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Certificate of Achievement-Advanced (COA-A): Network Administration
Certificate of Achievement-Advanced (COA-A): Network Administration
at De Anza College
Bay Area Catalog
The Certificate of Achievement-Advanced program offers studies in overseeing and maintaining Windows systems as part of a network enterprise. Students become proficient in running administrative processes on a Windows operating system. Focus is placed on organization, security,y and upkeep decisions as part of a larger business environment. The program includes training in programming, network management, UNIX, and Perl to aid in understanding more complex networking problems that occur in business enterprises.
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Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.
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Admissions
Certificates of Achievement-Advanced are awarded by the college and notated on official transcripts.
- Completion of all major courses with a C grade or higher
- Demonstrated proficiency in English and mathematics as evidenced by eligibility for EWRT 1A, EWRT 1AH or ESL 5 and eligibility for MATH 114 or a transfer-level math course.
- No more than 18 quarter units may be transferred from other academic institutions.