CCNA Certification at Berkshire Community College

The CCNA certification (Cisco Certified Network Associate) indicates a foundation in and apprentice knowledge of networking. CCNA certified professionals can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for small networks (100 nodes or fewer), including but not limited to use of these protocols: IP, IGRP, Serial, Frame Relay, IP RIP, VLANs, RIP, Ethernet, Access Lists.  Please contact Denise Johns at the BATC at 413-499-4660, x386 for more information.

CIS180 Network Fundamentals

 Course One Description:

The first course of a four course sequence designed to provide students with classroom and laboratory experience in current and emerging networking technology.  Topics include networking, network terminology and protocols, network standards, local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), the open system interconnection (OSI) reference model, cabling, routers, router programming, LAN/WAN topologies, internet protocol (IP) addressing and network standards.  Students will install, configure and operate simple-routed LAN, routed WAN and switched LANs and LAN networks.

CIS181 Router Technology Fundamentals

 Course  Two Description:

The second course of a four course sequence designed to provide students with classroom and laboratory experience in current and emerging networking technology. Topics include networking, network terminology and protocols, network standards, local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), Open System Interconnection (OSI) models, Ethernet, Token Ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Addressing Protocol, dynamic routing, routing and the network administrator’s function. Students will successfully implement beginning router configurations, demonstrate an understanding of routed and routing protocols and the fundamentals of LAN switching.Skills

CIS182 Advanced Router Programming

 Course Three Description:

The third course of a four course sequence which will lead the student toward the goal of achieving professional certification as a CISCO Certified Network Analyst (CCNA). Topics include networking, network terminology and protocols, network standards, local area networks (LANs), LAN segmentation, segmentation techniques, Internet Protocol (IP) and Internet Protocol Extended (IPX) addressing, Fast Ethernet, the Spanning Tree Protocol and virtual LANs. Students progress to completing advanced router configurations in the lab; they will demonstrate an understanding of LAN switching and virtual local area networks (VLANs), advanced LAN and LAN switched design, Novell IPX, Network management techniques and threaded case studies.

CIS183 Project Based Learning

 Course Four Description:

The fourth course of a four course sequence which will lead the student toward the goal of achieving professional certification as a CISCO Certified Network Analyst (CCNA). Topics include networking, protocols, network standards, advanced network design projects, advanced network management projects, wide area network (WAN) theory and design, WAN technology, Frame Relay, integrated system digital network (ISDN), network trouble shooting and threaded case studies.