Network Systems Administration: Associate of Applied Science Degree
Little Rock, AR Campus

Learn more about: Also available at
this campus:

Objectives

This program exposes students to a variety of fundamental skills utilized in entry-level computer network systems administration positions. Students will be exposed to various aspects of network hardware and software maintenance and monitoring, configuring and supporting a local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN), Internet systems and segments of network systems.

Career Opportunities

This program offers graduates an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills that can help them pursue careers in a variety of entry-level systems network administration and support positions, such as network administrator, network technician, network specialist, information technology specialist, local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN) administrator.

Graduates who have difficulty distinguishing colors may not be able to perform the essential functions of various positions involving network systems administration.

Admission Requirements

Refer to the Admission section of this catalog for information relating to the Admission Requirements and Procedures for this program.

School Equipment

Students will have the opportunity to use the following school equipment as required throughout the program: computer systems, network hubs, patch panels, printers and other common computer peripherals. Refer to Student Equipment in the Online Course Information section of this catalog for information relating to the student equipment requirements for the distance education courses that are taught online over the Internet.

Class Size

Classes generally range in size from 20 to 40 students. Depending on the course subject matter, certain classes may contain a greater or lesser number of students.

Program Outline

Course Number	Course	Credit Hours	Clock Hours
Program Total		94.5
Core Courses Subtotal 49.5 NT1110 Computer Structure and Logic 4.5 NT1210 Introduction to Networking 4.5 NT1230 Client-Server Networking I 4.5 NT1310 Physical Networking 4.5 NT1330 Client-Server Networking II 4.5 NT1430 Linux Networking 4.5 NT2580 Introduction to Information Security 4.5 NT2640 IP Networking 4.5 NT2670 Email and Web Services 4.5 NT2799 Network Systems Administration Capstone Project 4.5 PT1420 Introduction to Programming 4.5
Elective Courses ---------- Unspecified Elective Core course* 4.5
General Education Courses Subtotal 31.5 CO2520 Communications+ 4.5 EN1320 Composition I+ 4.5 EN1420 Composition II+ 4.5 MA1210 College Mathematics I+ 4.5 MA1310 College Mathematics II+ 4.5 PS1350 American Government+ 4.5 SC1130 Survey of the Sciences+ 4.5
General Studies Courses Subtotal 9.0 GS1140 Problem Solving Theory 4.5 GS1145 Strategies for the Technical Professional 4.5

+In this program, this(these) course(s) may be taught either completely in residence at the school, completely online over the Internet as a distance education course or partially in residence and partially online, as determined by the school from time to time in its discretion. Refer to the Online Course Information section of this catalog for additional information relating to the courses that the school decides to teach all or partially online over the Internet. In order to help students become familiar with fundamentals of taking courses online over the Internet, the school may determine that a portion of the first online course that a student takes in this program must be taken online at the school in a supervised setting.

*Courses offered at this school that satisfy the Unspecified Elective Core course requirement are NT2530, NT2531, NT2532, NT2535, NT2540 or PT2520. The course descriptions for these courses are in the Course Descriptions section of the catalog.

NOTE: The course descriptions for the courses in this program are in the Course Descriptions section of this catalog. The school may, at any time in its discretion, vary the offering and/or sequence of courses in this program, revise the curriculum content of the program or any course in the program and change the number of credit hours in the program or in any program course.