Systems Administrator Certificate

This certificate provides a foundation in computer server systems concepts. You will complete certification testing for Linux Professional Institute’s Linux Essentials, and the CompTIA Cloud Essentials industry certifications. These industry certifications are administered as part of the college coursework to enhance your resume when seeking employment.

Requires completion of the Computer Support Specialist Certificate.

This certificate consists of the following four courses:

• IT 202: Server Administration Fundamentals
  • Local Area Network (LAN) server installation, configuration and management
• IT 210: Network Application Support
  • Presents the Microsoft Office suite and other common workplace applications from both user and administrator perspectives
• IT 240: Linux Systems Administration
  • Presents the Linux operating system from the perspective of a systems administrator
• IT 261: Cloud Computing
  • Concepts, principles, and considerations used in storing and maintaining information

Industry certifications that can be earned through this certificate:

• Linux Essentials
  • Serves as a great introduction to the more complete and advanced Linux Professional certification track.
• CompTIA Cloud Essentials
  • The only internationally recognized, vendor-neutral certification utilizing key business principles and fundamental cloud concepts that validate data-driven cloud recommendations
• CompTIA Cloud +
  • Global certification that validates the skills needed to deploy and automate secure cloud environments that support the high availability of business systems and data