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COIS20027 - Digital Telecommunications and Networks

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This course provides students with a sound knowledge of the concepts and techniques of digital telecommunications and networks from a management perspective. The course covers the theoretical and technical foundations underlying the use of computer networks and the issues related to the networks' environment. This enables students to be able to communicate effectively with other professionals and stakeholders in the organisation.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 8
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.16666666666667
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2025

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2025

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 8-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 16.666666666667 hours of study per week, making a total of 200 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2011 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 91.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25.26% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

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Course materials
Recommendation
No recommendation as the course will no longer be offered. If offered again, the course will need redevelopment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. describe the concepts and terminology relating to telecommunications and networks
  2. acquire a knowledge of telecommunications and networks standards and regulations
  3. describe data communications in networks using the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model
  4. differentiate among the common types of networks media
  5. describe LAN and WAN, including both theoretical and practical alternatives, implications, and requirements
  6. identify and evaluate a wide range of current and emerging network applications in business
  7. understand management issues related to the development, implementation, and operations of networks
  8. apply the above knowledge in practical exercises which consider facilities and services available from common carriers and IT vendors.

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