i m currently having my third year in Information and communication technology which majored in Networking. I would like to know, how far this degree can bring me, i m a little doubtful for my career in future. Any idea?

p/s : the networking degree i m undertaking is basically consist of e-commerce, and knowledge on hardware and software for networking.

Get more experience.... and your experience will bring you places...
-cheers-

Doesnt matter what major you took. IT grads have these to contemplate when they graduate:
Are you good in:
1) Programmer
2) IT support
3) Sales and services
4) More than one of the above.

If you are good in 1 and 2..then yr career is good. Start somewhere humble and work yr way up (chinapek one-leg kick company will let u grow faster). Knowing all 3 is even better....selling a business suite/solution that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions will get u good commission.

If its none of the above..go sell VCD/DVDs IT is not for you.

network degree?
u r studying in INTI?

Networking degree? I am curious about this too.

Most traditional Uiversities/Colleges don't offer this because the 'Network' component is just a small area of specialty within the CS/IS realm.

What's your curriculum like?

This post has been edited by netfan: Jun 22 2006, 07:12 AM

With networking degree you might need to bundle up with CCNA or some equivelent certification and you will have a brighter future. Cisco is ruling the networking world nowadays

Of course Cisco is.. but I wonder what makes up a Networking degree these days by some Universities or Colleges that proclaim to have this degree.

Back in my days, there isn't such thing but pure Maths, Computer Science or Engineering degree with one subject in Computer Networks (that may span over 1 or 2 semesters). We have to write low level C code, build comm drivers to make a client/server process work over the network.

This post has been edited by netfan: Jun 22 2006, 07:25 AM

i m a uniSA Adelaide student as mention the course (information and communication technology major in networking or logistic-my choice is networking) it is consider under It dept got some knowledge on programming such as java and c++ and oth programming language. Beside it also consists of some ecommerce stuff about xml and some business stuff.

well, i might tink of jus grabbing working experience then go for some oth certificates like CCNA and etc. ok tats mean programming will be quite demanding even i m a network person?

Gosh, sorry, I am only understanding half of what you just wrote up there.

When you graduate, what is your degree is actually called?

For example:
Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in <what-the-name-here>

This post has been edited by netfan: Jun 22 2006, 10:29 AM

erm is actually "Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology". i be graduate nex year aug

currently taking degree in IT in mlk, does taking CCNA will boost my opporturnity in attending job interview?

hehe i think ofcoz more certificates more opportunity heheh. mlk? where r u ?

I am just curious to know what are the various 'Network'-related coursework they provide nowadays.

Can you list some of your courses that make up this Bach.of Info&Comm Tech degree?

How many semester or credits hours do you need for graduation?

This post has been edited by netfan: Jun 23 2006, 01:56 PM

u seems very interested to wat subject a networking degree consist of.
networking is not a small piece of cake ok?
as a networking graduates, we hv strong knowledge in TCP/IP,
routers, switches, firewall, server, voip gateway configuration, network design, security policy and so on.

not really focus on programming bcoz we r more on hardware which require intensive hands on experinece. unlike programmer, we cant practice our skill in front of our own computer, we need to deal with those enterprise network equipment in order to gain experience!

sometimes the job description might overlap with system engineer which is more focus on the system (client/server) configuration. but a pure network engineer must hv strong skill is routing and switching.

in conclusion, networking degree, hard to get hands on experience. bcoz those equipment is very very expensive!

try ur best to find practical environment, networking is a good degree! as long as Internet exist, the market need networking specialist!

thx sunnysitsit. i got the idea. by the way, r u a network engineer?