Network Administration Bachelor’s Degree

Hone Your Network Administration Skills and Enhance Your Career Prospects

The network administration bachelor’s degree program is intended for students seeking to gain training in the major areas of network operations and administration, which include user support and troubleshooting, infrastructure configuration and maintenance, and network operations management.

Many businesses rely on network administrators to ensure security of information, maintain computer networks and help troubleshoot problems that arise with computer systems. In this critical role you have direct impact on every department and every employee because the network infrastructure touches all aspects of the business. The network administration bachelor’s degree program at American National University can help you prepare to take on these challenges and compete for mid-level positions such as network engineers, network administrator managers or network analysts in the enterprise.

Through course work study, real-world learning scenarios and valuable exposure to industry-standard tools, you’ll learn to design and administer networks focused on Microsoft® Windows Server. The curriculum includes planning, designing, configuring and troubleshooting Microsoft® environments ranging from small, local networks to wide area integrated networks. Specific topics include virtualization and cloud computing technologies, unified communications and collaboration services, Linux and web server administration, and security and wireless networks architectures. Because our courses are modeled on professional certification standards, you can gain the educational background to help you prepare for recognized industry certification examinations while earning your degree.

Your Learning Experience

The program combines technical skills and knowledge with a focus on professional skills in areas including leadership and communications. In this curriculum you will learn how to:

• Apply best practices in network operations and administration.
• Configure network components for operations.
• Program for database connectivity.
• Troubleshoot and remedy network problems.
• Design and implement a WAN and LAN.
• Describe, implement and troubleshoot network-based communications and collaboration services.

Students may also enter into the progressive education path at different points; meaning a student may have earned a an associate’s degree at another institution and may transfer to ANU to continue in a growing number of fields at the bachelor’s and graduate levels – in high-demand areas such as network administration, cybersecurity and information technology.

Earn Your Online Network Administration Degree

The bachelor’s degree in network administration is also available through American National University Online. For more information, visit Network Administration bachelor’s degree online program.