Western Governors University, which is a regionally and nationally accredited University, offers I.T. Degrees in Network Administration, Network Design and Management, Network Security and more.
They use a competency based approach to learning and are a non-profit university. http://www.wgu.edu/online_it_degrees/bachelor_degree_programs -Shane On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Paul Graydon <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure I've seen one explicitly called "Systems Administration" > but a number of colleges offer Information Technology Management courses > that tend to be more geared towards Sys-architects & sysadmins than > standard comp-sci. > The University of Hawaii here on Oahu offers one: > http://www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/itm.htm I haven't had > a chance to investigate it, but a number of the students involved tend > to end up helping administer the UH systems and network... which may > explain why there have been several major security breaches in the last > few years ;) > > Paul > > On 01/05/2011 11:24 AM, Aaron McCaleb wrote: > > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >
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