Lecture Schedule (Subject to variation)

	Date	Topics Covered	Readings
1	28/02/07	Introduction to Business Data Communications	Chapters 1, 2
2	07/03/07	Business Data Communication Requirements	Chapters 2, 3
3	14/03/07	Data Communication Fundamentals I	Chapters 15, 16
4	21/03/07	Data Communication Fundamentals II	Chapters 17, 5
5	28/03/07	Local Area Networks I	Chapters 9, 10
6	04/04/07	Local Area Networks II	Chapters 10, 11
Recess: 6^th April – 13^th April, 2007
7	18/04/07	Wide Area Networks I	Chapters 12, 13
8	25/04/07	Wide Area Networks II	Chapters 13, 14
9	02/05/07	Internet And Distributed Applications I	Chapters 4, 6
10	09/05/07	Internet And Distributed Applications I	Chapters 7, 8
11	16/05/07	Network Security	Chapter 18
12	23/05/07	Network Management	Chapter 19
13	30/05/07	Review.
Study Recess:4^th June – 8^th June, 2007 University Examination Period: 9^th June – 22^nd June, 2007

Tutorial/Laboratory Schedule (Subject to variation)

	Date	Topics Covered	Assessments
1	Week 1	No Tutorial / No Laboratory
2	Week 2	Tender Evaluation / Ms Visio, Ms Word
3	Week 3	Feasibility Studies / Ms Project
4	Week 4	Requirements and Evaluation criteria / Basic Unix Commands
5	Week 5	Planning Tools / Introduction To Ethereal
6	Week 6	Traffic Calculations / Protocol Analysis I	Progress Report Due
Recess: 6^th April – 13^th April, 2007
7	Week 7	Traffic Calculations / Protocol Analysis II
8	Week 8	Costing Exercise / Routing
9	Week 9	Risk & Network Controls Matrix	Practical Test
10	Week 10	Discussions on Writing Business Reports
11	Week 11	Managing a network	Business Proposal Due
12	Week 12	Presentation	Tender Presentation
13	Week 13	Subject Debriefing	Project Diary Due
Study Recess:4^th June – 8^th June, 2007 University Examination Period: 9^th June – 22^nd June, 2007

Students should check the subject’s web site regularly as important information, including details of unavoidable changes in assessment requirements will be posted from time to time. Any information posted to the web site is deemed to have been notified to all students.

Content

This subject examines distributed information systems and data communications technology and their support of organisational objectives, the design of networked computer systems, the selection of appropriate hardware and software platforms and the current and future trends in data communications.

Objectives

At the completion of this subject, students should have an in-depth understanding of the underlying principles of data communications as they apply to distributed data processing; understand modern data communications technology and its related regulatory environment; appreciate the implications of current and future trends in data communication.

Attendance Requirements

It is the responsibility of students to attend all lectures/tutorials/labs/seminars/practical work for subjects for which you are enrolled.

Attendance and participation in lectures, tutorials and web-mediated activities is a requirement for the successful completion of this course. Failure to do so may result in a fail grade being recorded. A good indicator of satisfactory attendance is approximately 80% of the allocated contact hours. Attendance per se is not an assessable component of the course.

It should be noted that according to Course Rule 003{Interpretation Point 2 (t)} each credit point for a single session subject has the value of about two hours per week including class attendance. Therefore, the amount of time spent on each 6 credit point subject should be at least 12 hours per week, which includes lectures/tutorials/labs etc

To successfully complete the assignment, students are required to form groups of five from the same tutorial group. Students who are unable to place themselves in a group should contact the lecturer before week 3 and they will be placed in a group. Students who are not placed in a group before week 6 will have to complete the assignments by themselves unless some special arrangement is made with the lecturer.

The specifications provided for the assignment contain not only the technical information but also detailed instructions for the manner in which the assignment is to be presented. These presentation details reflect current practice in industry and, as such, contribute to the final assignment mark. Students must conform exactly to the presentation instructions or they will be penalised. This is particularly true of the deadline for delivery.

The purpose of the project diary is to assist the students in the evaluation of themselves and the other members of their group at the conclusion of the assignment to ensure that marks are allocated fairly. Students who by their own evaluation or by the evaluation of a majority of the other group members have not made a fair contribution will have their marks adjusted accordingly.

Copies of past papers are NOT available for this subject. The content of the laboratory classes would be examined in the final examination.

Assessment tasks which are relevant to the final examination for the subject will be marked and available for collection prior to the study week before the final examination.

Penalties for late submission of assessment

Assessed work must be handed in by the date and time given. Assessed work handed in late can be penalised by the deduction (from the mark given to the assessed work) of 5 percentage points per 24 hours of the weekday or part thereof. The operation of this rule will not result in a negative mark being carried forward.

Special consideration

An extension of time for the completion of an assignment may be granted in certain circumstances. A request for an extension must be made to the Subject Coordinator via SOLs before the due date

Supplementary Exams

While the School normally grants supplementary exams when the student does not sit the standard exam for an acceptable reason, each case will be assessed on its own merit and there is no guarantee a supplementary exam will be granted. If a supplementary exam is granted the date will be determined by the University via ARD. You will be notified via SOLS Mail the time and date of this supplementary exam. You must follow the instructions given in the email message.

Please note that if this is your last session and you are granted a supplementary exam, be aware that your results will not be processed in time to meet the graduation deadline.

Plagiarism

When you submit an assessment task, you are declaring the following

1. It is your own work and you did not collaborate with or copy from others.

2. You have read and understand your responsibilities under the University of Wollongong's policy on plagiarism.

3. You have not plagiarised from published work (including the internet). Where you have used the work from others, you have referenced it in the text and provided a reference list at the end ot the assignment.

4. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.

5. Students are responsible for submitting original work for assessment, without plagiarising or cheating, abiding by the University’s policies on Plagiarism as set out in the Calendar under University Policies, and in Faculty handbooks and subject guides. Plagiarism has led to the expulsion from the University.

This outline should be read in conjunction with the following documents:

Code of Practice - Teaching and Assessment

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/teaching_code.html

Key Dates

http://www.uow.edu.au/student/dates.html

Code of Practice - Students

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/cop_students.html

Information Literacies Introduction Program

http://www.library.uow.edu.au/helptraining/workshops/ilip/

Acknowledgement Practice Plagiarism will not be tolerated

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/courserules/plagiarism.html

Student Academic Grievance Policy

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/cop_supervision.html#8

Special Consideration Policy

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/courserules/specialconsideration.html

Code of Practice-Honours

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/honourscode.html

Non-Discriminatory Language Practice and Presentation

http://staff.uow.edu.au/eeo/nondiscrimlanguage.html

Intellectual Property Policy

http://www.uow.edu.au/research/researchmanagement/1998IP.html

Occupational Health and Safety

http://staff.uow.edu.au/ohs/commitment/OHS039-ohspolicy.pdf

SISAT Internet Access & Student Resource Centre

http://www.sitacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/internet_access_and_resource.shtml

SISAT Computer Usage Rules

http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/support/labs/rules.shtml

SISAT Style Guide for Footnotes, Documentation, Essay and Report Writing

http://www.sitacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/styleguide.pdf

SISAT Student Guide

http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/regulations.shtml

Informatics Faculty Librarian, Ms Annette Meldrum, phone: 4221 4637,ameldrum@uow.edu.au

SISAT Subject Outlines

http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/subject_outlines/

	Mr Chee Fon Chang
Telephone Number:	4221 3121
Email:	cfc@uow.edu.au
Location:	39.209C

Day	Time
Wednesday	1:30 – 3:30
Thursday	1:30 – 3:30

Session:	Autumn session, Wollongong Campus
Credit Points	6 credit points
Contact hours per week:	2L, 1T, 1CL
Lecture Times & Location:	Lecture Wed 15:30 17:30 38.G01
Tutorial Day, Time and Location can be found at:	http://www.uow.edu.au/student/sols/timetables/index.html

Progress Report (Group Assessment)	10%	Hard Copy By 5:00 pm, Week 6, 5^th April 07
Practical Test	5%	During Lab in Week 9
Business Proposal (Group Assessment)	20%	Hard Copy By 5:00 pm, Week 11, 17^th May 07
Presentation (Group Assessment)	10%	During tutorial/Lab in Week 12
Project Diary	5%	Hard Copy By 5:00 pm, Week 13, 31^st May 07
Final Examination	50%	During University Examination Period: 9^th June – 22^nd June, 2007.

SISAT

General Information

Content

Objectives

Method of Presentation

Assessment

Notes on Assessment

Additional Information

Supplementary Exams