CIM 360 Data Communications and Networking

3 Credits

As an overview of the hardware and software facets of modern business data communications, students are taught the theoretical basis of data communications as well as networking systems and techniques. Topics of study include transmissions media, communications hardware, data encoding and transmission, communication protocols, network topologies, wide area (WAN) and local area networks (LAN), and network management. Students are also introduced to Management of Information Security.

Prerequisite(s): CIM 211 and CIM 220 (both with a minimum grade of C).