Overview

To build the knowledge and skills required to design, configure and manage a single domain network

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Apply the OSI model and the TCP/IP model in networking
  • Explain IP networking protocol, routing and transition to IPv6
  • Plan an IP addressing strategy and automated configuration with DHCP
  • Design, install and maintain secure Windows systems
  • Perform user and domain resource management
  • Monitor system security quality, plan risk management and disaster recovery strategies

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
Online
Lecture
2.00 12 weeks 24
On-campus
Class
2.75 12 weeks 33
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
6.75 12 weeks 81
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assessment Individual  20 - 50%  1,2,3,4,5,6 
Portfolio Individual  50 - 80%  1,2,3,4,5,6 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass the unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:

(i) An aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) Pass the Final Skills assessment.

Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • Network Fundamentals
  • Deploying and Managing Windows Server
  • Active Directory Domain Services
  • IPv4, IPv6 and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • Domain Name System
  • File and Print Services
  • Group Policy
  • Server Virtualization with Hyper-V
  • Managing Risk and Disaster Recovery
  • Managing Quality by Monitoring Windows

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.