CENTER FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

TOWSON UNIVERSITY

Course No. AIT 620

Course Title: Business Data Communications

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite: AIT 610

Course Contents: Business data communications, distributed data processing, fundamental data transmission, network types, distributed applications, client/server architecture, network management and security, and internet/intranet/extranet.

Course Objectives:

1) Acquire an in-depth knowledge of business data communication requirements.

2) Understand communication hardware and software well enough to perform the analysis and design of network and data communications applications

3) Evaluate, select, and implement data communication options within today’s organization.