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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED Or Equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

36 Hours

Course Duration

6 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

6

Courses Offered In UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA

  • 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

  • Introduction to Computer Architecture

  • This course blends traditional teaching approaches with the use of mathematics, together with the use of a hardware description language and a concrete processor as vehicles for "hands-on" modelling and experimenting with digital logic and processor design.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Network Security

  • This course draws on hard-won experience to explain every facet of information security, from the basics to advanced cryptography and authentication; secure Web and email services; and emerging security standards.

  • 6 Credits

  • Telecommunication and Technology

  • Providing an exceptionally broad overview of the field of telecommunication and its various operating systems, this state-of-the-art course takes an industry perspective on the field, with full coverage of all the fundamental concepts necessary to understanding the overall operations of communication devices.

  • 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.

Introduction to Computer Architecture

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Structured computer organization
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Processors
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Gates and boolean algebra
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An example microarchitecture
    Overview of the isa level
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Virtual memory
    Introduction to assembly language
    Design issues for parallel computers

Introduction to Network Security

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to cryptography.
    Secret key cryptography.
    Modes of operation.
    Hashes and message digests.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Public key algorithms.
    Number theory.
    Math with aes and elliptic curves.
    Overview of authentication systems.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Authentication of people.
    Security handshake pitfalls.
    Strong password protocols.
    Kerberos v4.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Kerberos v5.
    Pki -public key infrastructure-.
    Real-time communication security.
    Ipsec: ah and esp.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ipsec: ike.
    Ssl/tls.
    Electronic mail security.
    Pem and s/mime.
    Pgp -pretty good privacy-.
    Firewalls.
    More security systems.
    Web issues.
    Folklore.

Telecommunication and Technology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Basic concepts.
    Digital transmission.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    T1/t3 applications and subscriber loop carrier systems.
    Switching systems.
    Computer telephony and applications.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Modem communications.
    Protocols and standards.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Broadband isdn and atm.
    Basics of local area networks.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Internetworking with tcp/ip.
    Introduction to wireless communications.
    Multimedia communication.