IT Infrastructure – BMIS 520
CG • Section 8WK • 11/08/2019 to 04/16/2020 • Modified 02/01/2024
Course Description
This course explores the design, implementation, and management of digital networks. Topics will include telecommunications fundamentals, server architecture, as well as cluster and grid computing. The course will explore the development of an integrated technical architecture (hardware, software, networks, and data) to serve organizational needs in a rapidly changing and competitive technological environment.
For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.
Rationale
The course will explore the development of an integrated technical architecture (hardware, software, networks, and data) in order to serve organizational needs in a rapidly changing and competitive technological environment. This course explores the design, implementation, and management of digital networks.
Course Assignment
Course Requirements Checklist
After reading the Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.
Discussion: Business Information
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread, of 1,600 words, in response to the provided prompt. The student must then post 3 replies, of 400 words each, to their classmates' threads. The student must support their assertions with at least 8 scholarly citations in APA format. Each reply must incorporate at least 1 scholarly citation in current APA format.
Discussion: Biblical View of Technology and Project Presentation
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will post a thread of 500 words in response to the provided prompt. The thread must also include a video presentation 15-minutes in length. The video presentation should be supported with at least 5 scholarly citations in APA format. The student must then post 3 replies of at least 200 words to their classmates' threads, with each reply using at least 1 scholarly citation in APA format.
IT Infrastructure Practical Assignments (2)
The student will complete practical assignments that involve how different network configurations affect network performance. This will enable the student to see optimal real-life network designs and will allow him/her to experience how changing components in a network can improve performance.
IT Infrastructure Project Assignments (2)
IT infrastructure projects will focus on comprehensive re-design and new design of a hypothetical organization that is expanding its products and services to a cloud-based environment.
Quizzes (2)
Quizzes will cover the Reading & Study materials for the modules in which they are assigned. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 20 multiple-choice questions, and have a 20-minutes time limit.
