COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: CSCI 4280 Data Communications and Networking

CREDIT HOURS: 3 (2 Lecture, 2 Lab)

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: A study of data communications, local area networks, and internetworking. Topics include encoding, signaling, data protocols, topologies, control strategies, bridging and routing, and the Internet. Laboratory projects on local area networking.

PREREQUISITE(S): CSCI 3271 with C or better

SUGGESTED TEXT: Tamara Dean: Network+ Guide to Networks

COURSE OUTLINE:

  • Transmission Media
  • Data Transmission
  • LAN Technology
  • Common Carrier Services
  • WAN Technology & Routing
  • Internet – Internetworking
  • Network Applications and Management
  • Network Security