Linux Programming and Administration Certificate

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Certificate Program
Linux Programming and Administration

The operating system of choice

Certificate Description

Dive into the operating system of choice

To learn about today’s servers, network infrastructure, embedded systems, and mobile devices, we offer you two tracks of study and serve beginners to seasoned pros brushing up on skills.

Administrator Track

Get a solid foundation in configuring, operating and administrating these open, multi-user, multi-tasking Linux operating systems.

Development Track

Developers and system programmers teaches how to customize and optimize processes, IOs and kernel modules. Our virtual server courses can also prepare you for VMware professional certification exams.

Linux Programming and Administration certificate program objectives

Configure, operate and program open, multi-user, multi-tasking Linux operating systems
Perform Linux system and network administration
Program new devices, systems or networks operating on Linux
Install, deploy and develop a website using LAMP
Configure and manage multiple VMware ESXi hosts and virtual machines using the vCenter Server

Cost: $6,000 | International Tuition Cost

Required Credits: Total Required: 5–7 courses/14 units. Take 1 of the 3 core courses (3 units) and 4–6 elective credit courses (11–13 units). End with certificate of completion review.

Duration: A full-time student can complete the certificate in 9–12 months.

Courses

Course	Units	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
1. CORE COURSES
Cloud-Based Web Application Development using Linux	3.0
Linux Kernel & Drivers	3.0
Linux System and Network Administration	3.0
2. ELECTIVE COURSES: LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
Cloud Computing, Introduction	0.5
Linux, Introduction	2.5
Linux Shell Programming	None
Linux System and Network Administration	3.0
Linux System Performance in the Cloud and Data Center	3.0
Networking Fundamentals	3.0
Storage Technology in Data Centers	3.0
System Virtualization Fundamentals	2.5
3. ELECTIVE COURSES: LINUX APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
Cloud-Based Web Application Development using Linux	3.0
C++ Programming, Comprehensive	3.0
C Programming for Beginners	2.0
Go Programming, Fundamentals	3.0
Python for Programmers	3.0
Python Programming for Beginners	1.5
4. ELECTIVE COURSES: LINUX CORE TECHNOLOGY
Embedded Linux Design and Programming	3.0
Linux Device Drivers, Advanced	3.0
Linux Kernel & Drivers	3.0
Linux Systems Programming	3.0
5. REQUIRED CERTIFICATE REVIEW
Linux Programming and Administration Certificate Completion Fee	None

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Requisite Knowledge

Please review the course descriptions to ensure that you have taken necessary prerequisites or meet the requirements through job experience or previous education.

Recommended Course Sequence

If you have limited or no UNIX or Linux experience, we strongly recommend that you begin with Linux, Introduction.

Linux System Administration

Linux, Introduction (2.5)
Linux System and Network Administration (CORE) (3.0)
Computer Networking Essentials (3.0)
Storage Technology in Data Centers (3.0)
Linux System Performance in the Cloud and Data Center (3.0)
Cloud Computing, Introduction (0.5)
System Virtualization Fundamentals (2.5)

Linux Applications Development

Cloud-Based Web Application Development using Linux (3.0)
C Programming for Beginners (2.0)
C++ Programming, Comprehensive (3.0)
Python Programming for Beginners (1.5)
Python for Programmers (3.0)

Linux Core Technology

Linux Kernel Architecture and Programming (CORE) (3.0)
Linux Device Drivers (3.0)
Linux Device Drivers, Advanced (3.0)
Linux Kernel Programming, Advanced (3.0)\
Linux Systems Programming (3.0)
Embedded Linux Design and Programming (3.0)

Substitutions

You may take one elective outside the certificate curriculum, if you receive prior approval from the Academic Services Department.

To receive your certificate

Upon completion of the course sequence you may request your Linux Programming and Administration Certificate Completion Review.

Declaring Candidacy

You can enroll in a certificate program any time during your studies.

Once you create your student account, you can enroll in a certificate program. Although you can enroll in a program at any time, the benefit of enrolling early is that it locks in your certificate requirements. This means that even if program requirements change, the requirements to complete your certificate will remain the same for you.

You must enroll in the certificate program before enrolling in the Certificate Completion Review.

You have a total of five years to complete all necessary courses in a certificate program.

All the necessary units in a certificate must be completed within a five-year window. The clock begins on the first day of your first course in the certificate program. For example, if you started a course on Sept. 5, 2017, you would have to complete all of the required units in this certificate by Sept. 4, 2022.

Enrolling in a certificate program does not trigger the beginning of the five-year window. It begins the first day of the first course that applies to a certificate program.
The Certificate Completion Review process does not have to occur within the five-year timeframe.

Grade Requirements

Please note that only letter grades of C- or higher may be applied to a certificate, and in some programs, students may have more stringent requirements. Students in most employer- and government-sponsored payment programs, such as workforce development, as well as international students on F-1 visas, need to maintain a B average to meet their requirements. Personal Financial Planning students have additional grade requirements for individual courses to attain a certificate.

See Grading and Credits Policy for further information.