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COURSE DESCRIPTION FORM

INSTITUTION NUML,RAWALPINDI
PROGRAM (S) TO BE
BS Computer Science

EVALUATED

A. Course Description

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(Fill out the following table for each course in your computer science curriculum. A filled out form should
not be more than 2-3 pages.)
Course Code
Course Title
Credit Hours
Prerequisites by Course(s) and
Topics
Assessment Instruments with
Weights (homework, quizzes,
midterms, final, programming
assignments, lab work, etc.)
Course Coordinator
URL (if any)
Current Catalog Description
Textbook (or Laboratory Manual
for Laboratory Courses)
Reference Material
Course Goals
Topics Covered in the Course,
with Number of Lectures on Each
Topic (assume 15-week instruction
and one-hour lectures)
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ACS-309
Computer Communication and Networks
3
Digital Logic Design
4 Quizzes :15%
4 Assignment :10%
Mid Term Paper : 25%
Final Paper : 50%
Data Communications and Networking, Behrouz A. Forouzan, Alan R.Apt,
4th Edition, ISBN: 978-0-07-296775-3
Computer Networks, Andrew Tanenbaum , Pearson, 4th Edition,
ISBN: 0-13-038488-7
Data and Computer Communications, William Stallings, Pearson Prentice
Hall, 78th Edition, ISBN: 0-13-243310-9
The goal of this course is to master the fundamentals of data communications
networks by gaining a working knowledge of data transmission concepts,
learning the methods used for line control and line sharing, understanding the
operation of physical and data link protocols, learn the operation of the
Ethernet protocols that enable hosts to communicate over Local Area
Networks and the operation of the IP protocol that enables hosts to
communicate over the Internet. Learning network performance techniques,
and understanding the concepts and operation of local and IP-based
networks.
Week 1  Introduction to Data Communications
 Basic Communication Model
Week 2  Categorizations of Networks, Network topologies
 Synchronous & asynchronous transmission
Week 3  Network Models
 The Internet communications model,
 OSI Reference Model,
 TCP/IP Protocol Architecture
Week 4  Data Transmission
 Distinction between Data and Signals
 Data rate and Bandwidth Concept
Week 5  Data Transmission
 Analog and Digital Representation of Data and
Signals
 Analog and Digital Transmission, Channel capacity
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Laboratory Projects/Experiments
Done in the Course
Programming Assignments Done
in the Course
Class Time Spent on (in credit
hours)
Oral and Written Communications
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models
 PAM/PCM
Week 6  Transmission Media
 Channel capacity, frequency range & other
characteristics of guided & unguided media
 Nyquist’s Theorem
 Shannon Capacity
Week 7  Signal Encoding, Digital Data, Digital Signals
 Digital Data, Analog Signals, Analog Data, Digital
Signals, Analog Data, Analog Signals
Week 8  Line configurations
 Multiplexing
Week 9  Single Bit Error
 Multiple Bit Error
 Burst Error
Week 10  Error Detection, Parity
 Vertical Redundancy Check
 Longitudinal Redundancy Check
 Check Sum
Week 11  Cyclic Redundancy Check
 Hamming Code
Week 12  IPv4 Addresses
 Address Space
 NAT
Week 13  IP Addressing, Classless and Class-full Addressing
Week 14  Network Address, Sub-netting
Week 15  DHCP
 Design Problems Related to Sub-netting
Week 16  IPv6 Address
 Lab # 1 CISCO Packet Tracer Introduction
 Lab # 2 CISCO Packet Tracer Installation
 Lab # 3 Network Cable Construction
 Lab # 4 Mapping Real Time Data
 Lab # 5 Configuring Router from Command Line Interface
 Lab # 6 Accessing the Router Remotely & WAN
 Lab # 7 Building a WAN between Two LANs
 Lab # 8 Static Routing

Theory Problem Solution Social and Ethical
Analysis Design Issues
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Every student is required to submit at least _____ written reports of
typically _____ pages and to make _____ oral presentations of
typically _____ minute’s duration. Include only material that is graded
for grammar, spelling, style, and so forth, as well as for technical
content, completeness, and accuracy.
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Instructor Name Engineer Jawwad Ibrahim

Instructor Signature ____________________________
Date ____________________________

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