The Park University Cisco Certified Network Associate training program is a sequence of five courses that are part

of the Networking and Security specialty area within the Information and Computer Science degree program. The training program prepares students to sit for the CCNA exam and provides them with a set of marketable skills. After completing the training program, students are encouraged to register for the CCNA exam at a CCNA testing center.

Cisco Certified Network Associate Training Program

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The CCNA certification provides students with the fundamental skills necessary to administer business networks. This adds value to our bachelors degree in computer science. If students in that program take the classes then pass the CCNA test, it will add market value to their resume, and that usually equates to more money in the job market.
James Tucker, director of telecommunications

Park is a Cisco Networking Academy,

a global education program that provides practical training on how to design, build, troubleshoot and secure computer networks. It has been established in colleges and universities in more than 160 countries. Parks CCNA courses will be taught by Ciscocertified teachers. The CCNA program validates the ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-size routed and switched networks, including implementation and verification. It is considered the base certification for many other specialized certifications, such as CCVP, CCNP and CCIP. Parks first CCNA course, CS 365 (Computer Networking), has prerequisites of CS 208 (Discrete Mathematics) and CS 151 (Introduction to Programming), or consent of the instructor. The consent-of-instructor option is for students who are not seeking an ICS degree.

To accommodate all ICS students (not just the networking students), CS 365 focuses primarily on basic networking concepts. Networking students should take the one-credit CS 366 (Computer Networking Laboratory) course to supplement their CS 365 course with CCNA-specific lab work. After CS 365 and CS 366, networking students take three additional CCNA courses as part of the CCNA program. All of the courses are taught online and at the Parkville Campus.

John Dean, assistant professor and department chair
LAN Switching and Wireless
CS 372 Advanced Networking Prerequisites: CS 365 and CS 366 This course introduces Local Area Network switching and wireless networking. Course topics include: LAN and Virtual LAN design and switching, VLAN trunking protocol, Spanning Tree Protocol, Inter-VLAN routing and wireless LAN communications. This course may include various hands-on networking projects.

A Cisco certification is viewed as the gold standard in the industry and is highly regarded by employers.

Cisco recommends four areas of study in preparing for the CCNA exam.
Park University's CCNA curriculum focuses on these critical areas of study:

Network Fundamentals
CS 365 Computer Networking Prerequisite: CS 208 and CS 151, or instructor consent. This course provides an overview of computer networking concepts. Course topics include: network topologies and cabling, local and wide area networking, Ethernet, wireless, OSI 7-Layer Model, routing, and logical and physical network addressing. The course may include various hands-on networking projects. CS 366 Computer Networking Laboratory Co-requisite or prerequisite: CS 365 or instructor consent. This 1-credit lab course provides students opportunities to practice computer networking concepts through hands-on networking projects. Students will experiment with and evaluate various networking utilities. Course projects will reinforce the concepts learned in CS 365.

Routing Protocols and Concepts

CS 371 Internetworking Prerequisites: CS 365 and CS 366 This course introduces a variety of routing protocols and concepts. Course topics include: static and dynamic routing, packet forwarding, distance-vector and link-state routing protocols, routing tables, VLSM and CIDR. This course may include various hands-on networking projects.

Accessing the WAN

CS 385 Modern Developments in Advanced Networking Prerequisites: CS 371 and CS 372 This course introduces WAN technologies and network services. Course topics include: WAN technologies, connection options, troubleshooting and security. This course may include various hands-on networking projects.