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Computer Networking
at Glendale Community College
Los Angeles Catalog
This certificate is designed to prepare students for a career in computer networks. Students receive hands-on instruction on how to operate, install, configure, troubleshoot, upgrade, and maintain computers and computer networks as well as basic network security. Students will become fully prepared to take the A+ and Network+ certification tests sponsored by CompTIA and offered at testing centers throughout the country.
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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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$56,260
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Admissions
This certificate requires 18 units.