Syllabu
us: Netw
working Essentiaals
Course O
Overview:
Welcome
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Network Asssociate (CCNA) Discoveryy course, Neetworking fo
or Home an
nd Small Businesses. The
e goal of thiss course is too introduce yyou to fundaamental networkiing conceptss and techno
ologies. This course provvides a hand
ds‐on introdu
uction to networkiing and the IInternet usin
ng tools and hardware ccommonly fo
ound in the h
home and sm
mall business environmen
nt. This courrse’s materiaals will assistt you in deveeloping the sskills necessary to plan and impleme
ent small nettworks acrosss a range off application
ns. This coursse prepares you to pursue
e entry levell positions or further education for ccareers such
h as Networkk Technician
n, Compute
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n, Cable Insttaller, and He
elp Desk Tecchnician jobss.
Departm
ment:
Business,, Marketing and Informaation Technolo
ogy
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CMP4020
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Pathway:
Informationn Support & Services
Course SStandards:
Common
n Core State Standards fo
or Literacy in
n All Subjectts
Common
n Core State Standards fo
or Mathemaatics ‐‐ Standdards for Maathematical Practice
Wisconsiin Common Career Tech
hnical Core Standards∙ Wisconsiin Standardss for Businesss & Information Technoology
Course A
Assessment(s):
● Cisco chapterr tests after each unit ● Packet Tracerr Labs 1
Syllabu
us: Netw
working Essentiaals
Course O
Outline (inclu
uding Unit(ss) of Time an
nd Essential Questions):
● Unit 1: Explorring the Netw
work (1 wee
ek)
○ Explain how multiiple networkks are used i n everyday life. ○ Explain the topolo
ogies and de
evices used i n a small‐ to
o medium‐sizzed businesss netwo
ork. ○ Explain the basic ccharacteristiics of a netw
work that sup
pports comm
munication in a small‐‐ to medium‐sized business. ○ Explain the basic ccharacteristiics of a netw
work that sup
pports comm
munication in a small‐‐ to medium‐sized business. ○ Explain trends in n
networking tthat will affeect the use o
of networks in small to mediu
um‐sized bussinesses. ○ Explain trends in n
networking tthat will affeect the use o
of networks in small to mediu
um‐sized bussinesses. ● Unit 2: Configguring a netw
work operating system ((1.5 weeks)
○ Explain the purpose of the Cissco IOS. ○ Explain how to access and navvigate Cisco IOS to confiigure netwo
ork device
es.Describe tthe comman
nd structure of the Cisco
o IOS software. ○ Configgure hostnam
mes on a Cissco IOS devicce using the CLI ● Unit 3: Netwo
ork Protocols and Comm
munications ((1.5 weeks)
○ Explain how rules are used to facilitate coommunicatio
on. ○ Explain the role off protocols aand standardds organizattions in faciliitating operability in
n network co
ommunicatioons. intero
○ Explain how devicces on a LAN
N access resoources in a sm
mall to medium‐sized busine
ess network. ● Unit 4: Netwo
ork Access (1
1.5 weeks)
○ Identify device connectivity options. ○ Descriibe the purp
pose and fun
nctions of thee physical laayer in the network. ○ Descriibe basic principles of th
he physical laayer standarrds.Identify the basic characcteristics of copper cabling. net (1.5 wee
eks) ● Unit 5: Ethern
○ Descriibe the operration of the
e Ethernet suublayers. ○ Identify the majorr fields of the Ethernet fframe. ○ Descriibe the purp
pose and chaaracteristics of the Etherrnet MAC ad
ddress. ○ Descriibe the purp
pose of ARP
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working Essentiaals
● Unit 6: Netwo
ork Layer (2 weeks)
○ Explain how netw
work layer protocols and services sup
pport communications acrosss data netwo
orks. ○ Explain how route
ers enable en
nd‐to‐end coonnectivity iin a small‐to
o‐medium‐sized ess network. busine
○ Determine the appropriate de
evice to routte traffic in aa small‐to‐m
medium‐sized
d busine
ess network. ○ Configgure a router with basic configuratioons ● Unit 7: Transp
port Layer (1
1.5 weeks)
○ Descriibe the purp
pose of the transport layyer in managging the tran
nsportation o
of data in
n end‐to‐end
d communiccation. ○ Descriibe characte
eristics of the
e TCP and UDP protocols, including port numbeers and th
heir uses. ○ Explain how TCP ssession estab
blishment annd termination processees facilitate reliable communication. ● Unit 8: IP Add
dressing (1.5
5 weeks)
○ Descriibe the struccture of an IPv4 addresss. ○ Descriibe the purp
pose of the subnet maskk. ○ Compare the charracteristics aand uses of tthe unicast, broadcast, aand multicasst IPv4 addresses. ○ Compare the use of public address space and privatee address spaace ● Unit 9: Subne
etting IP Netw
works (2 we
eeks)
○ Explain why routin
ng is necessaary for hostss on differen
nt networks to comm
municate. ○ Descriibe IP as a co
ommunicatio
on protocol used to iden
ntify a singlee device on aa netwo
ork. ○ Given a network aand a subnett mask, calcuulate the nu
umber of hosst addressess available. ● Unit 10: Application Layer (1.5 weeks)
unctions of tthe applicatiion layer, seession layer, and ○ Explain how the fu
ntation layer work togetther to prov ide networkk services to end user presen
appliccations. ○ Descriibe how com
mmon appliccation layer pprotocols intteract with eend user appliccations. 3
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us: Netw
working Essentiaals
○ Descriibe, at a high
h level, common applicaation layer protocols thaat provide Intern
net services tto end‐userss, including W
WWW servicces and emaail. ● Unit 11: It's A
A Network (1
1.5 weeks)
○ Identify the device
es and proto
ocols used inn a small nettwork. ○ Explain how a smaall network sserves as thee basis of larrger networks. d for basic se
ecurity meassures on nettwork devicees. ○ Descriibe the need
○ Identify security vvulnerabilitie
es and generral mitigation techniquees. ○ Identify security vvulnerabilitie
es and generral mitigation techniquees. ● Review and Final (1 weekk) opment/21sst Century Skkills (Ongoin g) ● Caareer Develo
○ How d
do the skills and knowled
dge I am leaarning in thiss class get ap
pplied within
n a job setting? ○ How ccan I work w
with a team to develop a n answer to a question or solution tto proble
em? ○ How I apply the skkills that my future empployers will vvalue? Texts, Te
echnology, a
and Resources:
Cisco Nett Academy, Packet trace
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