CURRICULUM

The Master´s Degree in Data Networks consists of an Introductory course with two compulsory courses, a Specialty course with three compulsory technical courses, a Master course with Technical seminars that may vary every year, research activities as part of the Research Methodology seminars, a compulsory Thesis writing workshop and a Thesis.

This course is planned for those students whose academic training and/or working experience lacks of basic network concepts. That is why, after a personal interview at the beginning and considering each student´s knowledge, the Director or Co-director decides if some or all of the subjects of this course are passed.  All these courses are intensive, i.e they last approximately 4 weeks with 5 classes every week, starting in March in first year of the Master´s Degree. The teachers will evaluate the students´ participation and recommend them to continue or not in the Master´s Degree. The Consulting Academic Committee will decide the students´continuity based on those recommendations.

• Introduction to networks (40h)
• Introduction to the operating systems (40h)

In this Specialty course, we deal with systematic studies based on advanced traning and refresher courses in order to achieve theoretical, technical and methodological updated knowledge of Networks and Security. It lasts 3 quarters with 2 classes every week on average.

• Networking (120h)
• Distributed systems (120h)
• Network security and privacy (100h)

This course completes the technical training of the specialty with activities that deepen technical topics and favor research. On the other hand, it is vital to keep a current curriculum as regards scientific and technical development of networks and security.

– Technical seminars: it is required to pass 3 of them (120h)

Security area

• Implementation of security in networks and services – Routing security. (40h)
• IT incident management trends (40h)

Quality of Service

• QoS in IP networks – Advanced routing (40h)
• QoS in mobile architectures (40h)

Distributed systems

• TOR workshop – Anonymity network (40h)
• Principles of Software Defined Networks (SDN) (40h)

Network performance

• Congestion control (40h)
• Network traffic models (40h)

Network architecture-Protocols

• Mobile IP (40h)
• Sensor networks -IoT (Internet of Things) (40h)

– Compulsory seminars on research:

• Research methodology (70h)
• Workshop on Thesis Writing (50h)

It should reflect a detailed and updated study of the state of the art in the particular area of the Thesis and a research or own applied development which should constitute a creative contribution at national level. It can be complemented with presentations given in Congresses or publications of his/her authorship or co-authorship on the same topic during the first 2 years after the attending year (180h).

APPENDIX III: Layout for Master’s Degree’s Thesis Proposals and APPENDIX IV: Master’s Degree’s Thesis Layout