This course studies networking fundamentals including LANS, MANS, WANS, the Internet, intranets, extranets and the WWW, with the focus being the Internet. The topics covered include: hardware, software, network topologies, architecture and protocols; network and web applications; website design and construction; information architecture; standards; privacy, security, firewalls and reliability; systems integration; network monitoring and management; and professional ethics and social issues.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
At the end of this course, the student will be able to do the following: These objectives are explained by considering possible assignment topics:
- Describe network topologies and architectures, LANS and WANS.
- Use the above concepts to design an internet based system for use in a bank, library, etc. Explain the model and how it works.
- Understand the basic IT professional ethics and write an essay about this.
- Describe the TCP/IP stack and the ISO protocol suite. Compare and contrast the two.
- Describe how telnet and mail work.
- Describe the different types of web pages and how they are structured. Create web pages using HTML.
- Describe how the http protocol works. Describe cookies, proxies, server performance, caching, and state management.
- Describe mobile code, its advantages and where it can be used.
- Describe the important issues in Web design.
- Describe what standards are and why they are useful.
- Understand Web client-side and server-side programming.
Indicative Assessment
Assignments (30%) Quizzes (10%) Final Exam (60%)
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Workload
Thirty one-hour lectures and six two-hour tutorial/laboratory sessions.
Prescribed Texts
Tanenbaum, A.S. Computer Networks, 4th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2002.Niederst Robbins, Jennifer Web Design in a Nutshell, O'Reilly Media, Inc, 2006.Meyer, Eric A. CSS: The Definitive Guide, O'Reilly Media, Inc.,2006.
Preliminary Reading
Prescribed Text Book
Fitzerald, J. and Dennis, A. Business Data Communications and Networking, 10th edition, John Wiley, 2009.
Recommended Reading
Tanenbaum, A.S. Computer Networks, 4th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2002.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $1980 | |
| 2014 | $2952 | |
| 2013 | $2946 | |
| 2012 | $2946 | |
| 2011 | $2946 | |
| 2010 | $2916 | |
| 2009 | $2916 | |
| 2008 | $2190 | |
| 2007 | $2088 | |
| 2006 | $2088 | |
| 2005 | $2088 | |
| 2004 | $2088 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $3450 |
| 2014 | $3762 |
| 2013 | $3756 |
| 2012 | $3756 |
| 2011 | $3756 |
| 2010 | $3750 |
| 2009 | $3618 |
| 2008 | $3618 |
| 2007 | $3618 |
| 2006 | $3618 |
| 2005 | $3534 |
| 2004 | $3450 |
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2898 | 17 Feb 2014 | 07 Mar 2014 | 31 Mar 2014 | 30 May 2014 | In Person | N/A |