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Linux System Administrator

LINXSA-CT


Dr. Sharon R.  Setterlind, Dean (727) 341-4641

Job Related Opportunities:

  • Linux System Administrator
  • Linux End-User Specialist
  • Linux Support Specialist
  • Linux System Manager
  • Linux Application Developer

This certificate program is designed to produce certified Linux administrators and engineers. Students will learn skills and perform tasks required to administer Linux networked servers. These skills include the design, implementation, networking, managing, maintaining, providing services, providing applications, and security of a Linux-based network environment.

Upon completion of the specified courses, students will be prepared to take industry certification, and upon successful completion of all coursework, students will be awarded a college certificate for this program. These courses will apply toward the AS degree in Computer Networking.

Some courses may require a prerequisite that must be met by the student.

Additional Information for FY 2009-10 Financial Aid Eligible Certificate Programs

  • U.S. Department of Labor's Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code (occupations that the program prepares students to enter):

11.1099

Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other

 

11-3021.00

Computer and Information Systems Managers
  • On-time Graduation Rate1: No graduates in this program (FY 2009-10)
  • Tuition and Fees for Entire Program 2 (completing the program within normal time): In-State - $1745; Out-of-State - $6342
  • Typical Costs for Books and Supplies for Entire Program3: $1200
  • Job Placement Rate4: NA (No graduates during the FY 2008-09 reporting period.)
  • Median Loan Debt Incurred (students who completed the program): Program had fewer than ten graduates within the last year. In respect of student privacy, no information is being reported.

1 Source: PeopleSoft Student Information System
2 Total cost of the program is estimated using Fall 2011 Tuition and Fee Rates and is subject to annual tuition and fee increases
3 Cost for books and supplies is based on the Financial Assistance Books and Supplies per term budget and prorated based on the number of credit hours in the program
4 Source: Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP) and SPC Recent Alumni Survey

APPROVED REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS WITH CATALOG YEAR
20111/0445 (BEGINNING 8/22/2011) OR LATER
~ REFER TO CURRICULUM FILES FOR PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR REQUIREMENTS ~



PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
CNT 1000 LOCAL AREA NETWORK CONCEPTS 3
CTS 1120 INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK SECURITY FOUNDATIONS 3
CTS 1314 NETWORK DEFENSE AND COUNTERMEASURES 3
CTS 2106 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE LINUX/UNIX OPERATING ENVIRONMENT 3
CTS 2321 LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION I 3
CTS 2322 LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION II 3

TOTAL CERTIFICATE HOURS
18

C&I 4/12/11 ~ BOT 4/26/11