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MZUZU UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION


DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

1. PROGRAMME : Bachelor of Science

2. SUBJECT : Information and Communication


Technology
3. LEVEL OF STUDY : 2
4. COURSE TITLE : Computer Networks II
5. COURSE CODE : BICT 3501
6. DURATION : 16 Weeks
7. PRESENTED TO : Senate
8. PRESENTED BY : Dean of Science, Technology and Innovation

9. LECTURE HRS PER WEEK : 4

10. TUTORIAL HRS PER WEEK : 1

11. PRACTICAL HOURS : 1

12. INDEPENDENT LEARNING


HRS PER WEEK : 9

13. TOTAL COURSE CREDITS : 12

14. PRE-REQUISITE COURSE CODES(S): BICT 2303

15. CO-REQUISITE COURSE CODES(S) : None

16. DELIVERY METHODS:


16.1 Mode of Delivery:
Face- to Face
16.2 Teaching Methods:
Lectures, practical and tutorials
17. ASSESSMENT METHODS: Minimum of two continuous assessments
One end of semester exam

18. ASSESSMENT WEIGHTING: 40% Continuous


60% End of semester

19. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course covers advanced concepts of data


communication protocols of the physical
layer, data link layer, network layer, transport
layer and application layer.
20. AIM(S) OF THE COURSE:
To provide students with an understanding of
computer networks models.
21. LEARNING OUTCOMES: A successful learner from this course will be
able to:
● describe layers in computer networks
model
● describe how layers in a computer
network model are related.
22. TOPICS OF STUDY:
Network reference models
▪ Open System Interconnection (OSI)
▪ Transmission Control Protocol /Internet protocol (TCP/IP)
Physical layer
▪ Transmission media
▪ Wireless transmission
▪ Telephone systems and ISDN services
▪ Broadband ISDN and ATM
▪ Cellular radio and communication satellites
Data link layer
▪ Data link layer design issues
▪ Error detection and correction
▪ Elementary data link protocols, Sliding window protocol and Examples of Data
link protocols
Network layer
▪ Network layer design issues
▪ Routing algorithms
▪ Congestion control algorithms
▪ Internetworking
▪ The network layer in the Internet
▪ Network layer in ATM networks
Transport layer
▪ The transport service
▪ Elements of transport protocols
▪ Internet transport protocols (TCP and UDP)
Application layer
▪ Network security
▪ DNS Domain name system
▪ SNMP Simple network management protocol
▪ Electronic mail, World wide web and Multimedia

23. PRESCRIBED TEXTS:


Tanenbaum A. (2011). Computer Networks (5th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc.
Forouzan, B. A. (2013). Data communications and networking (5th ed.). New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill.

24. RECOMMENDED TEXTS:


Kurose, J. F and Ross, K. W. (2013). Computer Networking: A top-down approach
featuring the internet. (6th ed.). USA: Pearson.
Peterson, L. L., and Davie, B. S. (2012). Computer Networks: A systems approach. (3rd
ed.). USA: Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco.
Stallings, W. (2007). Data and Computer Communications (8th ed.). London, UK:
Pearson Education limited.
Larry L. P., & Bruce S. D. (2012). Computer Networks: A Systems Approach. (5th ed.).
USA: Elsevier, Inc.

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