Computer Networking Minor
The Computer Networking minor is available for students who wish to develop a deeper understanding and practical skill sets in networking. Students selecting this Computer Networking minor will take 18 credit hours of programming, networking and computer applications courses.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will gain skills in programming, develop algorithms using top-down stepwise refinement including competencies in arrays, pointers, strings, classes, data abstraction, inheritance, composition and overloading.
- Students will build simple LANs, perform basic configurations for routers and switches, and implement IP addressing schemes. The laboratory component will give the students hands-on experience configuring equipment needed to build a LAN.
- Students learn how to configure a router and a switch for basic functionality, will be able to configure and troubleshoot routers and switches and resolve common issues with RIPv1, RIPv2, single-area and multi-area OSPF, virtual LANs, and inter-VLAN routing in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
- Students configure routers and switches for advanced functionality with the ability to configure and troubleshoot routers and switches and resolve common issues with OSPF, EIGRP, STP, and VTP in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
- Students acquire the skills needed to implement DHCP and DNS operations in a network and how to implement IPSec and virtual private network (VPN) operations in a complex network.
About Academic Minors
Farmingdale State College students are invited to enhance their studies with an "Academic Minor." A minor is a cluster of thematically related courses drawn from one or more departments. In addition to department based minors (e.g. computer programming & info systems), interdisciplinary minors are also available (e.g. legal studies).
Academic minors are approved by the College-Wide Curriculum Committee and the Provost. Students must make application for an academic minor through the department offering the minor in conjunction with the Registrar's Office Specific course work must be determined in consultation with a faculty member in the department offering the minor. A statement of successful completion of the academic minor will appear on the student's transcript at the time of graduation.
- A minor is considered to be an optional supplement to a student's major program of study.
- Completion of a minor is not a graduation requirement and is subject to the availability of the courses selected. However, if the requirements for a minor are not completed prior to certification of graduation in the major, it will be assumed that the minor has been dropped. Consequently, the student will only be certified for graduation in their primary major.
- Only students in 4 year baccalaureate programs can apply for a minor.
- A minor should consist of 15 to 21 credits.
- At least 12 credits must be in courses at the 200 level or higher.
- At least 9 credits must be residency credits.
- Specific requirements for each minor are determined by the department granting the minor.
- Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in their minor. Some minors may require a higher GPA.
- Students are prohibited from declaring a minor in the same discipline as their major (e.g. one cannot combine an applied math minor with an applied math major). Academic minors may not apply to all curricula.
- Students are permitted to double-count courses.
- Students are only permitted to take more than one minor with appropriate written approval of their department chair or curriculum Dean.
Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.
Contact Information
Computer Programming and Information Systems
David S. Gerstl
Whitman Hall, Room 112
934-420-2190
cpis@farmingdale.edu
Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
Fall 2024
Subject to revision
| Required: | credits |
|---|---|
| BCS 120 Fundamentals of Programming I | 3 |
| BCS 208 Introduction to Networks | 3 |
| BCS 209 Routing and Switching Essentials | 3 |
| BCS 320 Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation | 3 |
| BCS 321 Connecting Networks | 3 |
| BCS 200 level or higher elective- with permission of the department chair | 3 |
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