Associate of Applied Science - Network Administrator

Contact Information:

Marlin Allery / Michael Selburg, IT Instructors

(701) 394-4329 / (701) 394-4046

Room 210

mallery@tm.edu / mselburg@tm.edu 

Program Type

Associate of Applied Science

Estimated Time to Complete

Four semesters (Two academic years)

Format

On Campus

Program Description

Network Administrator students will gain skills and knowledge, enabling them to diagnose and solve network problems, demonstrate the ability to research technology problems, provide technology support, and to learn new technology tools. Our students will have the ability to help other technology users, develop training and maintenance plans and to translate their technical knowledge so that others can use it. Network Administrator students will be able to 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.

Mission

Institutional Mission Statement

 

Turtle Mountain College is committed to functioning as an autonomous Indian controlled college on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation focusing on general studies, undergraduate education, Career & Technical Education, scholarly research, and continuous improvement of student learning. By creating an academic environment in which the cultural and social heritage of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa is brought to bear throughout the curriculum, the college establishes an administration, staff, faculty, and student body exerting leadership in the community and providing service to it.

Career Outlook

Graduates of the Network Administrator degree will demonstrate the ability to diagnose and solve network problems, skills to research technology problems, provide technology support, and to learn new technology tools, and the ability to help other technology users, develop training and maintenance plans and to translate their technical knowledge so that others can use it.

Our graduates can work as Computer User Support, Systems Analyst, Network/Systems Administrator, Network/Systems Support, and Computer Network Support Specialists.

 

Credit Hours

64 Credits

Application Deadlines

Review the TMC Academic Calendar for admissions & registration deadlines for each semester. 

Plan of Study Grid


Year One Fall

CIS 141Intro to Cybersecurity

3

CIS 162Operating Systems

3

CIS 164Networking Fundamentals I

3

CIS 215MS Windows Server

3

CIS 219Hardware Maintenance & Repair

4

Total Credit Hours:16

Year One Spring

BOTE 177Job Readiness

1

CIS 147Principles of Information Security

3

CIS 165Networking Fundamentals II

3

CIS 168Firewalls and Network Security

3

CIS 216MS Planning MS Network Infrastructure

3

CSCI 101Introduction to Computers

3

Total Credit Hours:16

Year Two Fall

CIS 217Virtualization

3

CIS 224Networking

3

CIS 243Incident Response & Disaster Recovery

3

CIS 267Intermediate Networking I

3

GEN ED
General Education Course Requirement

3

GEN ED
General Education Course Requirement

3

Total Credit Hours:18

Year Two Spring

CIS 223Linux System Administration

3

CIS 255Cloud Foundations

3

CSCI 162Internship

2

GEN ED
General Education Course Requirement

3

GEN ED
General Education Course Requirement

3

Total Credit Hours:14

Total Credit Hours: 64