Course Description
Network design and administration for business education environments. Software and hardware components, network security, and strategies for enhancing and troubleshooting networked systems. Curriculum designs and instructional strategies for networking courses in school and workplace settings.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will:
(a) identify and describe an array of instructional models for
teaching networking design and
administration,
(b) describe strategies for introducing network design and
administration instruction within a business education
curriculum,
(c) demonstrate appropriate research strategies for maintaining
network design and administration competencies.
Additional graduate student topics will include:
(a) assessment and administration of alternative instructional
models for network design and administration instruction,
(b) research strategies for maintaining competencies,
(c) initiating new network design and administration
instruction.
Athena Title
Network Design and Admin WFED
Undergraduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Graduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will a. gain fundamental knowledge about networking hardware and software applicable within business education environments. b. acquire necessary skills for identifying basic maintenance and troubleshooting activities required for network operations. c. learn appropriate terms for communicating about network installation and operation. d. be able to identify strategies for protecting computer networks from threats to security and malicious code. e. develop instructional skills and become familiar with available curriculum materials for business education networking course instruction. Additional graduate level objectives f. identify and describe an array of instructional models for teaching networking design and administration. g. describe strategies for introducing network design and administration instruction within a business education curriculum. h. demonstrate appropriate research strategies for maintaining network design and administration competencies.
Topical Outline
a. Layered architecture data communication systems. b. Switching and routing. c. Topologies. d. Protocols. e. Network configuration and management. f. Client-server applications. g. Peer-to-peer applications. h. e-Commerce. i. B2B and B2C applications. Additional graduate level topics j. Assessment and administration of alternative instructional models for network design and administration instruction. k. Research strategies for maintaining competencies. l. Initiating new network design and administration instruction.
Syllabus