AAS Computer Networking & Security
White Plains, USA
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
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Introduction
The CW’s Computer Networking & Security program will prepare you with the cybersecurity training needed for a new career path!
The Computer Networking & Security program provides students with a leading-edge career education to succeed in today’s technical world. Students study administration, design, support, and maintenance of the local area and wide area networks through lectures and using Microsoft Windows operating systems and Cisco IOS. The program includes additional non-technical courses to enhance the student’s career opportunities. Graduates of this program are qualified to seek positions in the computer networking field.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Associate Computer Networking & Security program should be able to:
- Demonstrate hardware and software competencies through planning and building personal computers;
- Install, configure, manage, and monitor networked environments;
- Administer and maintain networks using routers and switches;
- Establish logical business design goals by creating a physical design plan and applying Local Area and Wide Area Network (LAN/WAN) schemes to physical devices such as computers and network devices;
- Define the concepts of and perform necessary tasks to ensure confidentiality, availability, and integrity of network resources as they relate to information security;
- Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills by analyzing and evaluating user, application, host and network environments to novel situations in network administration for various business environments.
Required Courses
Networking Courses
- NET111 PC Technology (A+)
- NET117 Operating System Technologies (A+)
- NET125 Cisco Networking Basics
- NET143 Windows Client Administration
- NET151 Windows Server Administration
- NET163 Cisco Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials
- NET215 Networking Essentials (Network+)
- NET265 Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation
- NET283 Network Security
- CIS110 Programming Logic
- CIS233 Database Applications (Access)
General Education/ Technology Courses
- GEN105 Transformative Learning
- GEN125 English Composition I
- GEN127 English Composition II
- GEN129 Essentials of Public Speaking
- GEN151 College Algebra
- GEN157 Statistics
- GEN224 Professional Communications and Career Development
- GEN250 Ethics and Professionalism