CITA 320 - Network Administration

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): CITA 200 or permission of the instructor
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

Students use a variety of network management tools to manage, monitor, support, and troubleshoot network operations. Topics will include performance issues, end-user accounts, data security, disaster recovery, supporting applications, and documentation

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Students should be able to analyze a basic network and create a network diagram, indicating network equipment and IP addressing. Students should be able to utilize a variety of network tools to investigate and control network operation in a lab setting.
Students should be able to explain the significance and importance of data storage in business networks, including its protection and reliability, and options for scalability and performance.
Students should be able to build a client/server network by configuring network operating system server software in a virtualized environment, demonstrating its operation and explaining its functionality in lab exercises
Perform duties of an Administrator on a helpdesk
Describe the differences between encryption, & hashing and their applications