Network Engineering (System Administration) - Foundation Degree (Lancaster Unviersity) - Subject to Validation
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In Blackpool
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Blackpool
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of a technical skills gap in the IT industry, caused by the marked lack of appropriate higher level qualifications. The BSc (Hons) and Foundation Degree programmes in Network Engineering (Systems Administration) aim to redress the balance. They provide students with a trusted route through to their chosen career and employers with the technical experts needed to positively impact their business. A winning combination of technical and transferable skills equips graduates to take up positions as technicians, senior administrators or managers within the IT and related industries. The CISCO-specific content of the course enhances graduates’ employability further.
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Subjects
- Engineering
- IT
- Network
- Network Training
Course programme
The BSc (Hons) and Foundation Degree programmes in Network Engineering, Security and Systems Administration have been developed to provide the technical and professional skills required by the IT, technical and networking industries. On the technical side these broadly incorporate networking/hardware skills, skills to embed security within systems, along with infrastructures, and configuration and maintenance skills for server-based solutions. Transferable skills include the ability to work independently and with others, the ability to take instruction and work to deadlines, adaptability, creativity, along with communication and problem solving skills.
Modules of study include:
Year 1 - Level 4 (Full Time)BFC401
Academic & Digital Literacies
NE401GE
Network Principles
NE402GE
Network Programming and Scripting Concepts
NE403GE
Introduction to Routing and Switching
NE404GE
Systems Security
NE405GE
Network Disaster Recovery
Year 2 - Level 5 - (Full Time)BFC501
Work Based/Placement Learning
NE501GE
Project Management
NE504SA
Systems Configuration and Management
NE505SA
LAN Technologies
NE506GE
Virtualisation & Cloud Computing
NE508SA
Enterprise Network Technologies
Network Engineering (System Administration) - Foundation Degree (Lancaster Unviersity) - Subject to Validation