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>
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