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Network Administrator 9-Month Certificate

Network Administrator 9-Month Certificate

Program Description

Graduates of the Network Administrator degree, students will be able manage an organization’s servers and desktop and mobile equipment. They can ensure that email and data storage networks work properly. They also can make sure that employees’ workstations are working efficiently and stay connected to the central computer network.

Program Completion

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

Demonstrate essential IT support skills including installing, configuring, securing and troubleshooting operating systems and hardware.

Demonstrate the ability to diagnose and solve operating system and hardware problems.

Demonstrate essential networking skills

Including installing, configuring, securing and troubleshooting the devices, protocols and services within a network infrastructure.

Labor Market Information

According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for network and computer systems administrators was $81,100 in May 2017. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $49,830, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $130,200.

Required Courses

  • Course ID

    Course Title

    Credits

  • BOTE 177

    Job Readiness

    1

  • CIS 141

    Introduction to Cyber Security

    3

  • CIS 147

    Principles of Information Security

    3

  • CIS 162

    Operating Systems

    4

  • CIS 164

    Networking Fundamentals I

    3

  • CIS 165

    Networking Fundamentals II

    3

  • CIS 168

    Firewalls and Network Security

    3

  • CIS 215

    Microsoft Windows Server

    3

  • CIS 216

    MS Planning MS Network Infrastructure

    3

  • CIS 219

    Hardware Maintenance & Repair

    4

  • CSCI 101

    Introduction to Computers

    3

Total Credit Hours: 32