| Semester 1, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Mathematics, Physics & Computing |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: CSC1401
Overview
Explosive growth in computer networks in the last several decades has changed the uses of computers dramatically. The largest computer network, the Internet, is now connecting millions of computers in the world, providing services like email, file transfer, hypermedia information retrieval across all kinds of different platforms. This course is the introductory course in computer networking. It concentrates on basic concepts and protocols of computer networks. This course serves as a foundation for all further courses in the computer networking program and covers the first part of the contents of Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) : Introduction to Networks; and Routing and Switching Essentials modules offered by the Cisco Networking Academy Program.
This course addresses the layered structure of computer communication networks. It focuses on networking basics, routers and routing basics and the most widely used TCP/IP protocol suite. After this course, the students will have not only general knowledge about computer networks but also the understanding and practical skills of cabling and managing routers, design and implement IPv4 and IPv6 addressing schemes, TCP/IP Internetworking as well as the professional ethics for Computer Networking and Information Technology.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Understand and compare ACS Code of Professional Conduct with current moral theories and ethics for professionals;
- Describe and explain network basics including the nature and roles of protocols and services at the application, network data link and physical layer using different reference models;
- Provide a detailed explanation of Ethernet fundamentals, TCP/IP protocol suites, subnetting, routing and routing protocols;
- Manage and configure routers;
- Justify the performance of networks and network devices.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Network terminologies, protocols and standards (Objective 2) | 10.00 |
| 2. | Roles and functionalities of network layers in OSI and TCP layered models (Objective 2) | 20.00 |
| 3. | IP Addressing (Objective 3) | 10.00 |
| 4. | Ethernet (Objective 3) | 10.00 |
| 5. | Routers and Router Programming (Objective 3 and 4) | 10.00 |
| 6. | Routing and Routing Protocols (Objective 2, 3 and 4) | 35.00 |
| 7. | Professional Ethics for Computing and Networking (Objective 1) | 5.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
(ISBN-10: 0-13-663366-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-663366-2 eBook also available.)
(ISBN-10: 0-13-672935-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-672935-8 eBook also available.)
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Problem Solving 1 | No | 25 | 1,2,4,5 |
| Problem Solving 2 | No | 25 | 2,3,4,5 |
| Time limited online examinatn | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4,5 |