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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the prerequisites/certifications required to participate in Academy courses?

There are no class enrollment prerequisites, although all remote teaching environments require some or relevant experience in the area of study. Generally for all Academy courses basic computer literacy (browsing, basic word processing, etc.) is a must. Further experience is a plus, but not essential, as the curriculum and course materials are oriented towards beginners and inexperienced students. For more information please read curriculum description and details.

Is the course full or part-time?

Academy courses are delivered both ways - part-time and full-time. For non-Bulgarian residents all courses, taught in non-remote environment, are delivered full-time and course schedule is significantly concised. Courses taught in remote environment are part-time and combined synchronous-asynchronous (via interactive conference interface).

Can I study the course at home?

Each course requires certain element of self-study. The self-study portion depends on the class environment - remote or local. This is limited by the huge amount of hands-on lab activities, which are an essential part of each course, as the ratio lectures/labs is approximately 3:4.

What is the earned certificate upon course completion?

The Academy issues a certificate of course completion, but it is important to know that Cisco Career, Comp TIA and Sun Microsystems certifications are earned by attending at a test center - VUE or Prometric and is not automatically achieved upon course completion. There is a certification exam fee, which is paid to the exam supplier. Upon completing Cisco Networking Academy Program course you will receive a 70% off regular exam price discount voucher and, of course, you will be completely prepared to take the exam.

Where I can find more information about course contents and objectives?

You can view a demo of various curriculum or download course objectives by visiting the curriculum section of our web site.

My company requires professional training. Is this program suitable?

Yes it is. However, there are Cisco Training Partners that offer the program over a fraction of the time. The courses offered by Cisco Systems' Partners are substantially more expensive to their students than Networking Academy classes. Training Partners generally target people working for companies and they offer very little hands-on experience. Commercial training classes are also more product oriented than the Networking Academy curriculum, which is technology orientated and conceptual, including vast amounts of hands-on labs. The Academy training model uses facilitated learning rather than lectures to impart the principals of networking, programming or operating systems administration. Corporate customers are offered on-site training, consulting on specific production problems and/or solutions and many more extras.

Is it possible for my school/college to join the Cisco Networking Academy Program?

It is possible to join our Academy Network and become a Local Cisco Academy. As your parent Academy, Regional Cisco Academy "Future 21st Century Foundation" will train your instructors, will guide you through your first steps in the Academy Program and will support various technical aspects of your program involvement. We will audit the quality of training, provided by your Local Academy. For more information, e-mail: info@cacad.com.

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