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Opleiding: MSc Computer Networks
Learning purpose
The Computer Networks masters establishes the essential knowledge needed by professionals to design, upgrade and manage computer communication systems. The Computer Networks masters focuses on design and implementation and is ideal if you have a technical background.
Programme
On this course you cover the design, implementation and configuration of computer networks. You learn methods for continually appraising a communication system, in light of business objectives and technological developments. You will improve your programming skills and make a functional and technical design of a communication system based on project goals, company standards and quality systems.
Full-time students attend up to three days a week and part-time students one or two days a week.
Assessment is a combination of assignments, laboratory work, projects and written and oral examinations. For your postgraduate project you design and implement a complete system for upgrading communication systems and providing network management solutions.
- Computer Networks, Wireless and Mobile Communications Systems (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- Computer network technology enables a vast range of significant activity: business competitiveness, national security, personal communications to name but a few. This module will establish an understanding of the operation, capabilities, security issues affecting network and Internet communications, business use of computer networks and the various ways in which these factors interact with each other. On successful completion of this module, you will come to appreciate the operation of a variety of types of current networks and a single framework will be used to analyse, design and construct networks capable of providing the right connectivity and performance needed by specific applications. In particular, you will understand the principal technical aspects of underlying computer network operation, their capabilities, security threats to networks and a range of countermeasures that can be taken to mitigate these. You will be able to analyse and evaluate specific networks for a range of applications and are provided the opportunity for developing commercially viable network applications.
- Network Design, Modelling and Simulation (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- This module aims at teaching students how to evaluate a network situation and to help them to identify the most important network aspects that need to be monitored and analysed. This is done through the introduction of a methodological approach to network design. The module also introduces the concepts of network simulation, modeling and analyses and examines the techniques facilitating such work. It provides students with the appreciation of the design and development simulation software as appropriate models to evaluate the performance of transmission systems, computer networks and manufacturing systems
- Network Security (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- This module covers the principles and foundations of computer and network security. It aims at providing students with understanding the goals, issues, technologies, algorithms and protocols used in securing computer networks and associated systems. It will also provide an understanding of possible security breaches, security risk analysis and mechanisms to protect computer and network communication systems. It also studies an in-depth review of commonly-used security mechanisms and techniques, security threats and network-based attacks.
- Network Systems and Services (30 Credits) - Compulsory
This module looks at the design, implementation and maintenance of network systems and services. It examines concepts such as a network operating system and explores networking paradigms including socket and thread-based programming, Remote Procedure Calls RPC , CORBA and Java RMI. It also explores the design and implementation of Global Services such as Web Servers. The course concludes by looking at new developments in networking including Network Processors, Blade Servers and Grid Computing
Entry Requirements
Normally a second class honours degree or above in computer science, science or engineering, or an equivalent overseas qualification. Candidates with other degrees but with relevant work experience will also be considered.
You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL (paper based) 575 or TOEFL (internet based) 90 with specified minimum scores for each component.
Professional perspective and employment market
What can you do with a computing and IT degree?
Our MSc Computer Networks course prepares graduates for a wide range of varied careers. As a graduate you will have excellent career prospects and the range of potential employers will be vast across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. There is also the potential to work as a self employed director of your own business.
Where do our graduates go?
Based on data from the respondents of the 2007 Destination of Leavers in Higher Education survey, six months after graduating
- 66% of Middlesex Computer Networks graduates were in employment
- 2% went on to do further study
- 25% were assumed unemployed
- 7% were doing something else, such as travelling
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