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Networking is a program where one learns to study and analyze the communication process among various computing devices or computer systems that are linked, or networked together to exchange information and share resources.

An Accredited Nursing School creates a pathway for the students to enrol in networking programs offered by the Colleges/Universities which are funded by the federal government or the state government.

The National organizations that accredit schools that offer networking programs are listed below:

Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET

The subjects which are taught to the Networking students are both theoretical and practical. Some of the subjects which are taught are Wide-area networks (WANs), Local-area networks (LANs), Configuring Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, Open System Interconnection (OSI) model, Configuring routers, Ethernet

An Associate’s degree in Networking requires almost 62 credit points and takes almost two to three years to complete.

A Bachelor’s degree in Networking requires almost 115 to 130 credit points and can be completed in three to four years.

A Master’s degree in Networking requires 30 credit hours to complete, which normally takes two years to complete.

A Doctorate’s degree in Networking requires almost 25 to 35 credit points to complete. Though the student can only specialize in this, under the information technology program.

There are few requirements which need to be fulfilled before one applies for an admission in Networking program. The student should have a minimum of 2.5 to 3.0 GPA in high school Diploma.

The skills learned by a student of networking program are Performance analysis and measurement, Examining protocol mechanisms, Network control, sequencing and simulation, Advanced network architecture, Network security.