'CISN' -- CIS Networking Courses
 
    
 

 

CISN 11 Course Image
Prepares students for the first year Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and Network+ certification.  Telecommunications networking focusing on network concepts and designs, network standards, Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) version 4 (IPv4) and version 6 (IPv6), Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), network protocols, transmission media, switch, hardware architecture, local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), remote connectivity, Microsoft and Linux network operating system, network troubleshooting, maintenance, and upgrade, network and wireless security, system ulnerability, and network sniffing analysis.
(54 hours lecture,    Degree Applicable, CSU)

Sample Course Syllabi:


Course Measurable Objectives:

  1. Describe the concepts, terminology and characteristics of data communications.
  2. Configure simple local and wide area networks (LAN and WAN).
  3. Describe and distinguish advantages and disadvantages of transmission media.
  4. Assess and design network communication systems.
  5. Evaluate and develop network security policy.
  6. Identify the use of major communications hardware and software.

Course Level Student Learning Outcomes:


Students completing CISN 11 - Telecommunications/Networking Lecture will be able to:
  1. identify five security strategies that can protect a network from a security breach.
  2. identify four types of common transmission media and be able to describe the basic characteristics of each.