Overview

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

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Pathways Teaching 3
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
20-October-2025
30-January-2026
Last self-enrolment date
02-November-2025
Census date
14-November-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
12-December-2025
Results released date
10-February-2026
Pathways Teaching 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
23-February-2026
29-May-2026
Last self-enrolment date
08-March-2026
Census date
24-March-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
14-April-2026
Results released date
09-June-2026
Pathways Teaching 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
22-June-2026
25-September-2026
Last self-enrolment date
05-July-2026
Census date
21-July-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
11-August-2026
Results released date
06-October-2026
Pathways Teaching 3
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
19-October-2026
29-January-2027
Last self-enrolment date
01-November-2026
Census date
17-November-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
15-December-2026
Results released date
09-February-2027

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
 

  1. Apply the OSI model and the TCP/IP model in networking
  2. Explain IP networking protocol, routing and transition to IPv6
  3. Plan an IP addressing strategy and automated configuration with DHCP
  4. Design, install and maintain secure Windows systems
  5. Perform user and domain resource management
  6. Monitor system quality, plan risk management and disaster recovery strategies
  7. Appraise the knowledge areas of project management and plan responses to project management issues

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
(Lecture)		 2 12 weeks  24
On-campus
(Tutorials in Computer Labs)		 4 12 weeks  48
Unspecified Activities
(Independent Learning)		 6.5 12 weeks  78
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assessment Individual  20 - 40%  1,2,3,4,5,6 
Weekly Exercises Individual  20 - 30%  1,2,3,4,5,6,7 
Test Individual  40 - 60%  1,2,3,4,5,6,7 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

  1. An aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
  2. At least 40% in the class test, and
  3. A Pass grade for the Skills Assessment. 

The criteria for passing the Skills Assessment is available in the Unit Outline. Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirements (2) and (3) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • Network Fundamentals
  • Project Management
  • Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2012
  • 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.