Optional Course Offerings - Sponsored Curriculum Classes

The following are only available to Cisco Networking Academies

• "Fundamentals of IT and Data Communications" :: scope & sequence
• Adobe "Fundamentals of Web Design" :: overview :: faq
• Sun "Fundamentals of UNIX" :: overview :: faq
• "Fundamentals of Voice and Data Cabling" :: tentative outline :: faq
• "Fundamentals of Java Programming Language" :: tentative outline :: faq

CATC-SC Class Information

• Training done as a five-day on-site class
• Local Academies will be trained in June, July, and August
• Local Academies can sign up for classes on June 1st
• Student curriculum contains one 70-hour block called a semester
• All instructors must complete CCNA semester 1 or the new 3 day (24 hour) orientation before teaching CCNA, CCNP or Sponsored Curriculum courses.
• If an instructor is new to the Academy program, then they will need to complete a separate orientation course. All new instructors will be required to complete this course before teaching any courses.

• As of June 1, 2001, Sponsored Curriculum will reside on the CCNA site of CNAMS
• Local Academies will be able to designate themselves as a Local Academy offering Sponsored Curriculum (Local-SC), register for instructor training, download curriculum, and utilize most of the other CNAMS functionality associated with the CCNA program.
• Within the different 'GO' buttons, currently listed on CCNA, will be the information and tools needed to offer Sponsored Curriculum.
• Approximately June 1, 2001 the CCNA Main Contact will see a section on their "Update Academy Information" page within Academy Maintenance/View My Academy Information on CNAMS which reads: 'Make this Academy a Local-SC'. By clicking the check box in this section, the main contact designates your Academy as a Local-SC.
• Instructors will be able to register for training by clicking on the "Personal Account" 'GO' button and choosing "Register to Receive Sponsored Curriculum Training".
• Fundamentals of UNIX®, Fundamentals of Web Design and the new Orientation training courses currently offered will be available on the Class List page.
• This new Orientation is a required course for new instructors who have not already successfully completed Semester One (which includes an orientation to the Academy) of the CCNA curriculum.

adapted from a page on TRECA