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All Courses are taught by certifed cisco instructors in a fully equipped cisco lab environment. At the end of each semester, students are required to pass 2 semester exams in order to receive a certificate of completion issued by cisco. The first exam is a skills-based exam where students will be tested on their practical hands-on skills learnt through the semester. The second exam test the students understanding on what has been learnt throughout the semester.
Course Materials: All course materials are available through the academy's webservers. Their are textbooks available which maybe helpful however it is not a requirement to purchase them.
Semester 1: Networking Basics Training Schedule Duration: 7 weeks Detailed Scope & Sequence
- Network Terminology
- Network Protocols/Standards
- Local Area Networks (LANs)
- Wide Area Networks (WANs)
- OSI Model
- Cabling/Cabling Tools
- Routers
- Ethernet
- Internet Protocol (IP)
- Subnetting
Semester 2: Routers and Routing Basics Training Schedule Duration: 7 weeks Detailed Scope & Sequence
- Routers
- Cisco IOS
- Router Configuration/Troubleshooting
- Router File Management
- RIP/IGRP Routing Protocols
- TCP/IP Error and Control Messages
- Intermediate TCP/IP
- Access Control List (ACL)
Semester 3: Intermediate Routing and Switching Basics Training Schedule Duration: 7 weeks Detailed Scope & Sequence
- Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM)
- Intermediate Routing Protocols (RIPv2, OSPF, EIGRP)
- Switching Concepts
- Switch Configuration
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- Virtual LANs (VLANs)
- VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
Semester 4: WAN Technologies Training Schedule Duration: 7 weeks Detailed Scope & Sequence
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Port Address Translation (PAT)
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol(DHCP)
- WAN Technologies
- Point-Point Protocol (PPP)
- Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
- Dial-On Demand Routing (DDR)
- Frame Relay
- Network Management
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