Network and Systems Programming
(field of studies: Computer Science)

• Programme: network security and administration
• Specialisation: advanced networks and operating systems
• Labs: network laboratory with Cisco equipment
• After graduation: network, security and forensics specialist

Network and Systems Programming is a specialisation within the Computer Science programme, a full-time Bachelor's course taught in English at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (PJAIT). It is for those who want to design, secure and manage computer networks and build reliable network software.

Programme: network security and administration

The classes cover a broad technical range, including:

• information protection in networks, firewalls and intrusion detection and prevention systems
• steganography, watermarks, cryptography and digital forensics
• distributed programming and building secure, efficient network software
• quality of service (QoS) protocols and advanced routing, local area networks, VLANs and VPNs
• network diagnostics, performance evaluation and wireless network design

Specialisation: advanced networks and operating systems

Specialisation subjects are Advanced Computer Networks and Advanced Operating Systems. Alongside them you learn to administer and configure networks, operating systems and databases, and to apply basic software engineering principles when designing software that is secure and dependable. A separate path leads towards digital forensics, which is needed when companies respond to security breaches or digital crime.

Labs: network laboratory with Cisco equipment

A specialised laboratory is equipped for building computer networks, with portable cabinets holding switches and Cisco routers, mobile devices that you can borrow or use on site, and Apple computers for software development in Objective-C.

After graduation: network, security and forensics specialist

Graduates are sought by companies that depend on secure, high-performance networks and by software firms in e-commerce, e-learning, e-government and e-business.

Thesis topics include authentication and authorisation protocols in computer networks, digital forensics investigation methods and the auditing of intrusion detection systems. Others deal with information security in electronic banking, network protocol analysis, planning Voice over IP services and redundancy mechanisms in computer networks.

Based on the programme pages at pja.edu.pl.