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Willis College Cyber Security Analyst - Misrepresentation / Flagrant marketing Ottawa Ontario
The "Cyber Security Analyst" diploma program offered at Willis College is nothing more than a well-marketed Network Administrator program, with 9 weeks totaling in the "Cyber Security" realm.. They claim all other courses such as the Hardware CompTIA A+ and Network+ are and so on are all intertwined with Cyber Security.
I won't argue much on that because it could be argued that they are, but that's a pretty large generalization to put under the guise of "Cyber Security" and market this program as if you're going to school to become a "hacker" or a well versed Cyber Security Analyst... they advertise this program is 66 weeks long, however, that number is a bloated figure.
8 weeks co-op placement (which we are not told up front that you pretty much must establish/coordinate this effort on your own, is required to graduate and is part of that 66 weeks curriculum number, artificially inflating the figure)
1 week of business IT skills (nothing worthy of value here)
1 week of for career management (you could do this on your own)
1 week for Effective learning and career planning (redundant?)
3 weeks of labs/certification preparation (this i do not understand as you are told to write your certifications as you complete each course)
As you can see we are at 11-14 weeks of bloated fictitious numerical representation of what the total instruction time will be, and of course its all geared to make them more money off the backs of students via Student loans (OSAP) etc.. otherwise the diploma program could be completed in 1 year or slightly less, requiring students to seek OSAP only once, but in the case of the 66 week program we must apply twice.
Its almost as if they just threw in a couple extras to expand their pockets in such fashion, and its obvious to anyone with half a brain that reads their curriculum, this program is a NETWORK ADMIN course top heavy with administration education (attached images) and a mere 9 weeks of Cyber Security Instruction, but don't worry, the other 48 weeks are all related... right... if this were some serious Cyber Security Analyst program (as its Touted) the Cyber portion would at least be half a year in duration with more instruction/emphasis there than on becoming or polishing network administration skills.
Of course colleges and universities are geared to make money, make no mistake, I am not a fool to that end, however, a little more transparency/ honest marketing in their approach would be the more honorable way to conduct business..
If You want to become a Network Admin, sign up at Willis College under their Cyber Security Analyst program, bring all your dollars, the tuition for this flagrantly marketed program will cost shy of $24,000.00 (before factoring in loans and grants)
Instructors are great, pretty knowledgeable and friendly, however we tend to plow through material, the course is pretty fast paced, so brace yourself if you do decide to take your dollars here..
I am not alone in my feelings about the program, its common consensus among students, just most of them would be too shy to admit such things.. which is why I felt the need to put this out there for the rest of the public.
-RipOffWatchDog