{"id":554,"date":"2010-07-12T13:41:20","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T17:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:28:42","slug":"cs535","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs535\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<style> p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} .button{width:125px;}<\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Computer Networks<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 535 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p>Prerequisite: MET CS 575 or consent of instructor. Provides a robust understanding of networking. You will learn the fundamentals of networking systems, their architecture, function, and operation, and how these are reflected in current network technologies. As well as the principles that underlie all networks and their application (or not) to current network protocols and systems. Discover how layers of different scope are combined to create a network and receive a basic introduction to Physical Media, the functions that make up protocols, such as error detection, delimiting, lost and duplicate detection; and the synchronization required for the feedback mechanisms: flow and retransmission control, etc. In addition, learn how these functions are used in current protocols, such as Ethernet, WiFi, VLANs, TCP\/IP, wireless communication, routing, congestion management, QoS, network management, security, and the common network applications, as well as some past applications with unique design solutions. Restrictions: This course may not be taken in conjunction with MET CS 625 or MET CS 425 (undergraduate). Only one of these courses can be counted toward degree requirements.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS535A1, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>T<\/td>\n\t<td>12:30 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>03:15 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>CAS<\/td>\n\t<td>208<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Format &amp; Syllabus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"btn-group\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">On Campus<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/05\/CS-535-Schedule250512.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/10\/CS-535-Schedule250918.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/CS-535-Schedule260109.pdf\">CS535 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/10\/CS-535-Schedule250918.pdf\">CS535 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/05\/CS-535-Schedule250512.pdf\">CS535 SUM25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/CS-535-Schedule250102.pdf\">CS535 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/08\/535-CS-Schedule240813.pdf\">CS535 FALL24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/01\/CS-535-A1-Joh-Day.pdf\">CS535 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS535-A1_Spring-2022_Comp-Networks.pdf\">CS535 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/09\/CS535_Fall20_Day.pdf\">CS535 FALL20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/07\/MET-CS-535-2020-Day.pdf\">CS535 SUM20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS535_C1_Summer-2017.pdf\">CS535 SUM17<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2012\/07\/CS-535-D1-Fall-2012.pdf\">CS535 FALL12<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Online<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS535-O2_Spring-2022_Comp-Networks.doc\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/10\/METCS535_Syllabus_2025FallO1_Online.pdf\">CS535 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS535-O2_Spring-2022_Comp-Networks.doc\">CS535 SPRG22<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Blended<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; Syllabus: On Campus CS535 SPRG26CS535 FALL25CS535 SUM25CS535 SPRG25CS535 FALL24CS535 SPRG24CS535 SPRG22CS535 FALL20CS535 SUM20CS535 SUM17CS535 FALL12 Online CS535 FALL25CS535 SPRG22 Blended &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1719,"featured_media":0,"parent":7301,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31164,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions\/31164"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}