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
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Total Credit Hours: 64