COSC264-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012

Data Communications and Networking

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 July 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 July 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 October 2012

Description

This course covers principles of theory and practice of data communications and networking, including information-theoretic fundamentals of communication.

Prerequisites

(1) COSC121; (2) COSC122; (3) 15 points from Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering Mathematics or MSCI110. MATH101 is not acceptable. STAT101 is strongly recommended.

Restrictions

COSC227, COSC231

Course Coordinator

Andreas Willig

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 30%
Final Exam 35%
Mid Term Test 35%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Gallager, Robert G; Principles of digital communication ; Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Stallings, William; Data and computer communications ; 8th ed; Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007.

Tanenbaum, Andrew S; Computer networks ; 4th ed; Prentice Hall PTR, 2003.

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Course Outline

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $692.00

International fee $3,200.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .

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