Network Systems Developer College Credit Certificate
Program Overview
The Network Systems Developer College Credit Certificate is designed to prepare students to work as Computer Repair Technicians in a computer repair shop or the computer maintenance division of a corporation, by acquiring an indepth understanding of computer internal architecture, operations and digital systems design operations.
| Estimated tuition cost: | $4,847.02 |
| Program credits: | 41 |
| Estimated time to complete: | 1+ year |
Career Prospects
Interested in this program of study? Learn more about South Florida's employment picture and explore career options when you pursue additional studies in this area.
Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.
6,634 Network and Computer Systems Administrators are currently employed in a 50 mile radius from Miami. This number is expected to increase by 1.6% over the next four years.
Design and implement computer and information networks, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, and other data communications networks. Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning, including analysis of capacity needs for network infrastructures. May also design network and computer security measures. May research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software.
1,790 Computer Network Architects are currently employed in a 50 mile radius from Miami. This number is expected to increase by 3.6% over the next four years.
Paying for College
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