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EMERGENCY NUMBERS:
      CAMPUS SECURITY: (305) 237-2100
      M-DCC EMERGENCY HOTLINE: (305) 237-7500 (Hurricane and Weather Warnings)

INSTRUCTOR OFFICE HOURS: See Prof. Ballinger's Home Page

C.I.S STUDY CENTER, ROOM 9103: Students can use the computers in the classroom only during their class time. When you wish to work additional hours on a computer, you should go to the Study Center in Room 9103. You will be asked to provide a current MDCC ID and validated schedule when you enter the Study Center. The hours of operation will be posted on the door of Room 9103 and on the Computer Department web page located at http://www.cis.kendall.mdc.edu/About/Center.asp

C.I.S. DEPARTMENT Home Page:  http://www.cis.kendall.mdc.edu

This is a professional course taught at M-DCC in cooperation with Cisco. It is delivered via a combination of a web-delivered curriculum, hands-on experience and instructor lectures and demonstrations. This is the second course of the four-course Cisco curriculum that will lead the student toward the goal of achieving professional certification as a Cisco Certified Network Analyst (CCNA).Upon completion of CCNA2 students have an understanding of routers and routing including:

• Basics of configuring routers
• Routing protocols
• TCP/IP concepts
• Access lists
• Networking troubleshooting skills

Required:

• Title: Routing Protocols and Concepts, CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide
  Author: Allan Johnson.
• ISBN-10: 1-58713-204-4; ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-204-9;
• Publisher: Cisco Press
  

• Home computer with internet access

Highly Recommended:

• Title: Routing Protocols and Concepts, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide
  Authors: Rick Graziani, Allan Johnson.
• ISBN-10: 1-58713-206-0; ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-206-3;
• Publisher: Cisco Press
  

• External hard drive (1GB Flash or better)

* You must earn higher than 60 on the final exam in order to receive a Network Academy passing grade.
* * There will be two opportunities to take each module exam. Any module exam not taken will result in a 0 grade for that exam

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"Putting off an easy thing makes it hard.  Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible."
-- George Claude Lorimer

• Cisco Academy Home Page: http://cisco.netacad.net
• Cisco Home Page: http://www.cisco.com/
• Boson.com: http://www.boson.com/ Sells a router simulator that many students have found helpful, also sells practice CCNA exams which I found contained some errors.
• Cramsession.com: http://cramsession.com/ . I recommend that you subscribe to CCNA exam question of the day.
• Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters: http://slashdot.org/
• Google search engine: http://www.google.com/

Please also see my Links page and my Blog

• CCNA Portable Command Guide, by Scott Empson. Cisco Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-193-6. A concise guide with samples to the commands you should know for the CCNA
• CCNA Official Exam Certification Library (CCNA Exam 640-802), 3rd Edition, by Wendell Odom. Cisco Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-183-7. Good for a final review before the Certification exam -- allow at least two weeks. Each chapter begins with a "do I need to study this?" quiz. Book includes practice exams.
  

Course Competencies: <- click to view competencies

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.
- D. Knuth

The college academic calendar is available at http://www.mdc.edu/academic_calendar/. View this web page to determine the last day to drop with a grade of W and other important information.

If you decide to withdraw, it is your responsibility to do so by the date listed in the calendar above. If you stop attending this class, you may be dropped from the course without notice and your record may show a grade of WI (Instructor Withdrawal). All students that are listed on the final grade report will receive a final grade.

An "Incomplete" grade or “I” grade is only available at the discretion of the instructor as a result of a documented emergency that prohibits your completing the course. You will be only considered for an incomplete grade if it is beyond the course withdrawal date and you are passing the course at the time of the request.

Students are to work individually during exams. Talking or helping each other during an exam is prohibited and may result in the implementation of the following Academic Dishonesty Procedure. If a student is caught cheating on any exams or work related to the class, the student will receive only one warning before the dishonesty procedure becomes effective. This procedure will be one of the following: (1) a lower grade for the course, (2) a grade of F for the course, or (3) removal from the course.

Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated under any circumstances. The college policy for dealing with Academic Dishonesty is located at http://www.mdc.edu/policy/student_rights_and_responsibilities.pdf.

The college policy on the Student Code of Conduct is located at http://www.mdc.edu/policy/student_rights_and_responsibilities.pdf.  Please familiarize yourself with it.

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