CSC-153 Introduction to Cloud Computing

This course provides students an overall introduction to cloud computing concepts. The course includes Amazon Web Services (AWS) Academy Cloud Foundations, which is a course developed and maintained by Amazon. It provides a detailed overview of cloud concepts, AWS core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support. Additional course topics include scripting, Linux and command line programming, virtualization and distributed computing, version control, and data storage mechanisms. This course will prepare students to take the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification exam.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CSC-142 recommended

Lecture Contact Hours

3

Lab Contact Hours

0

Other Contact Hours

0

Department

• Computer Science

Grading Scheme

• Letter

SUNY Gen Ed Credit

• No

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the functionality of various AWS services (e.g. VPC, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM) and their use cases.
2. Explain AWS cloud architectural principles.
3. Explain the AWS pricing philosophy and how to use AWS services to optimize costs in the Total Cost of Ownership.
4. Explore how computing skills can be applied in a cloud computing environment.