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This program requires a total of 18 credits.
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Develop Career-Ready Skills in Cloud Computing & Networking
The knowledge and skills that you cultivate in this program are highly valued by employers and can easily translate to almost any modern industry. Program graduates develop crucial skills in cloud computing, computer networking, cybersecurity, Microsoft Azure, AWS Cloud, and more.
Our program directors refresh and update the curriculum regularly, with a focus on helping students achieve the following:
19K+
Job Openings
Approximately 19,800 openings for network and computer systems administrators are projected annually, on average, over the decade.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | “Occupational Outlook Handbook” | Last Reviewed: April 30, 2024
8%
Job Growth
Database administrators’ and architects’ overall employment is projected to grow 8 percent from 2022 to 2032, faster than the average for all occupations.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | “Occupational Outlook Handbook” | Last Reviewed: April 30, 2024
Practice Real-World Skills in Your Cloud Courses
Throughout your academic curriculum, your instructors will assign coursework that will help you prioritize real-world skills and experience. Some possible course projects include:
- Develop a detailed comparative analysis of cloud software vendors and their services, providing a comparative analysis and an item-by-item comparison of two or more alternatives, processes, products, or systems. Compare the pros and cons of the cloud service providers in terms of security, ease of use, service models, services/tools they provide, pricing, technical support, cloud service providers' infrastructure, and architecture model. Present findings to the company owner in a narrated PowerPoint presentation with 10 to 20 slides.
- Build a cloud architectural plan that a company’s IT staff will use when it implements the cloud solution. Afterwards, build an AWS architecture for a company’s proposed business need, explain the services within the cloud architecture, and make recommendations to the customer.
- Create an architectural plan that focuses on a company’s specific business needs. The plan must address two of these four categories with a detailed explanation: designing resilient architecture, designing high-performing architecture, designing secure applications and architectures, and designing cost-optimized architectures.
- Gain an understanding of a fictitious company’s business needs and recommend which cloud service model to use for their environment, which cloud security services to leverage, and how to incorporate disaster recovery into your recommended solution.
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An online undergraduate certificate in cloud computing and networking at UMGC is an 18-credit academic program that you can complete quickly to develop and demonstrate fundamental computer networking skills and software knowledge. Credits from this program can later be applied toward a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity technology.
The online undergraduate certificate in cloud computing and networking has competitively priced tuition rates, which are posted at the top of this page. Maryland residents pay the low in-state rate, and military servicemembers and their spouses and dependent children pay the reduced military tuition rate. All students can benefit from our interest-free monthly payment plan, and our no-cost digital materials in place of most textbooks also help make our programs more affordable.
You can earn the 18 required credits for an undergraduate certificate in cloud computing and networking in a year or less, depending on how many courses you take at a time and whether you have any applicable transfer credits.
You do not need any previous educational or work experience to join the online undergraduate certificate program in cloud computing. Our undergraduate admission requirements are the only requirements for admission to this program.