COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College

Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Science Department
be introduced. Students will be given extensive laboratory experience
with programming using a database application package.
Prerequisite: MAC109 or MAC195
MAC252 Advanced UNIX System Administration
3 credits; 4 hours (2 lecture, 2 lab)
This course is a continuation of the UNIX Network Operating
System course. It provides students with the practical skills needed
to serve as a UNIX system administrator. Topics include login
scripts, user administration and security, operating system installation
and maintenance, installation of patches and programs, and
maintenance and troubleshooting of servers and workstations.
Students are encouraged to take the UNIX Systems Administration
certification exam.
Prerequisite: MAC232
MAC253 Advanced NT Systems Administration
3 credits; 4 hours (2 lecture, 2 lab)
This course is a continuation of the NT Operating Systems course.
It provides the students with the practical skills needed to serve as
an NT Administrator. Topics include profiles and policy editor,
trust relationship between multiple domains, directory services,
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), IIS (Internet
Information Services), WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service),
and network monitoring. Students are encouraged to take the
second certification exam offered by MCSE.
Prerequisite: MAC233
MAC260 Introduction to Teleprocessing
3 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course examines the field of data transmission and how it is
used to communicate with the computer. Topics covered include
the nature of the communication links and of the hardware
attached to them; common carriers and their services; and the configuration
of data communication systems including a description
of the codes, modems, terminals, software, and methods of line
organization.
Prerequisite: MAC101 or MAC109
MAC261 Internet Telephony
3 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course introduces students to voice over IP (VoIP), or packetized
voice. Students will be exposed to Internet architecture and
the handling of user traffic; various protocols including TCP and
UDP; digital signal processes; voice coders; connecting to ISPs;
modems; layered VoIP architecture; and performance considerations.
Students will explore various Internet telephony solutions
in the laboratory.
Prerequisite: MAC241
MAC262 Data Communications
4 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course covers various methods and techniques used in
computer communications. The course is designed for telecommunications
majors and will aid them in applying data communications
skills to on-the-job situations. Main topics include message
and packet switching, communication servers, distributed systems
and line control techniques. The laboratory portion prepares
the student to sit for the Novell CNA exam. The student should
expect to pay for additional materials for this course.
Prerequisite: MAC241
MAC263 Network Operations
4 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course introduces the student to general network theory with
respect to the operation and management of modern networks.
The student will use laboratory equipment to prepare print
servers, file servers, multiplexers, routers and modems. Network
monitoring will be introduced for troubleshooting skills and for
traffic analysis in a LAN environment. The laboratory work is
geared toward preparing the student for network certification.
Prerequisite: MAC262
MAC265 Computer Hardware Interfacing and Programming
3 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
The course will introduce the student to techniques in controlling
a computer system and will include interfacing techniques such as
memory mapped and isolated I/O, hardware/software interrupts,
polling and assembler language. Programming will include such
topics as: addressing modes, arithmetic and logic instructions,
conditional branching, stacks, subroutines.
Prerequisite: BTC100 or BTC101 or MAC101
MAC281 Discrete Structures
3 credits; 3 hours
This course covers the mathematical concepts essential for continued
study in computer science and related fields. The topics include
algorithms, complexity of algorithms, introduction to number
theory and its applications, mathematical induction and recursion,
relations and functions, graphs and trees, and applications.
Prerequisites: MAC101, MAC231
MAC283 Computer Organization and Assembly Language
3 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course is intended for students interested in developing a
background in hardware concepts. Topics covered include number
systems, data representation, binary arithmetic, boolean algebra,
combinational and sequential circuits, and an introduction to
assembly language programming.
Prerequisites: MAC101 or MAC109
MAC286 Data Structures
3 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course presents fundamental abstract data types along with
efficient implementations for each. Topics include linked lists,
stacks, queues, priority queues, binary trees, binary search trees,
heaps, AVL trees, n-ary trees, graphs, hash tables, sorting and
searching, recursion and worst-case analysis.
Prerequisite: MAC125 or MAC190, MAT281
159