COMPUTER NETWORKING (B.S.)
School of Business and Technology
MARTINSBURG CAMPUS ONLY

Network specialists work in the information technology industry to engineer the networks among operating systems and applications for networking, servers, and desktop applications. This curriculum prepares students for the industry-standard Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) exam.

Suggested Sequence
First Year Fall
ENGL 101 English Composition I
3
IT 101 Intro to Word Processing
1
IT 102 Intro to Spreadsheets
1
IT 104 Intro Computer Presentations
1
IT 130 Internet Essentials
3
MATH 116 Elementary Statistics
3
Social science elective
3
Natural science elective
3
Total
18
First Year Spring
ENGL 102 English Composition II
3
IT 103 Intro to Databases
2
IT 105 Intro to the Internet I
1
IT 140 Network Essentials I
3
IT 335 Systems Analysis & Design
3
MATH 120 College Algebra
3
Humanities/fine arts elective
3
Total
18
Second Year Fall
ACCT 211 Principles of Accounting I
3
ECON 201 Principles of Economics I
3
ENGL 220 Technical Writing
3
IT 210 Computer Hardware Support
3
MGMT 314 Quantitative Methods or
MGMT 318 Applied Statistics
3
Social science elective
3
Total
18
Second Year Spring
ACCT 212 Principles of Accounting II
3
IT 235 Network Essentials II
3
IT 240 Network Administration I
3
LGLS 298 Business Law
3
MGMT 240 Fund of Business Comm
3
Social science elective
3
Total
18
Third Year Fall
IT 340 Network Administration II
3
IT 442 Implementing Directory Svcs
3
IT 444 Network Security
3
MGMT 302 Fund of Management
3
Humanities/fine arts elective
3
Total
15
Third Year Spring
IT 440 Impl Network Infrastructure
3
IT 441 Design Network Infrastructure
3
IT 443 Designing Directory Services
3
PHIL 190 Ethics
3
Natural science elective
3
Total
15
Fourth Year
IT 450 Capstone Seminar
3
IT 490 Practicum
15
Upper-level business electives
9
Total
27
Degree total
129

CompTIA certification emphasis requires IT 140 Network Essentials I, IT 235 Network Essentials II, IT 210 Computer Hardware Support, and IT 211 Computer Software Support.

Cisco certification emphasis requires IT 120 Cisco I, IT 121 Cisco II, IT 220 Cisco III, and IT 221 Cisco IV.

 
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