It prepares students to pass the Cisco Certified Networking Professional series of exams. You must earn a CCNA, or complete the CCNA courses, before you can take CCNP classes. The Cisco Networking Academy classes are set up like any other class at Los Medanos College. If you are a student at LMC, you can enroll for a Cisco class. To become an LMC student, drop by the admission office and fill out an application.
Books are optional.
So, you can complete the four-part CCNA program in two college semesters. That's 36 weeks total. In a word, no. I should be very comfortable using a computer for e-mail, web surfing, and standard applications such as word processing. The CCNA and CCNP programs train students for jobs in Network Administration, Systems Engineering, Tier I and II Field Support, Networking Specialist, and any Information Technology position where Cisco products are used.