Coursework Focus: Inter Operation Of Servers, Workstations, And Network Devices

Abstract

The paper details both the coursework and hardware used in a new two-semester sequence of data communication courses under development in the Electronics and Computer Technology (ECT) Program at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). (1) The traditional approach of teaching data communications from a well known topics as signal standards, message syntax, time-based and frequency-based transmission techniques, must now share the undergraduate's attention with newer topics. (2) These topics include administration of servers, workstations and network devices. For the educator, the problem posed by these new topics is the unwanted presence of a potentially large amount of vendor specific and proprietary information within the body of work. The curriculum under development at BGSU attempts to (1) minimize transient, or unnecessary, vendor-specific details, while presenting a strong core of new communication fundamentals that enable students to understand and exercise the (2) information technology basic to server, workstation, and network device operation and interaction.