PTI501: Cisco Networking I

Course Title: Cisco Networking I
GRADE LEVEL: 11-12
CODE: PTI501
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
PREPARATION: Experience with PC’s, strong working knowledge of application software used in school, and capacity to learn about technology

Major Concepts/Content: This course prepares students to become network engineers and prepares them for entrance into a technology career field or for further technology study. The program includes a complete range of basic and advanced networking concepts - from pulling cables through such complex concepts as subnet masking rules and strategies. Successful completion of this course and the Cisco Networking 2 course should prepare the student to pass the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) examination.

Major Instructional Activities: The program teaches students to design, build, and maintain small to medium-sized networks. Activities are conducted in a lab setting using computers, servers, and routers that students assemble into functional networks. During the course students will participate in threaded case study discussions.

Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will demonstrate their knowledge through tests, hands-on demonstrations, and projects.

Essential Objectives: Upon completion of the course, students should be able to

Differentiate between OSI model and industry standards
Convert decimal to binary numbers
Describe network topologies
Explain IP addressing, including subnet masks
Identify networking components
Prepare basic network designs
Understand beginning router configuration protocols

CLUSTERS AND PATHWAYS
This course can be used to partially satisfy the requirements for an endorsement in the following pathways.

Cluster | Pathway | Required/Recommended/Related

Last Revised: March 20th, 2009 at 2:54 pm.