I was aware of Mark Burgess and the program at the University of Oslo. But I am not aware of any in the US, particularly any offering a 4-year baccalaureate degree program dedicated to system administration. Admittedly, I haven't had cause to look, either.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 14:24, Brad Knowles <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 5, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Aaron McCaleb wrote: > >> The only hitch that occurs to me, at the moment, is that I don't >> actually know anyone that went to college thinking, "I'm studying to >> become a system administrator." Electrical or software engineering? >> Yes. Computer scientist? Yes. But not _explicitly_ a system >> administrator. > > There are a few places that offer advanced degrees in System Administration. > Mark Burgess has been instrumental in helping to make that happen, and I > believe he's had the support of USENIX and SAGE. > > I think he's done great work in that area and I think we should definitely > support that kind of thing, but I would also like to see LOPSA do and support > some things that have not already been done and already been supported by > USENIX and SAGE. I'd like to see us trying to help make more of a name and > reputation for ourselves, than in relation to these other groups. > > -- > Brad Knowles <[email protected]> > LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
