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Close the gap between your job in IT and a rewarding career.

Technology is continually changing so additional training and certification are important steps for career advancement. Kaplan Continuing Education’s Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) Certificate program could help you stay ahead of the competition. Designed to help prepare you to sit for Cisco certification exams,* the 6-month, online program covers the implementation of VLANs, spanning tree protocol in a hierarchical network, inter-VLAN routing and implementing gateway redundancy technologies, configuring wireless client access, configuring security features in a switched network and support for voice, methodologies used to design a network, network structure and modularity, designing basic enterprise campus networks, designing Enterprise Edge and remote network modules, designing IP addressing and routing protocols, designing security services, voice networking considerations, and wireless networking considerations.

 

If you are interested in pursuing employment and consulting opportunities in many sectors, including business, health care, technology, government, education, communications, security, military, and transportation, this program may be right for you.†

 Imagine What You Can Do: 

  • Demonstrate

  • The ability to design complex networks and compete for more advanced positions within the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.†

  • Design

  • Enterprise networks involving Enterprise Edge and remote network modules, IP addressing and routing protocols, security services, voice networking, wireless networking, wireless client access, security features in a switched network, and spanning tree protocols in a hierarchical network.

  • Implement

  • A network featuring VLAN, inter-VLAN routing, and gateway redundancy technologies.

  • Apply

  • For a design-level role in the IT networking departments of today’s more advanced companies and organizations once you have completed the coursework and passed the CCDA certification examination.† This program demonstrates how Cisco network infrastructure could help businesses and organizations link with their employees, customers, and supply-chain partners.

 Imagine Where You Can Apply 

CCDA certification indicates a foundation or apprentice knowledge of network design for the Cisco converged network. CCDA professionals may design routed and switched network infrastructures and services involving LAN, WAN, and broadband access for businesses and organizations.†

 

After the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification, CCDA certification is the next step toward achieving Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) certification.

 IS This Program Right For Me? 

The CCDA Certificate program is ideally suited for IT professionals already working in the field who desire to attain greater career momentum in IT networking.
  • A high school diploma or GED is required.
  • Three years of experience with Cisco equipment and LAN, WAN, and wireless networking is recommended.
  • Valid CCNA certification is required.

 

Students enrolled in the certificate program will complete two courses:

  • Building Converged Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks
  • Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions

  

For complete course descriptions, click here.

  

  

 Take the First Step 

In 6 months or less, you could be on your way to a more rewarding career. Take the first step by calling 866.542.4042 (Toll Free) or click here for more information.

*Although certain KCE programs are designed to prepare students to take various certification or licensing exams, KCE cannot guarantee the student will pass those exams. In some cases, field experience and/or background checks may be necessary to be eligible to take or to successfully pass the exams.

†KCE's programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, KCE does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.