James,
Since this may be of interest to others on the list, I am replying to
the list as a whole rather than directly. I am also taking the liberty of
copying the text of an email sent to me by David Meck of Marist University (at
my request). This information is now out-of-date, but it should be enough to
let you know what is available through Marist.
Jon
<<Mr. Meck's email text follows:>>
Two z/OS - zSeries related courses are being offered online for Fall
2005 at Marist College. The courses are Introduction to z/OS - IT389L700 and
Introduction to Assembly Language Programming (zSeries) - CMSC230L700.
These are 3 credit undergraduate courses. They are available to full
time matriculated Marist students. Other students are enrolled as
non-matriculated students. The Introduction to z/OS will make use of a
new and still in process "textbook" developed by IBM on "z/OS Basics."
Only one of these courses per semester is recommended due to the scope
of the material.
The tuition is $1425 per course. There is an additional $30 registration
fee, for a total of $1455 per course.
The classes start August 29th and end December 16th.
Applications and syllabi are available upon request via email to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The website at http://zseries.marist.edu/ is not yet updated with the
latest material.
Applications and fees must be paid by August 24th; enrollments cannot be
processed after August 24th.
Questions may be directed via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The offering of certifications is still undergoing review and a firm
plan is not yet in place.
The courses will not be run if there are not enough enrollees to justify
offering the course. If you have requested or submitted an application,
you will be notified if this is the case before August 29th.
<<End of Mr. Meck's email text.>>
<snip>
Umm if I have not made everyone to terribly mad does anyone have any advice
on what I can do to help get into mainframe system programming? College
seems to have some good basic computing classes but nothing for mainframe.
Heck I can find AS400 stuff all day even at junior colleges but nothing for
mainframes; at least here in Texas.
</snip>
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