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This course will provide students with knowledge and basic skills to work with Linux systems. Students will learn to use, install, administer, harden, and manage Linux systems. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to administer the operating system, customize the system, mount and unmount devices, and do basic network administration, including administering user accounts, problem diagnostics, file and directory commands, system commands, and utilities.

This course will provide graduating associate's degree students with real-world experience in a work environment appropriate for their degree. The externship is approved and managed by the faculty advisor for the concentration area, and is graded by the assigned faculty member. Students are expected to complete 45 hours of on-the-job work assignments for each one semester credit hour of course credit, as well as provide all paperwork related to the externship, including weekly observations and work attendance reports to their course faculty manager.