Module Descriptors
IOS ADMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES
COCS50275
Key Facts
School of Computing and Digital Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Christopher Howard
Email: C.Howard@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 102
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK weighted at 50%
- ASSIGNMENT - PRACTICAL weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
The learner must be employed in an instructional role in a Cisco local/regional academy and have completed: Concepts of Distributed Data Structures, Concepts of Data Path Selection, passed CCNA. This module is charged at the Local Academy training fee rate as per the support contract.
Module Resources
CISCO Local Academies only
On-line learning material provided by CISCO Inc
CISCO Networking Academy programme assessment server
Laboratory exercise sheets provided by course instructor
NOTE
Instructors teaching this module who use the CISCO material must have completed CCNA 1, 2, 3 and 4, INS1&2, ISCW or IINS
On-line learning material provided by CISCO Inc
CISCO Networking Academy programme assessment server
Laboratory exercise sheets provided by course instructor
NOTE
Instructors teaching this module who use the CISCO material must have completed CCNA 1, 2, 3 and 4, INS1&2, ISCW or IINS
Module Texts
CCNA Security Offical Exam Certification Guide (Exam 640-553), Watkisn and Wallace, Cisco Press; illustrated edition (3 July 2008), ISBN-13: 978-1587202209.
Module Learning Strategies
The module is:
- Self managed learning using on-line material
- Formative on-line multiple choice tests, relating to each of the modules
- The learner is expected to have read through the on-line course material and have 50% of the lab experiments prior to attending the course. These will be supplied electronically 10 weeks before the course start date. It is expected that the learner puts in approximately 2 hours self-study per day of the course and 10.5 hours of self-study in each of the 10 weeks prior to the start of the course.
- The module will be delivered over 5 days with normally 7 hours of class contact per day. Each day will typically comprise two 1 hour lectures to supplement on-line material and 5 hours practical experimentation giving a weekly total of 10 hours lectures and 25 hours labs/tutorials;
(1:n)10 (1:20)25
- Self managed learning using on-line material
- Formative on-line multiple choice tests, relating to each of the modules
- The learner is expected to have read through the on-line course material and have 50% of the lab experiments prior to attending the course. These will be supplied electronically 10 weeks before the course start date. It is expected that the learner puts in approximately 2 hours self-study per day of the course and 10.5 hours of self-study in each of the 10 weeks prior to the start of the course.
- The module will be delivered over 5 days with normally 7 hours of class contact per day. Each day will typically comprise two 1 hour lectures to supplement on-line material and 5 hours practical experimentation giving a weekly total of 10 hours lectures and 25 hours labs/tutorials;
(1:n)10 (1:20)25
Module Additional Assessment Details
A 50% coursework typically an online assessment or case study of approximately 1500 words (Learning Outcome 1).
Practical coursework 50% (Learning Outcomes 2 and 3
Practical coursework 50% (Learning Outcomes 2 and 3
Module Indicative Content
IOS Admission Control Technologies is a module leading on from CCNA, exploring the field of security. The module looks at types of threat, securing access to devices, AAA, implementing firewall and intrusion protection technologies, layer 2 security featuers, cryptographic systems, VPN's and how to manage a secure network.