You might consider instead an degree-completion format.
Among other things I am director of an evening degree-completion
program. They are pretty easy to put together under the auspices
of an existing institution.
Accept students with some college, especially refugees from
M$ dominated liberal arts colleges with so-called computer
degree programs -- transfer the credits they need to cover the
gneral education requirements -- then load up on the Linux,
and other courses as you described.
Students who don't have all of their AA-degree coursework
completed use CLEP tests, CDC (credit for demonstrated
competency), online courses through other insitutions, and
courses at community colleges to fill the blanks.
Following our plan you could go from AA to BS in 22 months --
each course require you to attend one evening class per week for
5 weeks (4 hours from 6-10pm).
You'd either need a computer lab or everyone brings their own
laptop or Zaurus SL5500.
More that you wanted to know? ;-) doc
> Since there was some discussion lately about the value of certifications
vs a
> university experience, I thought it might be worth throwing around what a
> good Linux Degree would look like. That way there would be more teeth to
> saying that you're qualified in Linux.
>
> I'm thinking Standard University here, four year degree, English, Math,
> Humanities, Foreign Language. It should mirror to some extent a computer
> science degree, but your Linux emphasis would be like this:
>
> For programming languages, you'd have (as a start)
> C, C++, Python, Perl, shell scripting.
>
> For administration, you'd have a course on operating systems, as a
comparison
> between them, as well as a course that deals with installation, from lilo
to
> missing libraries to customization and customized installs for particular
> (corporate) needs. (I realize that installers are getting easier all the
> time, but the background is what we'd be after, to make sure that there
was a
> firm footing.) There'd be one or two on networking, firewalls, and the
> internet, sendmail, samba, and other stuff... ???? There would also have
to
> be something about apache, too.
>
> There would be a course on kernel internals, and its capabilities. There
> would be a required course on documentation, how to write it, how to read
it.
> There would also have to be course dealing with Intellectual Property,
> especially as it relates to the GPL and other Free/Open Source Licenses
(aka
> a little philosophy)...
>
> Sound good for a start? Now, I don't have a clue what university would put
> together such a degree program, but I think the community should be ready
> just in case. That way someone "up the chain" could be ready to say to the
> brave university, "We've thought it out pretty well, this is what we
> propose." It would rigorous and academically sound...
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Russell
> - --
> Linux -- the OS for the Renaissance Man
>
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