Undergraduate - UnitFIT1005 - Networks and data communications

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to fundamentals of distributed networked environment. It provides knowledge of internetworking standards and understanding of the networking architecture, technology and operation.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

discuss network architecture standards for open systems;
describe OSI reference Internet models;
explain fundamentals and technologies of physical, data-link and network layers;
describe the functions and architectures of LAN and WAN;
analyse and design LAN architecture for organisational requirements;
analyse data communication networks;
cooperate effectively within small groups;
present their work in various forms.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

Two hours lectures
Two hours laboratories

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Abdul Khan

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Information and communication technologies

Prohibitions

BUS2062, BUS3150, CPE1007, CSE2004, CSE2318, CSE3318, CSE9801, GCO3812, FIT2008

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit1005/