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Objectives
This program can help graduates prepare to design, deploy and manage data communication systems and infrastructures. Courses are designed to address challenges in understanding and applying various solutions to help user organizations achieve their business goals with effective use of data communication technologies of choice. The technical content focuses on theories and applications of various popular data communication technologies and platforms. The curriculum builds upon topics of networking and internetworking standards and protocols, routing, switching, capacity planning, traffic engineering, web technologies, network service integration and various configurations that enable desired functions in given systems. The coursework offers a foundation in communication theories through the study of subjects such as data and networking communications, technical mathematics, theories and analyses in areas of integrated network systems and services, database functions and administration, and lifelong learning subjects.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this program may pursue career opportunities involving the design, deployment, implementation and administration of networking and data communication systems and infrastructures, in a variety of entry-level positions with various titles, such as system administrator, network administrator, system engineer, network engineer, system analyst, network analyst, system specialist and network specialist.
Admission Requirements
Refer to the Admission section of this catalog for information relating to Admission Requirements and Procedures for this program.
School Equipment
Students will have exposure to some hands-on applications with typical data communication systems equipment, such as client computers, servers, hubs, routers, switches, software for such systems, selected wiring components and testing tools. Software-based simulation tools may be used in place of more sophisticated hardware tools and equipment. 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 15 to 28 students. Depending on the course subject matter, certain classes may contain a greater or lesser number of students.
Program Outline
To view a list of the course descriptions, please click here.
Course
Number |
Course |
Credit
Hours |
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General Education Courses* |
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Unspecified General Education courses ++ |
24 |
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| EG360 |
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Introductory Calculus+ |
4 |
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| EG371 |
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Research Methods+ |
4 |
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| EG372 |
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Written Analysis+ |
4 |
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| EG452 |
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Economics and Change+ |
4 |
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| EG462 |
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Contemporary World Culture+ |
4 |
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| EG481 |
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Environmental Issues+ |
4 |
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Unspecified Core courses ** |
40 |
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| IT344 |
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Data and Network Communications |
4 |
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| IT350 |
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Modern Wireless Communications |
4 |
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| IT360 |
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Networking Security I |
4 |
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| IT361 |
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Networking Security II |
4 |
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| IT362 |
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Networking Security III |
4 |
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| IT370 |
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Advanced Routing and Switching I |
4 |
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| IT371 |
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Advanced Routing and Switching II |
4 |
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| IT390 |
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Business Database Administration |
4 |
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| IT412 |
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Voice and Data Integration |
4 |
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| TM380 |
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Advanced Topics in Technical Mathematics |
4 |
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Unspecified Elective courses |
32 |
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Minimum required credit hours for the Baccalaureate Degree (Grand total) |
180 |
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+In this program, this course 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 these 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.
++Any General Education courses taught by the school in this program 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 these 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.
*General Education courses include courses in the humanities, composition, mathematics, the sciences and the social sciences. The Unspecified General Education courses must include at least one course in each of the following categories: the humanities, composition, mathematics and the social sciences. Refer to the Course Descriptions section of this catalog for the general education category pertaining to each general education course.
**Examples of the subject matter included in the Unspecified Core courses are as follows: operating systems; PC technology; administration of typical network operating systems (NT, Windows 2000, Novell, Linux, etc.); computer programming; network standards and protocols; LAN/WAN technologies; network services; network systems management; needs assessment and project planning. Courses offered at this school that satisfy the Unspecified Core course requirement are IT103, IT104, IT109, IT113, IT203, IT220, IT221, IT250, IT260, IT320 and IT321. The course descriptions for these courses are in the Course Descriptions section of this catalog.
This course is eligible for the Presidents Scholarship. Refer to the Institutional Scholarships section of this catalog for further information.
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.
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