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  Dec 05, 2025
 
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Network Fundamentals and Architecture Occupational Skills Award♦


This Occupational Skills Award (OSA) prepares students to manage IP addresses within an organization.  Students will learn the basic concepts of subnetting IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. In addition, students will be versed in OSI Model concepts that are used for troubleshooting and understanding packet flow and cloud computing concepts. This OSA will prepare students to obtain the CompTIA Network+ certification.

This offering is available in the following modes:

Face-to-face, Fully online 

With this award, you may seek jobs such as:

Network Field Technician and Junior Network Administrator 

Stackable awards: 

Network Administrator A.A.S. ♦  

Network and Cloud Architecture A.A.S. ♦   

♦ — This symbol indicates the offering is also available fully online.

Total Credit Hours Required: 12


Milestone Course(s)


*** denotes Milestone course(s)

A milestone course is a course that is critical for success in this program as determined by the Faculty of the Alamo Colleges District.

Notes:


Program CIP: 11.0901

Major Code:  NFNA