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CISIT

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TEC 04-61

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Sam Liles

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Document Subject: CIS 315 Wireless Networking Change of Description.

Justification: The overall curriculum is changing for students and the change will more accurately reflect the requirements of the new curriculum.

Current: CIS 315 Wireless Network Tech

Prerequisite: CIS 288

Class 2, Lab 2, Cr. 3

Description: This course will introduce the technology used in wireless networks with the primary emphasis on implementation issues. Wireless network configurations and roaming standards, advantages and limitations of wireless technology, and emerging wireless and mobile data technologies will be explored. Technologies such as Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), the Bluetooth initiative, Wireless Application Protocol, Spread Spectrum technology, and other current technologies will be covered. Laboratory assignments will allow students to set up and test a wireless network using several of these technologies.

Proposed: CIS 315 Wireless Network Tech

Prerequisite: CIS 288

Class 2, Lab 2, Cr. 3

Description: This course will introduce the fundamentals of wireless technology with an emphasis on information technology and implementation issues. Wireless communications theory, licensing standards, limitations, and emerging technologies will be explored in depth. This course has an extensive laboratory component, and students will implement several wireless local area networking technologies.

Impact on Students: The description will now more accurately reflect the content of this course.

Impact on Other Academic Departments: NONE

Summary of Discussions with Other Academic Department: NONE

Impact on University Resources: This course will require updated labs as new technologies are delivered to the market place.

Impact on General Education Requirements: NONE

Revised:04/27