COURSE INFORMATION
Learner Competencies and Outcomes
Upon completion of this course module, the student will be able to:
- Describe the devices and services used to support communications in data networks and the Internet.
- Describe the role of protocol layers in data networks.
- Describe the importance of addressing and naming schemes at various layers of data networks in IPv4 and IPv6 environments.
- Design, calculate, and apply subnet masks and addresses to fulfill given requirements in IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
- Explain fundamental Ethernet concepts such as media, services, and operations.
- Design a simple Ethernet network using routers, switches, cables, connectors and other hardware.
- Demonstrate the Cisco command-line interface (CLI) commands to perform basic router and switch configurations.
- Utilize common network utilities to verify small network operations and analyze data traffic.
Outline
I. Module CIT 1611
Exploring the Network
- Globally Connected
- LANs, WANs, and the Internet
- The Network as a Platform
- The Changing Network Environment
II. Module CIT 1612
Network Protocols and Communications
- Rules of Communications
- Network Protocols and Standards
- Moving Data in the Network
III. Module CIT 1613
- Unit 1: Network Models: OSI vs. TCP/IP
- Unit 2: Physical Layer
- Unit 3. Data Link Layer
- Unit 4: Network Layer
- Unit 5: Transport Layer
- Unit 6: Upper Layers
IV. Module CIT 1614
IP Addressing
- IPv4 Network Addresses
- IPv6 Network Addresses
V. Module CIT 1615
Subnetting IP Networks
- Subnetting an IPv4 Network
- Addressing Schemes
- Design Considerations for IPv6
VI. Module CIT 1616
Ethernet
- Ethernet Protocol
- Address Resolution Protocol
- LAN Switches
VII. Module CIT 1617
- Unit 1: Configuring a Network Operating System
- Unit 2: Small Networks and Security
General Education Competencies
Students should prepare for twenty-first century challenges by gaining:
1. Knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural worlds through study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts.
2. Intellectual and practical skills, including
- inquiry and analysis
- critical and creative thinking
- written and oral communication
- quantitative literacy
- information literacy
- teamwork and problem solving
3. Personal and social responsibility, including
- civic knowledge and engagement (local and global)
- intercultural knowledge and competence
- ethical reasoning and action
- foundations and skills for lifelong learning
4. Integrative and applied learning, including synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized skills.