Version: 3/20/2019 2
Additional Course Information
Topical Outline: Each offering of this course must include the following topics (be sure to include information regarding lab,
practicum, and clinical or other non-lecture instruction).
Topical Outline – Each offering of this course must include the following topics (be sure to include information regarding lab,
practicum, clinical or other non-lecture instruction):
• Install Linux Operating System
• Perform basic user-level commands
• Perform system administration level commands
• Create a basic shell script
• Create basic text files
• Assign appropriate file permissions to file and folders
• Edit documents and perform searches
• Create and manage user accounts
• Assign password policies to users
• Delegate “administrator” (root) privileges to users
• Create virtual network interfaces
• Install the desktop
• Perform basic network troubleshooting commands
Course Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcomes Upon successful
completion of this course, students will
Install, administer, and manage a Linux system
• Demonstrate proficiency with Linux utilities,
commands, and applications
• Identify and resolve security-based issues.
• Integrate a Linux system into an existing
network.
All outcomes will be assessed by one or more of the
following:
Individual/Group Assignments
Individual/Group Projects
Reading Assignments
Presentations
Lab Works/Assignments
Required text(s), optional text(s) and/or materials to be supplied by the student:
Linux+ Guide to Linux Cert (w/CD & Access Code) Edition: 3rd; Author: Eckert
Publisher: Course Technology; ISBN-13: 9781418837211; ISBN-10: 1418837210. Or Similar Current Title
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