Do you have a good understanding of computers? Can you spend hours in front of computers? Do you have the basic understanding of systems design and administration? Are you looking to take a course in systems design and administration? Are you looking to become a professional system administrator?

Systems are an important part of computer science, and this information technology online course will teach you the basics of designing, maintaining and administrating systems on a variety of software and hardware platforms.

The whole purpose of this course is to educate the students about systems design and administration and to cover almost everything right from the basics of FTP and DNS to more advanced topics, including server configuration, file systems and file system administration, as well as security on the web in local networks. You can download course materials such as video lectures, software, reading materials and project instructions from the course website. No textbook is required.

The information which you will find here includes:

- Computer hardware selection
- User account management
- File system optimization
- Network security
- Basic system services such as FTP, WWW, email, printer, and DBMS

For this course it is imperative that you take three classes a week. The average time of a class is 50 minutes which is considered enough to cover the relevant syllabus. Students will be required to install, configure, and test all the services in a server environment.

Author Bio:

The course will be taught by Curtis Larsen, who is arguably the best instructor for this program. He gets right to the point, and explains things very well. It is reckoned without a doubt that the information in this course and under the supervision of an instructor like Curtis Larsen, students will have an exciting learning experience which they can share with their peers.