Topics covered include the measurement of information, content of the message, digital communications systems, sampled communications systems, and computer networks. The OSI network model of the International Standards Organization is examined in relation to the various types of networks. Network topologies are related to network protocols and IEEE 802 standards. Various network hardware and software will be discussed. This course reviews the basic concepts of probability and distribution theory, and introduces the student to methods of random numbers generation, queuing theory, and the simulation of discrete systems.
Special emphasis is placed upon the design of simulation experiments.
All aspects of computer and information security are presented including data encryption, zero-knowledge based proofs, public key coding, and security procedures. This course intends to make the student aware of the various threats to computers and data and to identify methods and techniques for providing countermeasures to those threats. This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of desktop publishing applications in both the hard copy publishing and WEB publishing arenas. Students will be required to produce various types of documents using a desktop publishing software package. This course is required in the four year program in Marketing and is open to all other students meeting the prerequisite.