Course Description for CS249 - Computer Science Seminar: Introduction to Networking, Fall 2002

Instructor: Dr. Josef M. Breutzmann Office BHS 218 Phone (352) 8342

Office Hours: MTWHF 8:30-9:30, T 2:00-3:00, and other times as arranged

Meeting Times: Tue. & Thur. 11:00 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. in BHS 221.

Prerequisite: CS220 or two semesters high-level language programming or instructor consent

Text: Stallings. Data and Computer Communications, 6th ed. Upper Saddle River NJ:Prentice Hall. 1999.

Description: This class will be run seminar style with students, acting in pairs, presenting the bulk of the material from the text. Each chapter will end with a student problem set, a review by/with the instructor and a chapter quiz.

The course will cover an overview of data and computer communications. The focus will be on layered architectures with OSI and TCP/IP providing the primary examples. Wide and local area networks will be examined. The various packages within the TCP/IP model will be discussed.

Attendance: Attendance will be taken daily. Students with excessive absences may be required to do extra work to demonstrate their mastery of any missed topics. Further, excessive absences will relieve the instructor of any obligation to "catch up" a student through private tutoring.

Honor Code: By attending Wartburg College, students are demonstrating their dedication to the Honor Code. The Honor Code reminds students of their responsibility to promote academic honesty by opposing cheating and plagiarism and reporting dishonest work. [Please review the Wartburg Honor Code pamphlet.]

Grading: Distribution of points among Presentations, Quizzes, Exams, and Homework.

The grading curve will be no more severe than:

A

 93.3%

A-

 90.0%

B+

 86.6%

B

 83.3%

B-

 80.0%

C+

 76.6%

C

 73.3%

C-

 70.0%

D+

 66.6%

D

 63.3%

D-

 60.0%

F

 <60.0%

Schedule: The schedule will be determined by the timing of the student presentations. It is the instructor's goal to cover chapters 1 and 2 and selected portions of 3-8 prior to midterm. This will be followed by 9-1 and selected portions of 13-18 after midterm.

The tentative dates for the two exams are Midterm: Thursday, February 28 and Final: 11:30, Wednesday, April 17