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
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

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		 1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Lab		 1.75  12 weeks  21
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		 6.75  12 weeks  81
TOTAL     150

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.