Bachelor of Digital Technology Solutions (Honours)

The ability to understand, determine and apply metrics using computer generated data is a critical component to developing an effective digital technology solution. Solutions designers must be able to interpret data produced by business analysts for incorporation into the solution design. Students will focus on creating, extracting, analyzing, and reporting of data from a variety of sources. A key theme is understanding what the data is saying and how to communicate this information to a variety of stakeholders

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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Cloud computing is used almost exclusively in today's digital solutions, requiring a solid foundation in the core concepts of cloud computing technology. Hypervisors, hardware virtualization and common core components of cloud computing infrastructure form the focus of study. Students will develop the skills to install, configure and secure a virtual environment including compute, storage, and networking resources. Students will also be able to evaluate workload requirements to design a basic cloud infrastructure

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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Automating routine tasks and making IT resources more self-service is a common goal in organizations to allow IT staff to perform more value-added work. This course introduces students to the automation of operations through tools available in this area. Students will use critical thinking and analysis skills to identify commonly repeated tasks and develop scripts to automate that work. Students will also be able to deploy and configure a typical orchestration system to provide user-deployed services

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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The greatest development to computing in recent decades has been the introduction of mobile devices, which has had the effect of making computing ubiquitous. In addition to many recreational and personal purposes, mobile applications are now solidly integrated into business systems, the effectiveness of which can make or break a business enterprise. This course teaches the student to build mobile applications using current industry practices and tools. The student will learn client-side smart device development including offline data access, testing, debugging, security, deployment, and exception handling. Students will write mobile web applications and will be introduced to developing mobile web applications, all of which will run on popular mobile devices

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: PROG71070
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The use of mobile technologies and wireless communications is ubiquitous in business today. The effective integration of these technologies into digital solutions is critical to their success. This course explores web versus native mobile apps and the impact of wireless communications. Students will design high level approaches to mobile device management and mobile application deployment, while considering application performance and the security impact of web versus native apps

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: NTWK72000
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Modern solutions architects require strong interpersonal skills and a strong sensitivity to business culture to thrive in the rapidly changing and diverse Canadian workplace. Furthermore, solutions architects have the opportunity to seek career opportunities over a wide variety of organizations and industries in the course of their careers. Students will perform exercises and complete case studies that address a wide variety of business cultural situations that reflect the practices of the modern workplace. They will also develop marketing techniques to help them apply their skills to career opportunities that will suit them best.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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The deployment of digital solutions in public cloud environments is a common practice for businesses of all sizes. As a result, there are many public cloud providers offering different combinations and levels of services. Selection of a cloud provider can greatly affect solution performance, cost and in some cases regulatory compliance. Students will evaluate services offered by various vendors and select appropriate services to assist organizations with deploying services to public cloud providers. Students will also configure resources in public cloud infrastructures

• Hours: 70
• Credits: 5
• Pre-Requisites: INFO72070
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As digital technology becomes increasingly entwined in all facets of modern life, vulnerabilities are increasing in number and severity. Solutions professionals and designers have increasingly greater responsibilities to secure the systems that are within the scope of their work. Hackers are persistent and inventive. As a result, threats can come in many forms, from many sources, and can be combined. As a result, the solutions professional must have knowledge of many types of threats. In this survey course, students will investigate those threats as well as strategies for handling those threats. Topics will include encryption, SQL injections, URL backdoors, malware, wireless and cloud computing vulnerabilities, code level, security, and physical security. Special attention will be paid to building security into the design and development of digital solutions

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: NTWK72000
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An important outcome of solutions design is taking business requirements and developing designs of the digital systems required to implement those goals. Those designs take the form of charts, diagrams, tables, dictionaries, and technical specifications which can then be used by industry professionals – developers, administrators, and engineers - to procure hardware, software and third party services that will be assembled and configured to form the solution. In this course, students will synthesize the network, application, database, and web design skills they have acquired throughout the program to solve practical business case studies by developing high level designs for appropriate digital solutions. In this course students from the development and infrastructure majors will collaborate to architect solutions using their respective focus

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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Organizations are facing increasing public accountability for issues such as: privacy of data, inclusivity, fair treatment of stakeholders, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and management of publicly traded assets. This accountability can take the form of legal repercussions as well as loss of business resulting from negatively perceived initiatives. In this course, students will complete case studies relating to legal standards for corporate systems, fairness in interpersonal relations and corporate asset management.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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Building on Security Principles I, this course will focus on security planning for digital solutions using threat modelling and risk management tools and concepts. Governance and data residency will also be explored with respect to various national laws and acts pertaining to both general data privacy as well as specific data including health and finance. Students will also be introduced to designing and implementing compliance audits. In this course, students will design security components in their area of specialization while collaborating with students from the other major to develop complete solutions, providing a richer learning experience

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: SECU73030
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Almost everyone is aware of the pace at which digital technology changes in the Information Age, and no one is affected more by this fact than the developers and designers of digital systems. Therefore, it is essential that, rather than being overwhelmed by change, solutions designers be able to embrace change and have strategies for effectively evaluating and incorporating new technologies and methodologies into the systems that they design. In this course, emerging trends in digital systems design will be explored. Students will work through assignments in which they research new technologies and design methodologies and evaluate them for application to business purposes. An important component of this course is that students will research and develop proposals for their capstone projects to be developed further in their final semester

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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This course will build on the high-level design techniques of Architectural Design I by providing case studies requiring greater technological sophistication and by teaching students to develop designs that are more modular, layered, and detailed. Students will be required to demonstrate how their solution designs relate to the evolving needs of the modern organization and to build scalability and flexibility into their designs as required by the modern business organization. Students will be required to support their choices by using appropriate mathematical modelling techniques

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: ARCH73030
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DevOps combines software development with IT operations to rapidly release software updates through the extensive use of automation in both the development and delivery areas to produce high quality solutions. This course combines unique components of many other courses in the program including programming, testing, automation and deployment into a modern CI/CD solutions approach. Students will explore and implement tools typical in a DevOps environment. In this course students from the development and infrastructure majors will collaborate to build complete DevOps based environments

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: PROG71060
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Network connected smart sensors are increasingly being incorporated into any number of devices: cars, household appliances, home entertainment systems and even pets in the creation of smart homes and cities. There is a growing call to integrate information from these devices and “things” with the sorts of computers which have become familiar: desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones, in order to satisfy business and consumer needs. Students will learn how to connect such devices, collect data from multiple sources and synthesize that data to foster new entrepreneurial opportunities. They will learn to protect business and consumers against the security vulnerabilities created by such systems. Students will learn to develop high level designs that incorporate Internet of Things into larger systems

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: NTWK72000
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Since the front end of a digital system, such as a website or an app interface, is what consumers are most exposed to when seeking new products or services, it is the best opportunity to market to the consumer. In this course, students will be introduced to the aesthetics of web sites including colour, layout and font in order to create designs and plans for creating friction and branding. They will also learn about technical aspects of interface design such as SEO, website analytics, data visualization and heatmaps

• Hours: 28
• Credits: 2
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