Introduction to Telecommunications
CATALOG COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to familiarize the student with the techniques,
applications and control of modern data communications networks. The course
provides the student with a working knowledge of the types of communications
systems and their strengths and weaknesses in solving various information
network problems.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To gain an understanding of modern telecommunications to include
the following:
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Discuss the history of the telecommunications industry and the
technical components necessary for a telecommunications network to
function. Assessment of Outcome:
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Analyze how communications systems use common methods and protocols
to prepare, package, transport, and interpret messages traveling across
the medium.
Assessment of Outcome:
Students will complete
topic-specific quizzes with a grade of 70 percent or higher.
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Differentiate the three principle areas in communications: how voice
information is switched across the network, how data information is
routed across the network, and how signaling protocols are used to
direct and navigate the information signals.
Assessment of
Outcome: Students will complete topic-specific quizzes with a grade
of 70 percent or higher and discuss the interrelationships of the three
principal areas, focusing on the effects that one area has on the other
two and the industry as a whole.
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Define the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model—and how the
network handles switching and routing devices.
Assessment of Outcome:
Students will complete topic-specific quizzes with a grade of 70 percent
or higher.
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Compare and contrast the three primary service providers in
telecommunications: the telephone company, the cable television
provider, and the wireless providers.
Assessment of Outcome:
Students will complete topic-specific quizzes with a grade of 70 percent
or higher and develop a research paper that evaluates telecommunications
skills necessary for employment in one or more of the primary services.
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Evaluate various types of communications applications sold to end
subscribers by the different service providers.
Assessment of
Outcome: Students will complete topic-specific quizzes with a grade
of 70 percent or higher and discuss the interrelationships between
communities, government, and the telecommunications industry.
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Critique several areas related to new communications systems,
equipment, and networks.
Assessment of Outcome:
Students will
assess the current technologies involved in the telecommunications
industry and make projections as to how these technologies will develop
in the near-term and what sort of services will be provided in the
future.
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