Why do the UTS Graduate Program in Internetworking?

Internetworking is the 21^st Century growth area. Students who do this course are well placed to take advantage of the many employment opportunities in this field. Students can either develop their interest in network software, network management, network administration, or network design. The Program combines preparation for industry certification and a sound University education.

Industry Involvement

An agreement between the University of Technology, Sydney and CISCO Systems has been formalized. The agreement provides certification of UTS lecturers in the presentation of the Cisco material in the Internetworking Courses. This means that lecturers at UTS meet Cisco's standards in these areas.

The UTS subjects LANs & Routing and WANs & VLANs are run in the UTS/Cisco Systems Local Network Academy (Internetworking Program) and students take their examinations with the Cisco Academy site in the USA.

These subjects prepare the students for the CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) exams. For further details see: Cisco.

We are now also offering 4 subjects that prepare students for the CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional). These subjects prepare students for the Cisco Certified Network Professional exams. For further details see: Cisco.

How do the subjects taught by the Computer Systems Department in the Faculty of Information Technology map to the Cisco Systems Networking Academy Program?

This program is offered through a partnership agreement with and under the quality assurance processes of Cisco Networking Academies (USA). Our students are given practical skills in designing, configuring and installing computer internetworks. We use a variety of up-to-date equipment including routers, switches, hubs and modems etc.

FIT Postgraduate subjects

• Cisco CCNA Material
  • 32524 LANs & Routing - Covers material from Cisco Semesters 1 & 2
  • 32521 WANs & VLANs - Covers material from Cisco Semesters 3 & 4

• Cisco CCNP material
  • 32009 Advanced Routing Principles - Covers material from Cisco Semester 5
  • 32010 Wide Area networks Implementation - Covers material from Cisco Semester 6
  • 32011 Multilayer Switched Networks - Covers material from Cisco Semester 7
  • 32109 Network Analysis and Troubleshooting - Covers material from Cisco Semester 8

FIT Undergraduate subjects

• Cisco CCNA material
  • 31512 Networking 1 - Covers material from Cisco Semester 1
  • 31513 Networking 2 - Covers material from Cisco Semester 2
  • 31486 Data Communications - Covers material from Cisco Semester 1
  • 32521 WANs & VLANs - Covers material from Cisco Semesters 3 & 4 (For undergraduates doing networking submajor - quotas apply).

• Cisco CCNA Semester 1 includes the following topics:
  • OSI model and industry standards
  • Network topologies
  • IP addressing, including subnet masks
  • Networking components
  • Basic network design and documentation

• Cisco CCNA Semester 2 includes the following topics:
  • WANs and Routers
  • Basic router configurations
  • Routed and routing protocols
  • IP addressing
  • Network troubleshooting

• Cisco CCNA Semester 3 includes the following topics:
  • Advanced router configurations
  • LAN switching theory and VLANs
  • Access Control Lists
  • Advanced LAN and LAN switched design
  • Network Management
  • Novell IPX
  • Threaded case studies

• Cisco CCNA Semester 4 includes the following topics:
  • WAN theory and Design
  • WAN technology, PPP, Frame Relay, ISDN
  • Network troubleshooting
  • Threaded case studies

After students have completed the above 4 semesters, they should be able to attempt the Cisco Certified Network Associate Exam (CCNA 640-801). For further details see: Cisco

• Cisco CCNP Semester 5 (Advanced Routing) includes the following topics:
  • Scalable networks
  • IP addressing
  • Routing protocols OSPF, EIGRP, BGP
  • Security

After students have completed the CCNP Semester 5, they should be able to attempt the Cisco Exam: 640-503 Routing OR 640-900 BSCI Building Scalable Cisco Networks (BSCN) OR Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI).

• Cisco CCNP Semester 6 (Remote Access) includes the following topics:
  • WANs
  • PPP, ISDN, DDR
  • Frame Relay
  • Security
  • X.25
  • Scaling IP address with NAT

After students have completed the CCNP Semester 6, they should be able to attempt the Cisco Exam: 640-504 Switching Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN)

• Cisco CCNP Semester 7 (Multi-layer Switching) includes the following topics:
  • Lan Media
  • Configuring switches
  • Vlans
  • Routing between VLANs
  • Multilayer Switching
  • Multicasting

After students have completed the CCNP Semester 7, they should be able to attempt the Cisco Exam: 640-505 Remote Access Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN)

• Cisco CCNP Semester 8 (Internet Troubleshooting) includes the following topics:
  • Troubleshooting methodologies
  • Mangement and diagnostic tools
  • Trouble shooting TCP, LAN switched environments, Vlans
  • Trouble shooting Frame Relay, ISDN
  • Novell IPX
  • Appletalk
  • Troubleshooting EIGRP, OSPF and BGP

After students have completed the CCNP Semester 8, they should be able to attempt the Cisco Exam: 640-506 Support Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting Support (CIT) OR 640-509 Foundations