As was posted in this forum several months ago, there is a multi-tracked
curriculum being offered at SRJC beginning in the Spring 2000 semester
leading to certification in one of the three contemporary operating
systems, MS, Novel, or Linux. 

There are 3 prerequisite courses required for networking track; Command
line basics, Networking Practicum, and Telecommunications Theory. After
completion of the three prereqs (or successful challenge of the
requirements), the student will choose one of the three networking
tracks. The Novel and MS curriculum is prescribed by the respective
companies that own the O/S's. The Linux curriculum has and is being
developed in accordance with the SAIR effort, the URL of which you have
already been given by Eric. 

Since we're mostly interested in Linux, here, I'll devote my comments to
that track. The first linux course will be similar in content to the
existing Intro to Unix course that has been taught at the JC for 7 years
now. A second "systems administration" course is in the final stages of
development. It is not likely that either of these two courses will be
offered in the traditional semester length format, rather, in keeping
with the accelerated pace of the MS and Novel "bootcamp" philosophy, we
expect to offer these both in a semester. What this means is that there
will be a whole bunch of material presented in a very short period of
time. 

After completion of the two core linux courses, there will be offered a
series of shorter courses dealing with other linux issues, such as web
servers, DNS servers, DHCP, and the like. Topics for these courses are
currently under development .

Finally, the three divergent tracks will converge again with a course on
"inter-networking", in which all three networks will be used to create a
heterogeneous network similar to those used in many businesses today.
This course will be the capstone of the networking curriculum, and will
demonstrate how to configure and administrate a network of different O/S
types.

It has been a great challenge for me to put together the Linux part of
these courses, and I'm excited about the opportunities that we have.
We're putting together a brand new networking lab with dedicated servers
for each of the three O/S's, swappable hard disks so that a student can
have a consistent configuration to work with from session to session,
and lots of other interesting features. 

For those of you who already have taken our intro to unix course, keep
your eyes open for the SysAdmin course, to be offered in the Fall. As
for the prerequisite courses, you may be able to get out of them by
virtue of prior experience, but everyone that is interested in pursuing
certification should plan on taking the Telecom Theory course. This
course is quite different than the telecom courses that have been
offered in the past, and expect to learn quite a bit.

If you're interested in knowing more about the material to be covered in
the Linux track, check out the SAIR web site. If you have specific
questions, please contact me via email and I'll do my best to answer
your questions. If you have suggestions for me, please send them on.

	Sean R. Kirkpatrick
	Linux Networking Track Coordinator
	SRJC CIS Dept.




> 
> A long while back there was talk about Linux Certification possibly being
> rolled out Spring 2000 at SRJC.
> I do not see proper documentation on what they will be requiring for
> Linux/UNIX certification at the JC, but there is a reference to it in the
> Computer and Information Science Section at:
> http://www.santarosa.edu/certificates/
> 
> Looks like they will be rolling out the MCSE/MCNE etc classes as well as
> some for NCE, but the Linux Certificate Course Requirements appears to be
> broken right now...
> 
> Progress...
> 
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