Certificate in Network Engineering
(Autumn, Bellevue)
Developed in partnership with
the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering

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The Autumn 2009 program is no longer accepting applications

Next program starts: Autumn 2010

Details will be posted in Spring

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

Interested in taking a single class? Some courses (designated by a Class is also available to professionals who do not intend to pursue the certificate, but wish to enroll in individual classes on a space available basis 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., Oct. 5-Dec. 7, 2009; $870; 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 EngineeringClass is also available to professionals who do not intend to pursue the certificate, but wish to enroll in individual classes on a space available basis

Schedule: (12 sessions) Mondays, 6:00-9:00 p.m., Jan. 4-March 15, 2010; $870 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 IntegrationClass is also available to professionals who do not intend to pursue the certificate, but wish to enroll in individual classes on a space available basis

Schedule: (10 sessions) Mondays, 6:00-9:00 p.m.; March 29-June 7, 2010; $870; 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