Major: Career Studies / Network Engineering (Specialist) at Northern Virginia Community College


The Career Studies Certificate in Career Studies / Network Engineering (Specialist) is part of the Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician program at Northern Virginia Community College

This program is designed to provide the student with the training necessary to obtain several different CISCO certifications. These certifications prepare the student to install and/or configure networks, including wide area networks (WANs) and local area networks (LANs). They prepare students to optimize WANs through internet access solutions that reduce bandwidth and lower WAN costs, and provide remote access by integrating remote dial-up access with remote LAN to LAN access, as well as supporting higher levels of performance required for new applications such as internet commerce and multimedia. This career studies certificate also prepares the student to sit for the CISCO Certified Networking Associate certification exam.

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VCCS Plan Code:221-732-04
CIP Code:15.0303

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