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Course Dates: 05 June 2006 - 20 August 2006
There are no formal prerequisites for this course, but a general working knowledge of a PC is assumed. Regular access to the World Wide Web using a Java-enabled, graphical Web browser are required for the DE version of this course. I suggest having at least either Internet Explorer 6.x or Netscape 7.2x (or Mozilla). Students will need access to a MS-Win 2000/XP computer for installing, evaluating and utilizing software for this course. Additional (free) software may be required to be downloaded during the course of the semester.
Students will be required to access the WebTycho course environment 2 - 3 times per week.
Our main textbook for this course will be the McGraw Hill publication listed below. It will be supplemented with Internet, World Wide Web and UMUC Database readings to provide current information and contemporary readings to support the depth of understanding needed for IFSM students. This course will be heavily augmented with additional outside readings. We will cover approximately two chapters per week (view the Table of Contents).
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Meyers, M. (2004). Mike Meyers' Network+ Guide to Managing & Troubleshooting Networks, w/ CD-ROM. Burr Ridge, Illinois: McGraw Hill, 0-07-225560-9. |
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Summary Table of Contents
(Formerly CMIT 265M.) An introduction to networking technologies for individual workstations, local area networks, wide area networks, and the Internet, with emphasis on the OSI model, security, and networking protocols. A general knowledge of networking, including Microsoft operating systems, is provided. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CMIT 265 or CMIT 265M.
The computer information technology (CMIT) major is designed to combine the benefits of a traditional college education with the benefits of hands-on training in state-of-the-art computer technology. Students become technically competent, but also learn to write well-organized and clear memoranda and reports. The computer information technology curriculum integrates technical skill with communication skills, superior general education, and breadth of knowledge in the computer information technology field.
The student who graduates with a major in computer information technology (CMIT) will be able to
CMIT 265 is the prerequisite for the following ensuing CMIT courses:
At the completion of this course, with appropriate study, students will be able to:
- Identify the components of a network and determine the type of network design most appropriate for a given site.
- Identify the different media used in network communications, distinguish among them, and determine how to use them to connect servers and clients in a network.
- Differentiate among networking standards, protocols, and access methods and determine which is most appropriate for a given network.
- Recognize the primary network architectures, identify their major characteristics, and determine which is most appropriate for a proposed network.
- Identify the primary functions of network operating systems and distinguish between a centralized computing environment and a client/server environment.
- Determine how to implement and support the major networking components, including the server, operating system, and clients.
- Propose a system for adequately securing data on a given network and protecting the system's components.
- Distinguish between LANs and wide-area networks (WANs) and identify the components used to expand a LAN into a WAN.
- Determine how to use Routers, Switches, Hubs, CSU/DSU, and other access hardware in the larger LAN/WAN environment.
- Identify the major periods in the history of networking technologies
- Identify strategic LAN support tools and resources and determine how to use them in troubleshooting basic network problems.
Academic preparation for this class, requires that you dedicate a minimum of 150 - 160 hours total for this course of study. Distance learning courses are designed for the University student whose duties, location, time, and/or other circumstances prohibit attendance at a regularly scheduled class times. You should note that more of the burden for learning falls on the student in a distance learning course. The instructor will act as a mentor and guide, but the responsibility for reviewing, organizing, and learning course materials falls predominately on the student. For those students who are self-motivated and disciplined, and enjoy learning on their own, successful completion of these courses shouldn't pose a problem. Please consider this carefully when budgeting your time. This distance education course is not considered independent study, but involves bi-weekly collaboration with fellow students.
We will be working in groups, and I strongly recommend that you establish close relations with your group members once you have been assigned to a group. Although group grades will not be assigned, group participation will be taken into consideration (5% of of your 30% participation grade). Members of each group will have an opportunity to provide confidential feedback about individual group members' contributions, support and assistance. A group also has the authority to expel a member (by majority vote) under justifying circumstances and after consultation with the instructor (this would have a negative impact on the affected student's participation grade).
There may also be a need to download and install software from the Internet. If you have a slow connection to the Internet, you will want to consider alternatives (e.g., UMUC computer lab). You cannot install software in the UMUC computer labs, thus we will try to access a virtual lab for our distributed use.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in a review by the appropriate authorities. Make sure you understand and respect copyrighted material.
Grades will be based on
the following factors:
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| Discussions/Exercises | 30% | |
| Projects | 20% | |
| Mid-Semester examination | 25% | |
| Final examination | 25% | |
Grading Scale
PENALTIES FOR LATENESS: Written assignments
not in by due date: 10% /day
Participation--WebTycho Protocols
By registering for a WebTycho course, you are making a commitment to participate in your course conferences as well as other online activities. To contact your instructor, use the WebTycho conferencing software or e-mail links provided, which allow you to communicate with the instructor and your classmates in a virtual classroom 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please plan to participate regularly ( 2 to 3 times per week). You will note in the grading policy above that your online conference participation counts 30% of your final grade (participation is comprised of discussions, exercises, study group work and end-of-chapter quizzes). Participation can NOT be made up, so if you are unable to participate in a discussion or exercise, you will be deducted points accordingly.
You are required to participate in on-line conferencing, answer assigned questions/exercises and do 2 projects, and take two examinations. The mid-semester examination will be a proctored examination covering material up to week #5. The final examination will be comprehensive and consist of multiple-choice and essay questions where the most weight will be on the essay/problem solving questions.
Bi-weekly online conferencing questions provide interaction with other members of the class. The material in both the self-assessment and online conferencing questions often finds its way into the final examination.
Writing and Research: Effective writing is critical to the intellectual life of university students and graduates within the workplace. Effective managers are usually effective communicators. Your work in this course must demonstrate your ability to master and effectively communicate course content. Effective writing
· Meets the needs of the reader
· Adequately covers the subject
· Uses expected conventions of format and organizations
· Demonstrates use of credible reasoning and evidence
· Satisfies standards of style and grammatical correctness
· Requires 100% compliance with UMUC's zero-tolerance policy regarding plagiarism.
There will be two examinations. Your mid-semester examination will be a proctored exam. Make sure that you follow the proper procedures for taking this examination (see http://www.ed.umuc.edu/de/deprocexam_procedures.html). The final exam will be taken online, and is likely to include a mix of multiple choice questions, problems (depending on the subject matter), fill-in-the blanks, and essay questions. There may also be a brief case problem to be analyzed.
Arrangements should be made early to schedule availability for examinations. Your online examination will be made available during a window of 48 hours; you will have 3 hours to complete the online timed exam. You will need access to a computer, preferably with some privacy for taking the final examination. It is your responsibility to inform the instructor, prior to the examination posting, if you are unable to partake during the scheduled time period.
Make-Up Exams
Students are expected to take examinations within the date range indicated in
this syllabus or prescribed by the instructor. Students are also expected to
notify the faculty member in advance if one is not able to visit our virtual
class for more than 4 consecutive days.
I
believe that communication between instructor and student is paramount in teaching
any course, but in Distance Education, the collaboration among students is most
critical, thus participation accounts for a major portion of the composite grade.
You should think of me as a resource as well as a representative of the University
of Maryland University College. My telephone numbers, electronic mail address
and FAX numbers are listed on my homepage
and within WebTycho. There are not many acceptable reasons for you not to be able
to contact me (or arrange for me to be contacted) in case of some emergency.
If you know you're going to be on a business trip or away from an appropriate communicating device and assignments are to be submitted during that week, as shown in the outline, please coordinate submissions with one of your group members to avoid late submission penalties. Late assignments diminish your assigned grade by 10% for each late day. It is better to turn in assignments early to give oneself a buffer for the unexpected, unpredictable event which might otherwise lead to delays. If for some technical reason, our WebTycho class environment is not available/accessible, please notify me by e-mail, but make sure you have check the status of the servers. It is highly unlikely, but not impossible, that all WebTycho servers will concurrently be unavailable.
Because you are all adults, I consider each of you a course resource as well as a student. Your participation improves the course tremendously. Much educational research has shown that the larger a part you play in your own education, the more you learn and the faster you learn it. All questions which would normally be asked in a classroom, will be asked via the appropriate WebTycho conference by submitting a message for all fellow students to see (and respond to).
Distance education courses offered by the University of Maryland University College Maryland in Europe are conducted through computer conferencing. The distance education program is not considered independent study, and it does not attempt to emulate correspondence courses. Distance education program students can expect to interact frequently with their fellow students and their teacher. Qualitative participation is weighted more than quantitative participation in this course.
It
is each student's responsibility to maintain accurate records and transcriptions
of correspondence throughout the course. Please make sure you have copies of
everything which you are required to submit for grading. In the event
of electronic interruptions, an alternative delivery mode will be exercised
to inform the affected parties of a problem and suggested resolutions.
You are expected to adhere to the general rules of online etiquette. To prepare to use the online conference you should read the Core Rules of Netiquette. If you are new to Distance Education keep those notes handy; you may need to refer to them during the semester. You will also want to be familiar with emoticons.
Each "to be graded" assignment will be submitted to the WebTycho environment via your "assignment folder." Do not submit assignments or homework to my e-mail address.
This is a very broad course in which the textbook is our main reference book. The majority of information security and E-commerce knowledge will be learned through readings, scenarios/exercises and questions. I expect you to have read the assigned chapters from our main text and be prepared to discuss selected questions. You will be responsible for all chapters as assigned. In addition, you are responsible for all supplemental reading assignments posted to the WebTycho class area by the instructor. You should check our virtual classroom at least three times a week.
One Convention that I would like us to adhere to throughout this course, is that you are not allowed to use the color RED within your documents to be graded [ Red is exclusively reserved for instructor comments ]. Normally these comments will come in the form of comments, corrections or merely to focus the reader on an area of text. You can use braces { a students' critical thought }. If there is anyone that is color blind to RED (for example, by not properly seeing the DO NOT emphasis highlighted in red twice on this syllabus), please inform the instructor.
Because we have different e-mail systems, as you are experiencing, I would like to ask you all to use your real name at the end of your messages when sending an "0606CMIT265" message to me. Initially, this will serve two purposes, one it will help me to identify the author and secondly it will serve as an end-of-message marker to help identify that a message has been received in its entirety. ALL private e-mail messages sent to me should include the prefix "0606CMIT265:" in the subject line for a timely and proper response.
All submissions into WebTycho will be in HTML or plain text ( or marked up by the WebTycho text editor). Please DO NOT submit word processing documents (e.g., MS-Word, WordPro) unless specifically requested by me. Do not attach DOC files in the conferencing area of WebTycho. It is preferred not to use attachments, unless absolutely necessary (e.g., multimedia files). When submitting screenshots, please use GIF, JPEG or PNG formats.
The need for additional
policies and requirements may arise during the course. If the need arises,
a new policy and/or requirement may be formulated such that this policy or requirement
will be as valid as any written in this syllabus. Please familiarize yourself
with the current University of Maryland University College European Division
Catalog, as this publication will serve as our guideline for academic policies
and standards not otherwise mentioned within this document. A current
catalog may be obtained either from your local Field Representative or viewed
at the Distance Education web
site (Acrobat Reader required).
All UMUC students are responsible for adhering to the UMUC policy regarding academic integrity. Obtaining or giving aid on an examination is considered academic dishonesty and will result in appropriate academic action.
Integrity in teaching and learning is a fundamental principle of a university. UMUC believes that all members of the university community share the responsibility for academic integrity, as expressed in the University System of Maryland policy "Faculty, Student, and Institutional Rights and Responsibilities for Academic Integrity." Details are available from the Office of the Dean, School of Undergraduate Studies.
Plagiarism is the presentation of another person's idea or product as one's own. Plagiarism includes (but is not limited to) copying verbatim all or part of another person's work; using phrases, charts, figures, illustrations, computer programs, or mathematical or scientific solutions without citing the source; paraphrasing ideas, conclusions, or research without citing the source; and using all or part of a literary plot, poem, film, musical score, or other artistic product without attributing the work to its creator.
Students can avoid unintentional plagiarism by carefully following accepted scholarly practices. Notes taken for papers and research projects should accurately record sources of material to be cited, quoted, paraphrased, or summarized, and papers should acknowledge those sources in footnotes.
UMUC's policy on Academic
Dishonesty and Plagiarism can be found in the current copy of the Undergraduate
Catalog or is available from the Office of the Dean, School of Undergraduate
Studies.
If you have any condition, such as a physical or learning disability, which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as I have outlined it, or which will require academic accommodations, please make your "need for assistance" known as soon as possible. Students with disabilities are advised to contact the office of Disabled Student Services (http://www.umuc.edu/studserv/dss.html). Under privacy laws, students are not required to tell their professors about their disability. A student with a disability need only notify the DSS office. That office will, in turn, notify the instructor about whatever accommodations that student requires.
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