The Network Management class prepares students for the demands and enormous opportunities of the information economy. In a lab setting that closely corresponds to the real world, students get their hands on the building blocks of today's global information networks, learning by doing as they design and bring to life local and wide area networks using equipment such as network switches, routers, patch cables, punch-down blocks and RJ-45 jacks. The coursework covers a complete range of basic through advanced networking-from pulling cables through walls to such complex concepts as subnet masking rules and strategies. Students address challenges drawn for the real world of networking and find solutions that work, not only in theory but in the model networks built and tested in the classroom lab. Successful completion of this course prepares students for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam.

	Credits Offered English 11 or 12 (P) CISCO Training Levels 1-4 (2 hours) CART Technology Applications
Students have the opportunity to: Qualify to be a CISCO Systems technician Hands-on networking experiences Experience web-based curriculum Interact directly with networking engineers `