The wireless sensor networks course examines the fundamental issues of sensor network and design of collections of smart sensors that are networked to form self-configuring pervasive computing systems.

The computer network security course examines the treatment of network security for secure data operation.

The distributed networks course provides the concepts underlying the architecture and operations of distributed networks. Topics include distributed network architectures and processing, communication primitives, resource sharing, event ordering and synchronization, distributed deadlocks and management, naming, load balancing, distributed network operating systems and languages, distributed databases, fault tolerance and recovery strategies, file service, protection issues, design issues, distributed office information systems, and related applications.

The multimedia networks and storage course covers a broad range of topics in the frontier of multimedia networking systems with focus on transmission techniques and protocols, massive storage architectures and data security.

The network protocols and services course examines the principles behind communication network protocols, standards, performance analysis, and implementation of both existing and emerging network.

The advanced topics course examines topical issues in networking with focus on wireless networking technologies, protection and the next generation networking.

The high speed data networks course focuses on the advances in LAN, MAN, and ATM. Topics include high speed data networks models, approaches to design and management of networks, high speed transmission networks and switching technologies, FDDI, DQDB, SMDS, Frame Relay, ATM networks, and SONET, congestion control and traffic management, performance modeling, queuing theory, routing algorithms, data compression, and applications demanding high-speed communication, multicasting for teleconferencing, and mobile computing.

The software architecture systems course examines the principles and techniques for the architectural design of complex systems using well-founded architectural paradigms. It considers commonly-used software system structures, techniques for designing and implementing these structures, models and formal notations for characterizing and reasoning about architectures, tools for generating specific instances of an architecture, and case studies of actual system architectures.

The enterprise application integration course provides the techniques on how to design and deploy large-scale systems and understand the trade-offs and implications of supporting the critical backbone of modern enterprises.

The software maintenance course examines the principles and techniques used for the maintenance of software systems.