SCANS Matrix
Program: Network Administration
CIP: 11.0901
LIST ALL COURSES REQUIRED AND IDENTIFIED COMPETENCIES
Competencies
Course
Course Title
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
X
X
X
COSC 1300
Intro to Computing
ITSE 1329
Or COSC 1436
ITSC 1305
Programming Logic & Design
Or Programming
Fundamentals I
PC Operating Systems
ITSC 1325
PC Hardware
MATH 1314
College Algebra
ITCC 1401
ITSC 1307
Cisco Exploration – Network
Fundamentals
Fiber Optic Communication
System Installation & Repair
Unix OS I
ITNW 2305
Network Administration
ENGL 1301
Composition I
ITCC 1404
ITSY 1342
Cisco Exploration 2 – Routing
Protocols & Concepts
Constitutions, Federalism, &
Participation
IT Security
ITNW 1345
Network Directory Services
ITSC 1358
Unix Administration
ENGL 1302
Composition II
ITNW 2311
Implementing Mail Servers
ARTS, DRAM,
MUSI Elective
ITNW 2335
ARTS, DRAM, MUSI Elective
CSIR 2351
X
X
GOVT 2301
X
X
X
ITNW 2352
Network Troubleshooting &
Support
Administering SQL Server
CS Electives (2)
CS Electives (2)
COMPETENCY REFERENCES
8 Basic use of computers
7 Workplace Competencies: resources; interpersonal
skills; information; systems; and technology.
6 Personal Qualities: A worker must display responsibility, selfesteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty.
5 Thinking Skills: A worker must think creatively, make decisions, solve
problems, visualize, know how to learn, and reason effectively.
4 Speaking and Listening: Organize ideas and communicate orally; receive,
attend to, interpret, and respond to verbal messages and other cues.
3 Arithmetic or Mathematics: Perform basic computations and approach practical
problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques.
2 Writing: Communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing, and create
documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts.
1 Reading: Locate, understand, and interpret written information in prose and in documents such as
manuals, graphs, and schedules.
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised August 2010
SCANS Competencies Checklist
SCANS COMPETENCIES FOR PROGRAM Network Administration
ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-11
Competency
1 READING: Locate, understand,
and interpret written information in
prose and in documents such as
manuals, graphs, and schedules.
2 WRITING: Communicate
thoughts, ideas, information, and
messages in writing, and create
documents such as letters,
directions, manuals, reports, graphs,
and flow charts.
3 ARITHMETIC OR
MATHEMATICS: Perform basic
computations and approach
practical problems by choosing
appropriately from a variety of
mathematical techniques.
4 SPEAKING AND LISTENING:
Organize ideas and communicate
orally; receive, attend to, interpret,
and respond to verbal messages
and other cues.
5 THINKING SKILLS: A worker
must think creatively, make
decisions, solve problems, visualize,
know how to learn, and reason
effectively.
6 PERSONAL QUALITIES: A
worker must display responsibility,
self-esteem, sociability, selfmanagement, integrity, and honesty.
Course where Competency
is Assessed
Method of Assessment
ENGL 1301
Assessed per ENGL 1301
Administrative Master Syllabus
ENGL 1301
Assessed per ENGL 1301
Administrative Master Syllabus
MATH 1314
Assessed per MATH 1314
Administrative Master Syllabus
ITSC 1325
PC Component Documentation
Project
ITNW 2335
Project
ITNW 2335
Project
7 WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES: ITNW 2335
resources;interpersonal skills;
information; systems; and
technology
Project
8 BASIC USE OF COMPUTERS
Comprehensive Final Exam
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised August 2010
COSC 1300
Findings and Plans for
Improvements