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About the Academy

Governor Ned Lamont has announced a collaboration between the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU), the Office of Workforce Strategy, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide technical skills training and education to more than 2,000 Connecticut residents by 2024. Through this initiative, all Connecticut community colleges will be able to offer courses and certificates that align with skills needed to pursue in-demand careers in technical fields. The colleges will also work with interested high schools to provide access to cloud computing curricula.

AWS Academy provides higher education institutions with ready to-teach cloud computing curriculum developed and maintained by AWS. With professional development opportunities and courses aligned to AWS Certifications, AWS Academy empowers educators to deliver hands-on learning experiences that prepare students for industry-recognized certifications and in-demand cloud jobs.

The AWS Academy curriculum is designed to help students develop technical expertise in cloud computing and help them prepare for AWS Certification.

Upon successful completion of an AWS Academy course, students get access to a practice exam and serialized discounted certification coupon for AWS Certification exams. AWS Certifications recognize individuals with the technical skills and expertise to design, deploy, and operate applications and operations on AWS.

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations provides a detailed overview of AWS Cloud concepts, AWS core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support. This course is now offered in two formats including a digital version with narrated slide modules that integrate knowledge assessments, videos, and links to hands-on labs, and includes a discount voucher for the certification exam. Students have access to PDF content and accredited educators have access to the PowerPoint version of the course content.

Mastery of learning objectives covered in the courseware and preparation for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam, which prepares students to pursue AWS Cloud related employment as well as other AWS Academy courses.

Prerequisites:

General IT technical knowledge
General IT business knowledge

AWS Academy Cloud Developing

AWS Academy Cloud Developing is designed to help students gain technical expertise in development using cloud technologies and prepare them to take the AWS Certified Developer – Associate level AWS Certification exam. The curriculum is delivered through instructor-led classes, knowledge assessments, and hands-on labs. Students will also have access to course manuals, online knowledge assessments, a free practice certification exam, and a discount voucher for the certification exam.

Prerequisites:

Completed AWS Academy Cloud Foundations course or have equivalent experience
A working knowledge of distributed systems
Familiarity with general networking concepts
A working knowledge of multi-tier architectures
Familiarity with cloud computing concepts

AWS Academy Cloud Operations

AWS Academy Cloud Operations is designed to prepare participants to pursue entry-level DevOps, support, and cloud operations roles. It will also help prepare them to take the AWS SysOps Administrator – Associate exam. Emphasizing best practices in the AWS Cloud and recommended design patterns, this course will teach students how to solve problems and troubleshoot various scenarios. The course will show students how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on AWS and covers specific AWS features and tools related to configuration and deployment. With case studies and demonstrations, students will learn how some AWS customers design their infrastructures and implement various strategies and services. Students will also have the opportunity to build a variety of infrastructures via guided, hands-on activities.

Prerequisites:

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations
A working knowledge of at least one scripting language
Familiarity with Linux, the command line and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Familiarity with virtualization and distributed computing
An understanding of version control (e.g., Git)
An understanding of data storage mechanisms such as SQL

AWS Academy Cloud Architecting

AWS Academy Cloud Architecting is a course designed to help students develop technical expertise in cloud computing and prepare them for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam. The course is delivered through lecture, hands-on labs, and project work. Participants have access to course manuals, online knowledge assessments, hands-on labs, a free practice exam, and a discount voucher for the certification exam.

Prerequisites:

Completed the Academy Cloud Foundations (ACF) course or have equivalent experience
A working knowledge of distributed systems
Familiarity with general networking concepts
A working knowledge of multi-tier architectures
Familiarity with cloud computing concepts