Caught in a dilemma, Another year of College for Wireless?

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Alright, I been in a dilemma for the last couple of weeks.

To begin, I finished my first year of college. The program I'm taking is "Computer Systems Technology" It's a three year program. The first two years of this program is the same as the "Network & Technical Support" program but then it had a third year that specialized in cisco wireless and also had a co-op position. At this point I instantly thought the co-op position was good sice it would let me get some experience in the IT field. Now fast forward.

I now got my foot into the IT field and I'm wondering is the third year worth it? I can graduate next year with a Network & Technical Support diploma vs a Computer Systems Technology "advanced diploma"

Also, I've been thinking about going to University and getting a degree, I was thinking telecommunications, but I'm not sure, I do want a degree for something though. Most likely technology related so I can transfer some of my credits from college over to count for my University credits.

So my question really is, do you guys think the third year is worth it? I do want to get a degree after so I would be attending University. Also I plan to have my CCNP by the time I finish University.

And what kind of University degree do you think would go well with a Networking diploma from college? And please, no programming suggestions :P

Here's the a link to the description of the third year of my networking course.
http://www.georgebrown.ca/Marketing/FTCal/caet/T147_cd.aspx (This is just the THIRD year only, I can drop out of this program and finish with a Network Support Technician Diploma)

I'm really stuck on what I should do. For those of you who are in the field, what do you think ?

I am located in Canada also.

filkenjitsu

Do the third year while working, it is worth it. Get the High level Cisco Cert, then when the Co-op comes up, see if you would rather do that co-op over your current position so you can get different exposure.

University wise.. You could go to Capitol College Online, THey are a school in Maryland that also offers online degrees. They have a highly touted Bachelors and Masters programs in Network Security. They are NSA approved also.

Norwich university has a great Masters in Information Assurance. They are also NSA Certified

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What does NSA certified mean exactly?

I'm currently Helpdesk so of course I would not take this as a co-op position.
Thanks for your input though.

Also do you have a link to that online university?