• Fees
• Enrolment Procedure
• Refund Policy
• Access to On-line Cisco Material
• Course Assessment
• Recognised Prior Learning

The CCNA course consists of four (4) semester courses. Each evening course semester takes 12 weeks to complete. Each day course semester consists of five weeks of 1 day per week to complete.

The CCNA security course helps prepare students for the entry-level "Implementing Cisco IOS® Network Security (IINS) certification exam (640-553)" leading to the Cisco CCNA Security certification.

Fees

1. The fees for Cisco courses are:
   1. Each CCNA 1-4 course is $1350 per student ($1250 for UNSW students)..
   2. The CCNA Security course fee is $tba per person
   3. Please note our refund policy as detailed below.

    

Enrolment Procedures

1. Although a prospective student may register their interest to take a Cisco course with the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication. This provides the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication with the student's name and contact details but does not guarantee any placement on current or future Cisco courses.
2. A prospective student must submit a Cisco registration form(pdf) to the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication, giving details of the Cisco semester they wish to take, beginning month, and payment details for that semester. This registration does not guarantee any placement on current or future Cisco courses, until the payment has been processed.
3. Available seats on a course are allocated by payments processed.

Refund Policy

1. The UNSW reserves the right to cancel any course where insufficient demand exists. Fees paid may be refunded or transferred to another course.
2. Cancellations will only be considered on written request. Cancellations received greater than 8 working days prior to course commencement will result in a full refund less an administrative fee of $100.
3. Cancellations received less than 8 working days prior to course commencement but prior to the second class will receive a refund of 80 % of the course fee.
4. No refund applies to cancellations made after the second class.

Access to On-line Cisco Material

1. Student access to the on-line study materials for a Cisco course will be enabled once course has commenced in each semester, provided payment has been received and processed for that course.
2. While a student is taking a Cisco course, and once they have completed the course, they will have access to the on-line study materials for that semester and all previous semesters, for as long as they are taking Cisco courses with us.
3. If a student does not complete a Cisco semester, then when the course completes or they withdraw, their access to this semester's on-line study materials will be removed.

Course Assessment

1. Each Cisco course requires that a student complete a number of assessment items to a satisfactory level. The assessment items and pass levels will be described to the students at the beginning of each course.

   Typical assessment items include the student's journal, completion of chapter exams, completion of lab exercises, attendance during the course, the final on-line exam, any final lab exam, delivery of a case study document, and/or oral presentation of a case study.

2. One assessment component of each course is a final on-line exam, conducted by Cisco themselves. Students must have successfully completed 75% of chapter exams before taking the final exam.
3. If a student fails the final exam, they will be permitted to resit this exam within 7 days of the original exam at no extra cost. It is the student's responsibility to arrange with their lecturer for the exam resit.
4. If the student fails the free resit, they may opt to take a second resit, for which they will be charged an administrative fee of $100. The second resit must be taken within 14 days of the original exam. It is the student's responsibility to arrange with their lecturer for the exam resit.
5. If the student fails the original exam and both resits, then they are deemed to have failed the semester and re-enrolment is necessary to obtain recognition for that semester. The normal course fee will apply for re-enrolment in that semester.

Recognised Prior Learning

1. A person who believes that they have a good knowledge of Cisco Semester One may apply to gain Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) status for this semester.
2. To confirm their RPL for the semester, a person must sit and pass the semester's final on-line exam. The administrative fee will be charged to take this exam.
3. A person will not be provided with access to a semester's on-line study materials if they are sitting a semester exam for RPL status.
4. RPL for Cisco Semesters Two and higher is not available.
5. In terms of enrolment, students who have gained RPL status for a particular semester will be given lower priority than continuing students who have completed that semester. For example, a student who has Semester One RPL status will only be eligible to enrol in a Semester Two course if the continuing Semester One students do not fill all of the Semester Two positions.

Please note that the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication reserves the right to make changes to this policy at any time and without notice.