Network Administrator (A.A.S)

Contact Information:

Marlin Allery, Instructor

mallery@tm.edu

(701)477-7992

Room 210

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 Skills

With the skills earned from the Network Administrator degree, students will be able to perform the following duties:

  • Determine an organization’s system needs and install network hardware and software
  • Make needed upgrades and repairs to networks and ensure that systems are operating correctly
  • Maintain network and computer system security
  • Evaluate and optimize network or system performance
  • Add users to a network, and assign and update security permissions on the network
  • Train users in the proper use of hardware and software
  • Interpret and solve problems when a user or an automated monitoring system alerts them that a problem exists

Learning Outcomes

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

  • Demonstrate the ability to diagnose and solve network problems.
  • Demonstrate the ability to research technology problems, provide technology support, and to learn new technology tools.
  • Demonstrate the ability to help other technology users, develop training and maintenance plans and to translate their technical knowledge so that others can use it.

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

Required Courses

BIT 123Technology-Personal Development

3

BOTE 177Job Readiness

1

CIS 141Introduction to Cyber Security

3

CIS 147Principles of Information Security

3

CIS 162Operating Systems

4

CIS 164Networking Fundamentals I

3

CIS 165Networking Fundamentals II

3

CIS 168Firewalls and Network Security

3

CIS 215Microsoft Windows Server

3

CIS 216MS Planning MS Network Infrastructure

3

CIS 217Virtualization

3

CIS 219Hardware Maintenance & Repair

4

CIS 224Networking

3

CIS 243Incident Response & Disaster Recovery

3

CIS 255Cloud Foundations

3

CIS 267Intermediate Networking I

3

CSCI 101Introduction to Computers

3

CSCI 162Internship/SOE

2

Related General education Courses

Electives

12

Electives: General Education Electives - see Gen Ed Matrix

Total Credit Hours: 64