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Course Descriptions

Currently accepting applications Apply now >> Next program starts: Autumn 2008 Program location: Bellevue View an online information meeting: Network Engineering >> (see technical requirements >>) Sign up to receive e-mail updates >> Contact a program representative >>

Courses meet Monday evenings, September-June, in Bellevue.

Interested in taking a single class? Some courses (designated by a below) may be open on a space-available basis to professionals who are not seeking the certificate. See Single-Course Enrollment for details.

Autumn Course

Network Architectures, Protocols and Standards

Schedule: (10 sessions) Mondays, 6:00-9:00 p.m., Sept. 29-Dec. 1, 2008; $715; 3 CEUs. Instructor: James Farricker

• History of telecommunications and network industry
• Electrical properties of physical media
• Coding and modulation methods
• Network communication hardware components
• Data link protocols
• Network layer protocols
• Advanced communications services/protocols
• Network management considerations

Winter Course

LAN and WAN Engineering

Schedule: (12 sessions) Mondays, 6:00-9:00 p.m., Jan. 5-March 23, 2009; $860 3.6 CEUs. Instructor: James Farricker

• LAN technologies and network operating systems
• LAN interconnection concepts
• LAN network protocols from the field
• WAN engineering, design and operation
• Designing IP networks
• IP routing protocol engineering and design
• Secure architectures for extranets, firewalls, and remote access
• Managing basic network services (DNS, WINS, DHCP, NTP)
• Designing enterprise network services networks for reliability/availability
• Enterprise network case study

Students work in teams on analysis and design of a complex multi-protocoled bridged and routed LAN/WAN. Course concepts are applied to complete a technically viable, manageable and cost-effective network design.

How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course

Spring Course

Advanced Network Technology and Integration

Schedule: (10 sessions) Mondays, 6:00-9:00 p.m.; March 30-June 8, 2009; $715; 3 CEUs. Instructor: James Farricker

• Wireless LAN/WAN technologies, protocols and operation
• Wireless network security design options and considerations
• Campus and enterprise network design
• LAN remote access, security perimeters and firewalls
• Network management technologies tools, and methodologies
• Advanced communications (quality of service, voice over IP, multi-protocol label switching)
• Multicast networks (technology, class D addresses, Internet group membership protocol)

How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course