Network Administrator 9-Month Certificate

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 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

Required Courses

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 219Hardware Maintenance & Repair

4

CSCI 101Introduction to Computers

3

Total Credit Hours: 32