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Recommended Citation: Sivitanides, M P and S A Dunn. A Hands-On Lab Component to Supplement the First IS Computer Networking Course. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2001, v 18 (Cincinnati): §24c.

A Hands-On Lab Component to Supplement the First IS Computer Networking Course

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Marcos P. Sivitanides    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computer Information Systems
Southwest Texas State University    [u1] [u2]
San Marcos, Texas, USA    [c1] [c2]

Sharon A. Dunn    [a1] [a2]
McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin    [u1] [u2]
Austin, Texas, USA    [c1] [c2]

A few years ago it was rare to find a required Computer Networking course in the Information Systems (IS) curriculum. Some departments had an elective course in the area at best or the topic was covered in a general MIS class and the details and implementation left to Computer Science and Computer Engineering courses. Today it seems that the opposite is true. It is rare to find an IS curriculum without a required Computer Networking course. Typically it is a sophomore or junior level course, has general IS introductory classes as prerequisites and it is a required course. The typical approach in this course is to review recent and current Networking technologies and fundamentals of Data Communications at some length and depth and emphasize the use of Networks as one of the major components of Analyzing, Designing and Developing Information Systems applications. The students get a very good understanding of how to include Network design in the overall Business computer application system development process.

Keywords: applied networking, networking lab, hands-on networking

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