Is the content of this course relevant, or just an academic exercize?

To respond to this question, take a look at the profile sought in these days by an important company (CISCO):

• Fluent written & spoken English
• Deep expertise in OOP/OOD, knowledge of main Design Patterns
• Deep mastership of Java, XML/XSLT
• Good practice with Javascript, JSP, Dojo
• Good practice with WS-REST
• Experience with Maven
• Experience with Hibernate
• Optical OTN/DWDM/SONET/SDH understanding
• Experience with IOS, IOS-XR, TL1
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Good practice with Linux environment
• Good practice with SVN, GIT
• Familiar with Eclipse
• Familiar with Spring Core/MVC and Struts Framework
• Familiar with UML
• Familiar with SQL