
to ~
a cbAll~
~c
programin grldes9-12.Studcw maybt requiredto
taD developnental courseein Enalilh, reading, and.mad\ematic..~
before moving on to the
next level coune in t.b8ir choSaI Capitol College pro~.
2.
Upon compledon of the specific MCPS teclutjea] courses outlined in. this Agre8nan.
&1udC1tImay receive coneae credit when they enter C.apitol Colle.'! Network S~J
Adminimtionor Network " ~unication ~{lnIgcmalt PrOgrMn.
3.
Jointly develop promotior.&l materials to dela'ibe the progrlm to students. staff, fawltiM,
parenta, and b. community.
4.
Jointly develop 8JJd imi)lement a pro~
etfed:iv8els of the program.
to monitor, "&luate.
S.
Communicate 1biI .P'ICm~t
aM pUalts.
including counselon, faculty, students,
6.
D8i&natc one MCPS administrator and one Capitol College repfMentative with
respoutoilit)' for coordinating I2\d aupervising the a~~t.
7.
&mew the agrocma IDmoJaIJy
C1dcoordinate any c\IIricular chaDgcSthat may affect the
to all co~ld,
and aSIIM 1ho
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THIS AGREEMENT, having bom formulated by the responlible faculties and ~niI1rat.ive
personnel of Mootgomery County Public Schoo], erA Capito1 College, and h&vin: bM1 ~flcd
by ~ chief academic
officersof bothmtitutiOn5,is herewtm~
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dayof
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SupC!rin~t
to this
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beginning
withthespringsemmerof 2007.
of
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Mont~omery County Public Scbools
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Michael T. W6Od.Ph.D.
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Capitol ~1l.
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