5 credits
Before a business can establish a new network or service, they must ensure that the system or service meets their specific needs and requirements. Once a system is in place, they must continue to ensure that the network is optimized, connected appropriately, and free of critical threats, such as viruses and spyware. In this course, students get hands-on about the specifics of planning, maintaining, and auditing data communications and networks in an organization. Students engage in assignments and hand-on activities focusing on long- and short-term business planning, operations, maintenance, and forecasting. They also explore topological design, network synthesis, and network realization.