University of Minnesota faculty and networking professionals from industry have designed a curriculum that emphasizes hands-on application as well as theory. Students develop skills to analyze, design, and plan the implementation of a corporate computer network that meets both the technical requirements and business needs of a company, while also developing a solid practical foundation in business and management in preparation to moving up to administrative and management positions.
Students enhance technical skills, communication skills, and team abilities.
Check the NA Required Courses page for a specific list. The curriculum provides both practical technical skills, useful in entry level positions, and a broad high level understanding of computer networking and business information systems. Graduates are prepared to design and deliver network-enabled services in which the business and technical implications to the entire organization are understood. Careers The Network Administration major focuses on network enabled services including application servers, database servers, storage area networks, and web servers. Graduates tend to work closely with technology applications and hold positions such as system administrators, database administrators, operations managers, web masters, application security analysts, and project managers.