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Eligibility Criteria

High school diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

18 Hours

Course Duration

2 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

3

Courses Offered In UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Telecommunications

  • This course presents easy-to-understand, insightful explanations of today's key trends and technologies of the worldwide telecommunications network; Industry Players and Trends, Broadband, VoIP, Wi-Fi and WiMax, 3G Mobile Networks, and Multimedia Networks.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Telecommunication Networks

  • This course consists of 11 core chapters that form a complete introduction to networking. This course will give you a thorough understanding of the worldwide telecommunications network.

  • 6 Credits

  • Data Communications

  • Drafted, to introduce you to the fundamental concepts of electronic communications systems, data systems, and networks, this course provides extensive coverage of a wide range of data communications and networking issues while offering preliminary information on basic electronic communications and telecommunications systems.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to Telecommunications

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The basics sound, electrical signal, electromagnetic spectrum
    The telephone and the telephone line
    Connecting the dots transporting information across the superhighway
    Manipulating information for transmission
    Osi model relationship to networking
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Layer3/4 networking/transport protocols
    Layer 2 networking protocols
    Layer 1 networking protocols
    Digital circuit switch
    Signaling
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Distributed switching architecture voice over ip
    Ip routing fundamentals
    Transmission medium
    Osp outside plant infrastructure
    Core network
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Metropolitan network
    Access network lan
    Pstn central office
    Pstn network topology
    Customer premises
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Catv cable television as a telecommunications service provider
    Catv network topology
    The cellular/pcs telephone network
    Wireless broadband providers
    Residential services
    Business services
    The internet
    Emerging technologies

Introduction to Telecommunication Networks

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An introduction to networking
    Network standards
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Physical layer propagation: utp and optical fiber
    Ethernet lans
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Wireless lans -wlans-
    Telecommunications
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Wide area networks -wans-
    Tcp/ip internetworking
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Security
    Network management
    Networked applications

Data Communications

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to data communications and networking.
    Signals, noise, modulation, and demodulation.
    Cable transmission media.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Optical fiber transmission media.
    Digital transmission.
    Multiplexing and t-carriers.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Wireless communications systems.
    Telephone instruments and signals.
    The telephone circuit.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The public telephone network.
    Cellular telephone concepts.
    Cellular telephone systems.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Data communications codes, data formats, and error control.
    Data communications hardware, serial and parallel interfaces.
    Data communications equipment.
    Data link protocols.
    Networking and internetworking.
    Local area networks.
    Tcp/ip protocol suite and internet protocol addressing.
    Networks and subnetworks.
    Network-layer protocols.
    Internet control management protocol.
    Transport-layer protocols.
    Internet protocol version 6.
    Configuration and domain name protocols.
    Tcp/ip applications-layer protocols.