Sponsored Description: Networks and data communication systems are at the heart of big Fortune 500 companies and small businesses in rural towns across the nation. These systems fail, company operations can come to a halt. Businesses rely on system administrators, systems analysts and technical consultants to keep their technology infrastructure running. Dakota State University understands what is behind a great career in any of these positions, a solid background in computer networking theory, Microsoft Windows-based networks, UNIX/Linux network operating systems and mission-critical applications. Our Associate’s degree in Network and Systems Administration awards you with a degree that helps you achieve a career in many different technical roles. You grow your knowledge on information security fundamentals, operating environments, structure systems analysis and design and networking while adding electives to specialize our degree. Technically, we’re better.