Seneca College's Centre for Development of Open Technology has unparalleled connections with top-tier open source projects such as Mozilla, creators of the Firefox web browser, and Red Hat, maker of the most successful commercial Linux operating system. In the Software Build and Release professional option, students have the opportunity to work with world class developers on such projects.
Throughout this program students will develop the following skills:
- Analyze and resolve information technology problems
- Analyze, plan, design and implement computer systems and networking solutions
- Install and monitor computer systems and networks
- Plan and develop data storage
- Appraise existing security solutions
Students meeting all academic requirements may have the opportunity to complete an optional co-op work term(s) in a formal work environment. In most cases the work term(s) is a full-time paid position completed between two academic semesters.