This course surveys data transmission, communication lines, data sets, network modes of transmission, protocols and interfacing. It emphasizes network structure and operation, focuses on application(s) of telecommunications to real world problems. This course will provide the students with conceptual background for effectively understanding the technical role in satisfying information needs in the business environment. The course will provide the student with the technical background to both efficiently and effectively employ, manage, and maintain the business data and voice communication, resources. The student will develop an undestanding of the fundamentals of data comunications as applied to modern information processing systems, be introduced to data transmission concepts, systems analysis, and design principles as applied to modern communications networks. In addition, the student will be introduced to the network development life cycle and network security. This course will cover analog and digital datasets, networks, communication standards, and standard making bodies. It will identify the trends and developments in the telecommunications industry. This course will emphasize network structure, operation and maintenance, and the network's role in satisfying business requirements. This course will also strss analog and digital communications concepts, principles and theory, and their applications to real world problems.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: ITE 115 or ITE 119
Students must be able to read and write at a college level. Students must be able to use a browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.