Students work independently and collaboratively to develop the complex skills necessary to design, create, and maintain reliable and secure services, devices, and applications in various networked environments. Through exploration and application of troubleshooting, administration, and efficiency standards, students develop skills in network analysis. Additional topics include congestion control, switching, routing, analysis and design of network protocols (both wired and wireless), data centers, analysis and performance of content distribution networks, network security, vulnerability and defenses, net neutrality, and online social networks.
MIS 1300
Course Code: CYB 2300
Credit Hours: 3
Level: Lower-Level
Program Placement: Semester III
Course description sourced verbatim from the official Northwood University 2025–2026 Academic Catalog and program curriculum guide. Northwood reserves the right to revise course content between publications.