Current and Upcoming Course Offerings

Special Topic Courses offered in  2025-2026

Fall 2025

ITEC 5910 F, Special Topic in Networking Technology – Systemization of Knowledge in Computer and Networking Security

Recent and advanced topics in network technologies. Trends in wireless networking, software defined networks, power-line networking.

Pre-Requisites: ITEC5102/SYSC5500, SYSC5807X, COMP5407, or instructor’s permission

ITEC 5920 F, Special Topic in Digital Media – User Experience Design and Accessibility

Recent and advanced topics in Digital Media.

Winter 2026

ITEC 5910 B, Special Topic in Networking Technology – Software for Mobile Networks

Software techniques and tools for implementing mobile networks, focusing on the radio access network. Topics include open-source software and tools, software defined radios, physical layer signal processing, protocol features, Open RAN architectures, application interfaces and 6G evolution. The course will include hands-on implementation opportunities with distributed and centralized (cloud) software.

ITEC 5910 W, Special Topic in Networking Technology – 5G Networks

Principles enabling 5G communications; physical, link and network layer protocols used for 5G communications and networking. Topics include evolution from 1G to 5G, standardization, spectrum planning, 4G LTE   Fundamentals, 5G New Radio enhancements, 5G Core and beyond 5G.

ITEC 5920 W, Special Topic in Digital Media – Applied Deep Learning

Recent and advanced topics in Digital Media.

Background: As a graduate course, students should have the following skills:

• Calculus (BIT 1200), Linear Algebra (BIT 1201)
• Probability & Statistics (BIT 2000, BIT 2009)
• Ability to code in Python