COSC264-13S2 (C) Semester Two 2013

Data Communications and Networking

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 8 July 2013
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 21 July 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 6 October 2013

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

Krzysztof Pawlikowski

Lecturer

Andreas Willig

Tutors

Jin Hong and Josh McCulloch

Assessment

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

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $719.00

International fee $3,325.00

* 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 .

All COSC264 Occurrences

  • COSC264-13S2 (C) Semester Two 2013