UndergraduateCourseDescription
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InformationTechnology: InformationDesignand
Production (ITMM)
ITMM 4413 - Infrastructure for E-Commerce (3-0-3)
This course concentrates on the infrastructure necessary to develop e-commerce
websites. Topic includes e-commerce business models, network architectures and
security, and e-commerce architectures. The relationship between web clients,
web/commerce servers and back-end systems will be covered as well as the design
elements of storefront implementation. Also discussed: tuning and load balancing,
server management tools, and secure electronic transactions. Students will evaluate a
variety of vendor solutions.
Prerequisite(s): ITFN 3144 (C), ITFN 3314 (C), ITFN 3601 (C), ITFN 2512) (C).
ITMM 4423 - Security for E-Commerce (3-0-3)
This course addresses network and web-based security issues in general: network
intruders (hackers), security policies and procedures, firewall, encryption,
authentication and access control, and viruses. In addition, security issues unique to
e-commerce systems are covered: electronic payments, secure transactions, secure
sockets layer, digital signatures and auditing.
Prerequisite(s): ITFN 3144 (C), ITFN 3314 (C), ITFN 3601 (C), ITFN 2512) (C).
ITMM 4404 - MultimediaProduction andDevelopment (3-0-3)
A course on acquisition, development, and production of media elements such as
graphics, animation, audio, video, virtual space, and simulations. Students will
integrate content with functional design criteria and organize the major and minor
components of amultimedia production project.
Prerequisite(s): ITFN 3134 (C), ITFN 3314 (C), ITFN 3601 (C), ITFN 2411, ITFN2211
(C), and ITFN2511 (C).
InformationTechnology: NetworkPlanning, Designand
Management (ITNW)
ITNW 4501 - NetworkPlanning andDesign (3-0-3)
High-level approach to network planning and design with emphasis on designing a
network infrastructure with high availability, scalability, affordability, security, and
manageability. Course begins with a review of networking/security concepts. Topics
include designingmodels for addressing and naming, developing network security and
network management strategies, gathering, interpreting, and evaluating customer
requirements; defining the scope of work and analyzing resource and technology
constraints and system interdependencies; analyzing facilities bandwidth requirements
and capacity planning; researching product and vendor architecture and equipment
specifications and limitations; finally, preparing an overall integration plan for new
processes, protocols and equipment.
Prerequisite(s): ITFN 3144 (C), ITFN 3314 (C), ITFN 3601 (C), ITFN 2512) (C).
ITNW 4502 - SecureNetworks andCommunicationsProtocols (3-0-3)
A high-level study of network operating systems, security and communications
protocols. Security concepts covered will include email security, IP security, web
security, network management security, wireless security and system security. Other
topics include the TCP/IP protocols suite, communications architecture, OSI protocol
stack, flow control, switching, data compression and the application program-network
interface.
Prerequisite(s): ITFN 3144 (C), ITFN 3314 (C), ITFN 3601 (C), ITFN 2512) (C).
ITNW 4511BusinessContinuityPlanning&Disaster Recovery (3-0-3)
An advanced course on the development, implementation, management and
administration of Business Continuity and Contingency Planning (BCCP). Students
will evaluate the potential impact of a variety of disaster scenarios, learn to conduct
