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Network Administration: Keeping Us All Together

Network Administration: Keeping Us All Together By Alan Drummer
alan.drummer@hqeducation.com
HQ Education Columnist
July 7, 2005

Want to run the networks that run America? A computer administration degree is a great door-opening credential.

How great is it? How useful is a background in network administration? According to the US Department of Labor, the second fastest growing job in America, just behind medical assistants, is network systems and data communications analysts.

Somewhere, in fact in many places, there are networks that need your services NOW, if you had the right computer administration credentials.

Office Manager Now a Network Manager

Train for a career in office administration, and if you're at a small company, it's likely you'll also need expertise in network administration. You'll be on the front line when there's a network or computer problem. Even if you have the resources to bring in outside help, training in technology administration can prepare you to save your company substantial time and money as you manage the specialists.

Executives Need to Oversee High Tech

Managers training in business administration will also benefit from computer administration coursework. How a company uses its information technology can give it a key competitive edge. Knowing how to take advantage of a data, or having a sense of how a network can span different platforms and legacy applications can help a manager improve business procedures and maximize profit.

Today's technology administration coursework might include topics like these:
  • Microsoft Office Fundamentals
  • Introduction to Programming with Visual Basic
  • Web Page Design I
  • Web Page Design II
  • Networking and Telecommunications
  • Introduction to Database Systems
  • Web Graphics Design
  • JavaScript
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Active Server Pages
  • Advanced Database Systems
  • Special Topics in Information Systems
  • Special Topics in Networking
  • Enterprise Information Systems
  • Senior Research Project
  • Data Management
  • Data Communications and Networking
  • Systems Analysis, Design, and Implementation
  • Project and Change Management
  • Corporate Information Systems
  • Decision Support and Intelligent Systems
  • E-Business Strategies
  • Data Warehousing
  • Telecommunications

About the Author

Alan Drummer is a writer and video producer based in Burlingame, California. His specialties include outdoor adventure, travel, technology and advertising and marketing. Trained as an ad agency copywriter, his TV spots for children won some of the industry's major awards. His features have appeared in publications such as Better Homes and Gardens, the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Magazine, and online at playstation.com.


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