Undergraduate Handbook - School of Computing and Informatics ...

Reference Books:
i. M. Hall, Core Servlets and Java Server Pages, Volume 1: Core Technologies, 2nd edition.
BSE 2203: Computer Networks & Data Communication (4 CU)
Course Description: Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to: Master the terminology
and concepts of the OSI reference model and the TCP/IP reference model; Master the concepts of protocols,
network interfaces, and design/performance issues in local area networks and wide area networks; Demonstrate
knowledge of wireless networking concepts; Appreciate contemporary issues in networking technologies; and
demonstrate knowledge of network tools.
Indicative Content: Introduction to Networks: definition, advantages, types, configurations; The OSI/ISO reference
model; Transmission media: magnetic media, twisted pair, coaxial, fiber-optics; Data encoding: straight,
Manchester, differential Manchester, satellite; Digital versus Analog transmission; Modems, modulation and their
standards, codes and pulse code modulation; Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN); Network Access
Protocols; Passive versus dynamic allocation; LAN standards:802.3 (Ethernet), 802.4 (token bus), 802.5 (token
ring); Computer Network security, Active and Passive Attacks; Network layer and Network layer protocols;
Transport layer and Transport layer protocols. Furthermore, the course considers problems on each layer of a
multilayered communication model, and describes some typical solutions to such problems.
Reference Books:
i. J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking - A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 3rd
edition, Addison-Wesley.
ii. L. Peterson and B. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach.
BSE 2204: Modeling in Information Systems (4 CU)
Course Description: Upon successful completion of the course, the student should: Be able to demonstrate
sufficient understanding of the various modeling tools and techniques; Be able to model an information system
using the Universal Modeling Language (UML); Be able to model business processes; Select a suitable modeling
language based on the context; and be able to evaluate the quality of models using model checking tools and formal
methods:
Indicative Content: This course deals with methods and techniques used in systems analysis and design. This
includes modeling the enterprise, application domains, business processes and activities, and information systems
components. Main topics to be covered are: Modeling the enterprise: Object-oriented concepts, object-oriented
enterprise modeling. Modeling the business process: process and workflow modeling, IDEF0, and SAP R/3 process
models, Modeling the dynamics: Data flow diagram (DFD), structured English, decision table, decision tree, and
state-transition diagram. Modeling the structures: Entity-relationship (ER) models. Putting the designs together:
Unified Modeling Language (UML) Evaluation of methods: Evaluation criteria.
Reference Books:
i. A. Olive, Conceptual Modeling of Information Systems, Springer, 1st edition, 2007.
ii. R. A. Hirschheim, H. K. Klein and K. Lyytinen, Information Systems Development and Data Modeling:
Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
BSE 2202: Embedded Systems Software (4 CU)
Course Description: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will: Understand the role of assembly
language programming; Understand the instruction set of a typical embedded processor (68HC11); Be able to
employ a modular approach to assembly language programming with code reuse; Be able to use embedded systems
development tools; Understand memory addressing and use various addressing modes; Understand hardware
interrupts and be able to use them; and be able to integrate assembly language subroutines into a high-level language
Programme.
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