Computing and Information Technology: Networking-Cloud Systems Administration, CA

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CODE: CITNCAH-CT | TOTAL CREDITS: 31 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: NOT eligible at this time

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SCHOOL: School of Advanced and Applied Technologies

DEPARTMENT: Department of Computing and Information Technology

GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION

Important information about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rates of students who attended this program are located at www.csn.edu/gainful-employment.

DESCRIPTION

This program is designed to provide an opportunity to establish a technical foundation in creating scalable, highly available cloud computing solutions. Students will deploy and maintain multi-cloud services that are responsive to information and computing technology workload needs following best practices in cloud security, cost, and reliability. Graduates are prepared for positions as entry-level Systems Administrator, Cloud Support Specialist, Cloud Technician or Cloud Solutions Architect Associate. In this course of study students are prepared to take industry-recognized certifications from CompTIA, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.

This Certificate of Achievement prepares students to take the following industry certification exams:

CompTIA Network+
CompTIA Security+
AWS Cloud Practitioner
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
Microsoft Modern Desktop Associate
Azure Administrator Associate

COMPUTATION & HUMAN RELATIONS COMPONENTS

Computation: CIT 129
Human Relations: ALS 101 or COM 102

ACADEMIC MAP

CSN MAP: CA Computing and Information Technology: Networking-Cloud Systems Administration

Student Learning Outcomes

Describe cloud services offered by major cloud service providers to include IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Public, Hybrid and Private Cloud.
Implement cloud business solutions by provisioning computing instances, establishing virtual private networks, managing databases, and storage within a secure cloud environment.
Analyze performance metrics of cloud architecture to respond dynamically to information and computing technology workloads and optimize service costs.

General Education Requirements

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 6

Communications (3 Credits)

COM 115 - Applied Communication

Human Relations (3 Credits)

Major Requirements

TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 25

Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in a Certificate of Achievement program will not count toward graduation requirements.

Core Requirements (25 Credits)

CIT 112B - Network+
and CIT 114B - IT Essentials
and CIT 126 - Cloud Computing Fundamentals
and CIT 129 - Introduction to Programming
and CIT 173 - Introduction to Linux
and CIT 211 - Microsoft Operating Systems Management
and CIT 217 - Security+
and either
CIT 214 - Microsoft Azure Administration
or CIT 288 - AWS Cloud Architecting