Or, follow a normal schedule and complete your program in 2 years and 6 months.**
Master's Degrees
Or, follow a normal schedule and complete your program in 2 years and 6 months.**
*Accelerated schedule requires at least 9 credit hours of Prior Learning Credit. Per 12-month period, assumes completion of 3 semesters, enrollment in an average of 10 credit hours per semester and continuous, full-time year-round enrollment with no breaks.
**Normal schedule assumes completion of a total of 8 semesters, enrollment in an average of 6 credit hours per semester and continuous, year-round enrollment with no breaks.
Accredited2 by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) www.acbsp.org
Our Master of Network & Communications Management with a concentration in Project Management, is accredited3 by the PMI Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC) www.gacpm.org
*The figures displayed represent the minimum credit hours required for graduation. Additional coursework may be necessary to complete program requirements.
Graduates of our Master’s in Network and Communications Management degree program may consider careers such as:
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Network Systems Administrators are responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining the organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. This role will involve performing system monitoring, ensuring the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources, and reviewing system and application logs to verify scheduled job completions, including system backups.
Computer and Information Systems Managers
As an Information Technology Manager, your role involves planning, directing, and coordinating activities in electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming fields. You will oversee and strategize the IT operations to ensure efficiency and effectiveness across various technology-related functions.
Computer Network Architects
Computer Network Architects are responsible for designing and implementing computer and information networks, including LANs, WANs, intranets, extranets, and other data communications networks. Your role will involve performing network modeling, analysis, planning, and capacity assessment to ensure optimal network infrastructures.
Computer Systems Analysts
Computer Systems Analysts will analyze science, engineering, business, and data processing challenges to develop and implement solutions for complex application problems, system administration issues, and network concerns. Your role will involve systems management, integration functions, enhancement of existing computer systems, and evaluation of computer system capabilities, workflows, and scheduling constraints.
^Students may be eligible to waive up to five courses (15 credit hours) upon review of their undergraduate degree. Course waiver availability varies by location. Visit the Course Waivers section.
*Earn your master’s and get a graduate certificate along the way. These six courses make up the Information Security Graduate Certificate, which is embedded in this program, allowing you to leave with two credentials in one.
Four of:
^Students may be eligible to waive up to 15 credit hours of coursework upon review of their undergraduate degree. Eligibility and application of course waivers vary based on the type of course waiver credit earned, the student’s enrolled location and/or the student’s state of residence. For more information, please refer to the Course Waiver section of the Keller academic catalog.
Model an advanced, integrated and applied understanding of project management as a discipline.
Demonstrate the skills required to scope and solve complex problems and develop innovative solutions that minimize risks and optimize impacts for both projects and programs.
Manage complex and technical activities within both predictable and unpredictable environments by integrating knowledge and solutions from practitioner and academic viewpoints.
Evaluate complex sociocultural factors, ethical issues and social responsiveness to maximize the management of resources, procedures and processes.
Apply leadership skills to promote a positive environment, motivate team members and deliver a sustained competitive advantage.
Take your ambition to the next level with a cybersecurity scholars program that helps you build your network, boost your skills and pursue the career you want.
Yes! At DeVry, we offer both a hybrid5 (mix of online and in-person courses) and online model for our Master's in Network and Communications Management degree programs. With our hybrid and online master's degree programs, you can choose the option that best fits your learning style and schedule.
Network and communications management is a field that mixes elements of business and applied technology into a single discipline. The field centers on the management of networking and communications devices used by a business. People with an educational background in this field, such as a network and communications manager, work to maintain the functionality of these devices to oversee the efficient transmission of data between parties.
1Eligibility and application of course waivers varies based on the type of course waiver credit earned, the student’s enrolled location and/or the student’s state of residence. For more information, please refer to the Course Waiver section of the Keller academic catalog.
2Conferral and Assessment Data - Available for all of DeVry and Keller's ACBSP accredited programs. For a full list of DeVry University's business and accounting degree programs accredited by ACBSP, please see the Accreditation page.
3Enrollment and Graduation Data - GAC Student Achievement Results - Available for all of DeVry and Keller’s GAC® accredited programs. PMBOK is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. The GAC seal is a mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
4Future programmatic changes could impact the ability to earn additional credentials en route to an eligible degree program. Refer to the academic catalog for details.
5Program and course availability vary by location. In site-based programs, students will be required to take a substantial amount of coursework online to complete their program.
All students enrolled in site-based programs will be required to take some coursework online and, for some programs and locations, a substantial portion of the program may be required to be completed online.
Keller is proud to offer project management exam preparation course PROJ605. This course provides authorized content enabling students to meet education requirements for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. Faculty teaching PROJ605 have completed specialized training and have earned the ATP Instructor badge.
Project Management Professional (PMP) is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
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