The courses in the last two programs are prerequisites to the courses in this certificate . All three certificate programs have been designed to provide college-level education for telecommunications professionals or those employed in related fields. Courses in these programs may be applied to the bachelor s degree in telecommunications engineering technology or the professional concentration in telecommunications for the bachelor s degree in applied arts and science, which is available through distance learning.
All prerequisite courses are available thorough distance learning.
This course covers narrowband and broadband switching, protocol, transmission, signaling and transport concept used in public and private telecommunications networks. 477 Provides a practical overview of data communications from the point of the OSI seven-layer protocol model. This course covers the operation of the lower four layers in detail by examining various protocols. Examples of protocols which do not exactly fit the OSI model are included and compared to the reference model. Special emphasis is placed on internetworking and local-area networking.