Week #

Unit #

Performance Criteria

Assessment

1-3

1

NETWORK ORIENTATION

What is Networking?

The Two Major Types of Networks

Network Design

4-6

2

CONNECTING NETWORK COMPONENTS

Presentation

Network Cabling

Wireless Network Communications

Network Adapter Cards

15%

7-8

3+4

NETWORK FUNCTIONS & ARCHITECTURE

Test 1

The OSI Networking Models

Drivers

How Networks Send Data

Protocols

Putting Data on the Cable

Ethernet

20%

9-11

5

NETWORK OPERATIONS

Network Operating System

Network Printing

Implementing Network Applications

Networks in Multivendor Environments

The Client/Server Environment

12-13

6

NETWORK ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT

Test 2

Managing Network Accounts

Ensuring Network Data Security

Avoiding Data Loss

20%

14-15

7

LARGER NETWORKS

Modems in Network Communications

Creating Larger Networks

Wide Area Network (WAN) Transmission

Advanced WAN Technologies

16-17

PROJECT + REVISION

15%

18-19

Final Exam

30