Networking Infrastructure Technology

With a degree in Networking Infrastructure Technology from Cascadia, you’ll be prepared to design, roll out, and maintain an organization’s hardware and software network infrastructure. Whether you’re launching or rebooting your career, this degree will give you the experience and skills you need to find a job as an IT professional.

Prepare Yourself for Industry Jobs:

• Desktop Support
• Entry Level Project Manager
• Network Administrator
• Network Engineer
• System Engineer
• Infrastructure Architect
• Virtualization Engineer
• Computer/Network Systems Analyst
• Enterprise Architect

AAS-T Degree in Networking Infrastructure Technology

Cascadia's Associate in Applied Science Degree in Networking Infrastructure Technology is a technical degree that prepares students to successfully design, implement, and maintain an organization’s hardware and software network infrastructure. The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree in Networking Infrastructure Technology prepares you for a career in networking with an emphasis on infrastructure development. This program is designed to meet current industry demands in the field of information technology. Throughout the degree, you will successfully work both independently and as part of a team to design, implement, and maintain an organization’s hardware and software network infrastructure.

Upon successful completion of this degree a student will be able to:

• Acquire and understand the fundamentals of networking, hardware and software, and how to support and maintain computers and networking equipment
• Learn actively and gain comprehensive understanding; to think critically, creatively, and reflectively in order to solve problems; to communicate with clarity and originality for personal growth and productive work; and to interact in diverse and complex environments and complicated, dynamic, and ambiguous situations
  
• Evaluate how to design network architecture strategies and implement networking technologies to build data infrastructures
  
• Obtain and apply virtualization and application infrastructure skill sets to integrate best practices for network administration by utilizing innovative technologies

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: TOTAL MINIMUM CREDITS REQUIRED: 91

As with all of our professional and technical transfer degrees, this degree can be earned as a traditional two-year degree or by "stacking" certificates toward the degree.

Cascadia's AAS-T degrees include the same collegiate math, English, and human relations courses as the associate degrees that prepare you for transfer to a four-year college. Printable version of degree requirements:Networking Infrastructure Technology Degree sheet.

 

Certificates in Networking

Desktop Support Technician Certificate

25 CREDITS

The Desktop Support Technician Certificate prepares students by developing the extensive technical knowledge and troubleshooting skills needed to provide Information Technology (IT) services to companies through help desk support. This certificate focuses on skills required by IT professionals who support end users and troubleshoot desktop environments. Key topics include computer maintenance and troubleshooting skills with an emphasis on desktop support for clients in a Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems in client/server network environments.

Certificates Requirements: Total minimum credits required: 25

Printable version of certificate requirements: Printable Degree Sheet Information

 

Network Engineer Certificate

25 CREDITS

The Network Engineer Certificate prepares students with skills for Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) system administration. Students will experience the essential skills of networking with depth of study in TCP/IP, routing, switching, logical addressing, and troubleshooting methodologies. Key topics include IPv6, subnetting, intermediate routing protocols, command-line interface configuration of switches, Ethernet switching, and Virtual LANs (VLANs) utilizing Cisco hardware platforms and protocols. The certificate provides students with an understanding of the concepts, principles, and techniques required in the topological design, implementation, and maintenance of LANs and WANs

Certificates Requirements: Total minimum credits required: 25

Printable version of certificate requirements: Printable Degree Sheet Information

 

Security Support Certificate

25 CREDITS

The Security Support Certificate prepares students for the field of Cybersecurity. The target audience for this certificate is IT professionals that are hoping to add security skills and knowledge to their education, as well as students seeking to build upon their Networking Infrastructure Technology A.A.S.T. degree. The certificate is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of network and computer security combined with depth of study in security vulnerabilities. Students will how to implement security measures to analyze an existing network topology.

Certificates Requirements: Total minimum credits required: 25

Printable version of certificate requirements: Printable Degree Sheet Information

 

Server Administrator Certificate

30 CREDITS

Learn the foundational skills necessary to support data networks. Troubleshoot and repair computer systems for end users. Design and implement a variety of network infrastructures. Design, install, configure, and optimize server environments to provide high availability for data networks. Develop procedures and processes to manage server security and integrity for data centers. Plan logical network designs for multiple site topologies. Practice building networks with routing and switching equipment. Implement and control data communication with routing protocols and securities in LAN and WAN infrastructures. Learn how to work in group environments by managing and facilitating projects.

Certificates Requirements: Total minimum credits required: 30

Printable version of certificate requirements: Printable Degree Sheet Information

 

Virtualization Specialist Certificate

25 CREDITS

Learn the virtualization technologies for application, desktop, server, and routing and switching network infrastructures. Design virtual networks to support cloud environments. Create virtualization strategies for dynamic IT business solutions. Practice a multitude of virtualization solutions for physical and virtual infrastructures. Build highly available virtual environments for remote desktops and application connectivity, as well as server farm capacity planning and storage solutions. Understand the concepts and best practices for virtualizing IT entities to lower cost and environmental impact. Improve the efficiency and high availability of IT resources. Utilize industry solutions to maintain and monitor virtualization on enterprise level networks.

Certificates Requirements: Total minimum credits required: 25

Printable version of certificate requirements: Printable Degree Sheet Information

 

From Our Networking Infrastructure Students

"The networking program at Cascadia College has helped me with my experience at Microsoft in a few ways. One way, is that it gave me a background in the different kinds of technologies involved in the industry. It also helped me to combine the knowledge that I get from class with actual work in a required internship, so everything makes sense as I go.  - Juan Perales, Cascadia student

"The Network Infrastructure program at Cascadia excels at preparing its students for a career in the IT industry. The classes are geared toward what the industry is looking for in its employees. Classes are created not only to graduate with a degree but also to obtain professional industry related certifications along the way.   - Rob Taylor, Cascadia student