BS in Information Technology
Concentration: Network Technologies and Administration

The first two years of undergraduate studies include general education courses (Areas A through E) and Area F courses.

• Normally, general education courses are taken at Macon State College if you begin as a freshman at Macon State College. If you are a transfer student, general education courses may be approved transfer courses from other institutions or taken online through the University System of Georgia’s e-core.
• Area F courses at Macon State are taken through the college's School of Information Technology. They may also be approved transfer courses.
• Upper-division courses are completed during students' junior and senior years through the college’s School of Information Technology.

What is Network Technologies and Administration?

The Network Technologies and Administration concentration educates students in the use of current concepts and technologies of networking. Students will learn to analyze the needs of organizations, communicate the needs to the users, and then design and build networks to meet those needs.

The Curriculum
(Third and Fourth Years of the Program)

AREA I - IT Core Curriculum (30 hours)
ITEC 3155 Systems Analysis and Design
ITEC 3235 Human Computer Interaction
ITEC 3236 Interactive Digital Media
ITEC 3245 Database Principles
ITEC 3280 Data Driven Web Development
ITEC 3300 Project Management
ITEC 3310 Information Technology and Organizational Integration
ITEC 3351 Decision Support and Organizational Intelligence
ITEC 4200 Foundations of Information Assurance
ITEC 4750 Senior Capstone

AREA II - Network Technologies and Administration (15 Hours)
Students will choose 5 courses from the following:

ITEC 3325 - Windows System Administration
ITEC 3328 - Linux Systems Administration
ITEC 4285 - Web Server Administration
ITEC 4321 - Forensics/Data Recovery
ITEC 4324 - Wireless Technologies
ITEC 4329 - Data Communications
ITEC 4421 - Network Security
And other approved courses in this area as they are offered

AREA III - IT Electives (15 hours)
Students may choose to satisfy the 15 hours of upper-level electives in one of the following ways:

1. An additional IT major concentration, including:

• Information Assurance & Security
• Integrated Digital Media
• Software Development
• Information Technology Management

2. An Informatics Concentration

3. 15 hours of upper-level Information Technology courses within the major concentrations and/or upper-level electives

4. Transfer students with an associate degree who have not taken ITEC 2215, ITEC 2260, ITEC 2270, ITEC 2320, and ITEC 2380 (within the Area F) are required to take these courses and may use them as IT electives in AREA III.