Singapore, 03 March 2003

Changes to take note of regarding UOP MSc in Strategic Business IT programme

To all PurpleTrain UOP MSc in SBIT students, from June 2003 onwards, PMSC005 Computer Networking & Management Module will replace the existing PMSC004 Professional Systems Engineering Module.

For existing UOP MSc students,

• The last offering for PMSC004 Professional Systems Engineering Module is on 11th Mar 2003.
• No more Referral or Re-Unit will be offered after the June Examination.
• The Final Assessment offered for PMSC004 Professional Systems Engineering will be held in June 2003.
• The Augmented Multiple Choice examination will be removed in June 2003, this means that the assignment now has weighting of 100%.
• Those existing students who have successfully completed either the Augmented Multiple Choice examination or the assignment will be exempted from the remaining assignment/examination and will have completed this module.
• Existing students who are registered for the SOC on 11th Mar 2003 can choose to switch to PMSC005 Computer Networking & Management but will have to wait until the first offering of PMSC005 on 12th Sept 2003.

For new UOP MSc students,
All newly registered students will automatically scheduled to do PMSC005 Computer Networking & Management upon registration.

Information on the module that replaces PMSC004:

PMSC005 Computer Networking & Management Product Update Information

Improved module aspects to cater to current industry needs
To equip the candidates with knowledge and skills in the multiplying principles of networking with special focus on internetworking, while at the same time emphasizing Internet protocols and network applications.

What candidates can achieve upon completion?
On completion of this module, candidates will be able to:

• introduce networking from a new perspective.
• understand the top down approach which begins at the application layer and works its way
  down towards the physical layer.
• understand and place emphasis on the application layer, which has been the high growth
  area of computer networking, including the Web, audio and video streaming and content
  distribution.
• understand the network applications and the network services needed to support these
  applications.
• identify a number of fundamentally important issues in transport layer and network layer.
• integrate principles and practice drawn from the internet architecture.

Programme Structure and Outline
These details can be found here.

Assessment & Credit Weightings
These details can be found here.

Course Schedule
Please refer to updated SOC Dates for more details.

With changes in place, we at PurpleTrain hope that this will take the University of Portsmouth MSc in Strategic Business and IT programme to greater heights. If there are any more enquiries, please do not hesitate to call the PurpleTrain 24 hours Helpdesk at 65-93629292. We will be pleased to answer any of your questions.

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