BCIS 5620 Networking and Telecommunications (Dr. Vanecek)
Spring 2006

This course will introduce the student to the fundamentals of telecommunications and networking. Concepts to be covered include the layers in the TCP/IP and OSI standards, protocols, WANs and LANs, management and security, and an overview of telephony issues. Students will plan, install, and manage their own NT network. Students completing this course will have the ability to:

1. describe the components, purpose, functioning of each layer in a networking layer architecture.
2. describe the basic concepts and techniques used in telecommunications and networking.
3. analyze the advantages and disadvantages of various network implementations.                                                                   BCIS - A World of Opportunity
4. evaluate the issues associated with telephone services.
5. configure, setup, and manage a Microsoft Windows Windows 2000 network using TCP/IP.

• Course Number: BCIS 5620.001
• Course Title: Networking and Telecommunications
• Semester: Spring, 2006
• Meeting Time: 9:00 – 11:50 a.m. Saturday
• Meeting Location: PDI East Lab 120
• Instructor: Dr. Vanecek, Regents Professor, Retired
  

TEXTBOOKS and OTHER MATERIALS:

• (P) Panko, Raymond, Business Data Communications and Networking 5th ed, Prentice Hall, 2005.
• (MS) Palmer, Kammerling, Marky, Stewart, and Kezema Michael J., MCSE Guide to Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Certification Edition, Course Technology, Inc., 2003.
• (W) Williams, Robert and Mark Walla, The Ultimate Windows 2000 System Administrator’s Guide, Addison-Wesley, 2000.

WebCT Vista VIRTUAL CLASSROOM:

The UNT WebCT Vista distributed learning facility located at

http://webctvista.unt.edu/webct/entryPageIns.dowebct/

will be used as an integral part of the course. Students can find specific information about webct vista and their userids and passwords, including a link to the EIUD form at

http://courses.unt.edu/webct/vista/student/index.htm

The WebCT Vista course for this class is BCIS5620: Networking and Telecommunications, Vanecek. Students must use this WebCT Vista course to have access to the course materials, grades, WebCT virtual classroom conference, PowerPoint Slides, and so on. The materials provided on the web site are a supplement and are not an alternative to regular class attendance.

PDI LAB:

Students will have authorization to use the PDI East Lab Room 120 microcomputer and terminal lab to do class assignments. Students will have access to two computers and interconnections, NT5 Server and Professional software, and two removable hard disks. Access to computing resources will be on a walk-in and reservation basis. All hands-on networking will be completed using this equipment.