Nah..I'm not talking about certs
An IT degree and certs are two different things
Son claims he went to college for IT and graduated
That should be enough to get a job
You can go to college for both actually. Some programs get you a degree, some get you certs (which can actually go towards elective credits and replace certain classes) and some can get you both or none at all.
He sounds like he went to either a trade school or a community college program where you can complete the class and get a certificate for completion but not necessarily get the cert.
It's usually for entry level certs like A+, N+, or something equivalent. But there are programs for advanced certs as well but usually people actually take the exam. For A+ a lot of them don't. Had a few friends that did a similar program in Miami Dade and didn't take the test. Some are in IT still and some just got other jobs instead... I'm actually debating on going to a school where you aquire both