2024-2025 Course Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Nov 24, 2024  
2024-2025 Course Catalog and Student Handbook

CIST 2451 - Introduction to Networks-Cisco


Prerequisite: CIST 1401  
This course introduces the architectures, models, protocols, and networking elements that connect users, devices, applications and data through the internet and across modern computer networks - including IP addressing and Ethernet fundamentals. By the end of the course, students can build simple local area networks (LANs) that integrate IP addressing schemes, foundational network security, and perform basic configurations for routers and switches. Contact hours: Class - 2, Lab - 4. Credit hours: 4 (F, Sp)