Networking Systems, Bachelor of Science

Additional Information

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High-tech classrooms and lecture halls feature sophisticated multimedia equipment. Lounges and quiet study areas enhance the research experience in our 1.7 million-volume University Library. The 127,000-square-foot D’Angelo Center, the new University and Student Center, features high-tech classrooms, lecture halls, a Starbucks Café, full service food court as well as lounges and study areas.

Students take advantage of St. John’s location in dynamic New York City. Our faculty and Career Center have strong ties to employers and other professional and educational resources throughout the New York area. Students make New York their classroom through innovative courses like Discover New York.

Career Outcomes

The Bachelor of Science degree program in Networking Systems in the Collins College of Professional Studies supports the goals of St. John’s University, and is thereby committed to academic excellence and the pursuit of wisdom—which flows from free inquiry, religious values and human experience. The program mission is to prepare undergraduates for productive careers in industry, academia, and government by providing an outstanding environment for teaching and learning, both theory and applications, in the fields of telecommunications and networking.  Students who complete this program will be ready to enter the workforce as qualified telecommunications and networking professionals, and will be able to continue to build upon their knowledge and skills throughout their careers.

The program will prepare graduates to:

Demonstrate knowledge of the basic concepts which serve as the foundation for all communications networking systems.

• Demonstrate knowledge of the physical and logical principles that determine how data networks, and various telephonic and communications systems work.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the history, theory, terminology, and nomenclature of telecommunications systems.
• Demonstrate proficiency in the basic protocols and processes employed in telecommunications and networking.
• Explain and discuss the workings of the fundamental technologies that underlie all data and communications networks.
• Compare and contrast the essential communications technologies and explain how they work.

Demonstrate the analytical skills necessary to apply the basic concepts and principles of telecommunications and networking to the solution of practical problems within a technical environment.

• Analyze organizational networking and telecommunications requirements.
• Identify and select communications technologies to address organizational requirements.
• Apply selected communications technologies to organizational or situational requirements.
• Describe the integration of multiple technologies in addressing organizational solutions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of industry-standard best practices in working with communications technologies.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and communication skills required in a technical environment.

Demonstrate the knowledge, experience, and values needed to become lifelong learners, and will be prepared, upon graduation, either to enter the job market or to continue on to further study in the fields of telecommunications or networking.

• Demonstrate the skills required to obtain employment working with communications technologies.
• Demonstrate a sufficient background knowledge base to serve as a foundation for continued graduate studies.

Demonstrate proficiency in a second, complementary area of academic strength by mastering a telecommunications-related option within the main program. (Not required for the degree)

Admission

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