Prior study of Fundamentals of Networking module or to have the equivalent level of knowledge (CCNA 1-4).

Access to specialist networking laboratory.

CCDA 640-864 Official Cert Guide, 2011, Cisco Press; 4 edition, 2012, ISBN 1587142570
A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology, Prentice Hall; 4 edition, 0132492679

COURSEWORK 30% - Individual coursework which will cover learning outcomes 4,5 and 6. This will be a piece of written work of 2000 words looking at legal, ethical and social considerations around introducing a piece of technology into a corporate environment.

COURSEWORK 70% - Group assignment which will cover all learning outcomes - this will be a group assessment with a written element of 3000 words and a presentation element involving the development of a detailed project plan for the implementation of a network within a commercial environment including presentation to outline (to the customer in a 15-10 minutes presentation) the design choices made. Final assessment.

This module explicitly focuses on significant elements required for the achievement of STAFFORDSHIRE GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES.

This module is intended to introduce the students to the skills which are needed within the Networking industry which are beyond just the technical aspects of networking. The student will gain an understanding of how different aspects of the network will communicate and operate as a whole. The context for this module will be to giving the students the skills to understand how to justify a network infrastructure and how to complete a deployment within a commercial organisation meeting the management, legal, human and financial needs.

* Professional Issues:
- Professional Bodies, Ethics and Codes of Conduct
- Legal Issues relevant to a network project
- Globalisation Issues and the impact upon a network infrastructure
* Organisational context of professional work:
- Health and Safety within a project rollout
- Risk assessment and estimation
- Communication of results
- Management structure and teams
- Financial context
- Human Resource Management Issues
- Project Management
* Career Development:
- Career Planning
- Recruitment processes, skills and issues
- Business start-up knowledge and skills
- Entrepreneurship
- Reflection on personal development - needs and directions (Personal Development Planning)

52 hours of lectures on the various topics. The students will be encouraged though to use the independent study time to look beyond this information though and feed this back through the tutorial times. 26 hours of tutorials will be used to reinforce and allow discussion of the topics.