INSTRUCTOR:          Dr. Stephen C. Hayne 
Stephen.Hayne@business.colostate.edu         
http://www.speedofheat.com/hayne/net

OFFICE:                     Rockwell 029

OFFICE HOURS:       3pm – 4pm  M-R

TA HOURS:                To Be Announced  - held in Rockwell Computer Lab

 

TEXTS:           Required for Networking:

Business Data Communications, 4th Edition, 2001, William Stallings, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.  ISBN 0-13-088263-1. 

                        Optional for Operating Systems:

Kirch and Dawson.  (2000)  Linux Network Administrators Guide, O’Reilly Publishers  ISBN:1-56592-400-2  

 

HANDOUTS: Copies of all PowerPoint slides are available at Business Express.

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

            After completing this class, a student will be able to:

 

·         Explain Operating Systems: processes, process management

·         Explain memory and file systems an how it applies to various operating systems

·         Explain the OSI and TCP/IP networking models, and their roles in networking and the Internet

·         Understand and explain how to measure network performance

·         Understand the role of wireless transmission in network implementations

·         Manage network and web functions on LINUX

·         Program simple network applications

 

ASSIGNMENTS:

            There will be 4 assignments - each worth between 50 and 100 points.  Unexcused late assignments will not be accepted.

 

GRADING:

            3          Tests               100 pts. each                          300

            4          Assignments   50-100 pts. each                     400

                                                                                                700

 

            Grading will be based on a 100%-93% = A, 92-90 = A-, 89-87 = B+, 88-83 = B, 82-80 = B-, 79-77 = C+, 76-73 = C, 72-70 = C-, etc.

            There may be some slight deviations from this scale in calculating the final course grades but such adjustments will always improve a student’s grade.