Graduate Program

Full Stack Network Engineer (F.S.N.E.)

Plan out your path in Network Engineering, and learn the skills needed to become job-ready! To begin, you will dissect the IT Industry, learn the available career options and build your career plan. You will then be guided through the most important foundational concepts and technical skills necessary to get started with full-stack networking. Get ready to skyrocket through the IT Industry and become a rockstar engineer!

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Program Learning Objectives

Admissions

Requirements

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Program Learning Objectives (PLO)

Primary objectives of this program include equipping students with the knowledge and ability to:

Develop basic writing skills. (ILO1)
Develop basic oral presentation skills. (ILO2)
Demonstrate basic elements of critical thinking to analyze issues, solve problems, and make business decisions. (ILO3)
Integrate learning in the areas of general education, accounting, economics, management, and technology. (ILO4)
Identify Christian ethical implications of business practices. (ILO5)

Mode of Instruction

Instruction can be completed through classroom-hybrid and/or online instructional methodologies.

Admission Requirements

Education: IAU requires either evidence of an earned high school diploma, General Educational Development (GED) test, or the successful completion of 12 semester units earned at an appropriately accredited postsecondary institution or foreign equivalent. Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis.

Professional Experience: IAU recommends any experiences, including but not limited to, internships, externships, volunteer, or part or full-time professional experience in any organization, including, but not limited to, private, public, for-profit, non-profit, start-ups, or established corporate organizations.

Information Technology: IAU requires students to possess computer and internet skills sufficient to effectively participate in IAU’s pedagogical model and conduct research at the undergraduate level.

Maximum Total Credit Awarded is 0 units:

Transfer Credit (TRC): 0 units
Standardized Exam Credit (SEC): 0 units
Prior Experiential Learning Credit (PEL): 0 units

Completion Time

Program	Full Time Standard (Yrs)	Part Time Standard (Yrs)	Full Time 150% (Yrs)	Part time 150% (Yrs)
Full Stack Network Engineer

Curriculum

Full Stack Network Engineer	Sem. Hrs.
Full Stack Network Associate	120
Build labs and practice your configuration skills with Full Stack Networking. Build out common networking designs and deploy fundamental topologies using Cisco IOS. Gain all the practice on real-world skills that you need before performing your Skills Qualification Check and obtaining your Full Stack Network Associate Certification!
Full Stack Network Associate Advanced Skills	14
BA 100% skills-based block of study which prepares students for their upcoming projects and Full Stack Network Professional certification. In this training block, students will work to upgrade their existing FSNA network which they have already built to achieve FSNA certification. The new technologies being implemented are a router upgrade, NAT/PAT, IOS Firewall, and ACLs configuration, core switch upgrade, new VLANs, adding port-aggregation between switches, adding fiber optics for WAN connectivity, dual-router remote server network with EIGRP and HSRP, and lastly add another remote site with BGP connectivity across the private WAN. By the end of the FSNA Advanced Skills block student will be ready and eager to tackle the projects and all technical implementations that will be performed in FSNE Advanced Training!
Full Stack Networking Project	55
The Full Stack Networking Project is designed to provide an understanding of a complete HQ/Branch network and the project build-out process. Students will learn how to plan, design, and implement their own Full Stack Network with a headquarters location and two branch offices. This project is performed locally on the student's computer and all configurations are completed using the Cisco Packet Tracer network simulation software. Cisco Packet Tracer is available for free from the Cisco Networking Academy.
Cisco ASA SSL VPN Project	8
This project is based on a very common deployment: installation of a new dedicated firewall in the network. In this case, we need a more advanced internet edge device to provide better site to site VPN capabilities and also telecommuter support with Remote Access VPN.
Colo Datacenter Project	20
Another common extension of the network is to add a hot-site for disaster recovery and redundant network services. A Co-located Data Center will provide us redundancy in our infrastructure as well as our storage and server environments in the case of a disaster.
Troubleshooting Cisco OIS Networks	10
The Troubleshooting Cisco IOS Networks course is designed to give you real-world troubleshooting experience with reality-based scenarios and solutions. This hands-on approach to training is a super valuable asset as you work to become skilled in troubleshooting. The labs in this course are performed on Cisco IOS based routers and switches, using a wholistic approach, and troubleshooting layers 1 through 4 as we progress through the course.
Cisco Certified Network Associate	81
The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is one of the strongest associate level IT certifications in the world and proves your ability to install, configure, operate and troubleshoot enterprise networks and Cisco IOS. CCNA certified professionals understand the most core and fundamental technologies related to network engineering, and are versed in the configuration and installation of Cisco routers and switches in a broad range of IT environments. In this course students are presented with a series of premium instructional videos and hands-on labs that teach all the knowledge and skills needed to pass the 200-301 CCNA exam, obtain your CCNA certification, and get on your path to becoming a rockstar engineer!
TOTAL F.S.N.E.	308

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Graduation Requirements

Complete 308 hours of prescribed curriculum.
Complete all required coursework with a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Apply for graduation and meet all academic and financial requirements.

Major 1: CIP Code 11.0901

Job Outlook and Salary: Network and Computer Systems Administrators

SOC	Occupation
11-3021.00	Computer and Information Systems Managers Bright Outlook Bright Outlook
15-1211.00	Computer Systems Analysts Bright Outlook
15-1211.01	Health Informatics Specialists Bright Outlook
15-1212.00	Information Security Analysts Bright Outlook
15-1231.00	Computer Network Support Specialists Bright Outlook
15-1241.00	Computer Network Architects
15-1241.01	Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
25-1021.00	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary Bright Outlook

Quality and Cost Effective

Graduate

Level

Hybrid/Online

Instruction Methods

2 Years

Program Length

The structure of the lectures at IAU allows for shared experiences within the classroom, which was very useful, as many students come to IAU from all over the world. The teaching methods of the lectures are very appropriate and easy to understand, which fits working adults and distance learning students.

Corporate Strategic Planning and Organizational Behavior are among the classes that were most beneficial for me. In the classroom, we discussed case studies to help relate the knowledge we’d gained to its real-world applications.

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Marimuthu Nadason
D.B.A. 2011 Student

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