Telecommunications and Computer Networks (313-DL-20)

Instructors

Faisal O Akkawi
Faisal Akkawi is the faculty director of the Master of Science in Information Systems Program at the School of Professional Studies at NU. His area of specialization is software architecture for concurrent systems, and his research interests also include reactive/adaptive intelligent systems and design issues of concurrent programming languages. Selected for the NASA Faculty Fellowship Program in 2003, Akkawi designed and implemented a framework that was used in the advanced diagnostic and caution and warning system for the International Space Station. He has an MS in electrical engineering and a PhD in computer science from Illinois Institute of Technology.

Meeting Info

Online: TBA

Overview of class

This course provides an overview of telecommunications and computer networks. Course work includes the study of signals and bandwidth concepts, spectra, basics of electronics, information and coding, modulation, multiplexing, transmission systems, transmission media, analog versus digital communications, computer networks, and switching techniques.

This course is conducted completely online. A technology fee will be added to tuition.

Registration Requirements

Prerequisites: none.

Class Attributes

Asynchronous:Remote class-no scheduled mtg time