COURSE INFORMATION

Learner Competencies and Outcomes

Upon completion of this course module, the student will be able to:

  1. Describe the devices and services used to support communications in data networks and the Internet.
  2. Describe the role of protocol layers in data networks.
  3. Describe the importance of addressing and naming schemes at various layers of data networks in IPv4 and IPv6 environments.
  4. Design, calculate, and apply subnet masks and addresses to fulfill given requirements in IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
  5. Explain fundamental Ethernet concepts such as media, services, and operations.
  6. Design a simple Ethernet network using routers, switches, cables, connectors and other hardware.
  7. Demonstrate the Cisco command-line interface (CLI) commands to perform basic router and switch configurations.
  8. Utilize common network utilities to verify small network operations and analyze data traffic.

Outline

I. Module CIT 1611

Exploring the Network

II. Module CIT 1612

Network Protocols and Communications

III. Module CIT 1613

IV. Module CIT 1614

IP Addressing

 

V. Module CIT 1615

Subnetting IP Networks

VI. Module CIT 1616

Ethernet

VII. Module CIT 1617

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

3. Personal and social responsibility, including

4. Integrative and applied learning, including synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized skills.