[Arnabas]

I'd like to get some info from you guys, since I don't really know anyone in real life who would be able to answer this... I find many people here are pretty tech-savvy, so I thought I'd ask.

I am debating going back to school and am looking at a Network Administrator course being offered by my old college. I just want to make sure it's going to teach me what I *really* need to know. I got screwed once in another course (electronics) where I learned stuff, obviously, but not what was really needed for the types of jobs I was looking toward.

Anyhow, here's a (partial) list of topics:

*Intro to Network Administration
*Operating Systems I - DOS
*Network Admin- Cisco I
*Op systems- Windows
*Network Installation and Admin: Netware
*Routing Protocols- Cisco II
*Network Op system: Unix
*Groupware systems
*Network Installation and Admin: Windows
*Network segmentation - Cisco III
*Wans - Cisco IV
*Linus Server
*Network security

Does this seem adequate for today's workforce? Are they wasting time on useless stuff? Also, honestly, is this a worthwhile career to pursue? As I mentioned, I got burned once before with the electronics course, so I want to make sure there is a good chance of gainful employment upon completion of this course.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!