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Text
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Panko, Raymond, Business Data Networks and Telecommunications, 7th
edition, Prentice Hall
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Course
Goals
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The goal of ISYS565 is to impart Basic Data
Communication Literacy to enhance a graduate’s ability to succeed
in the business world.
This course is a survey of managerial and technological issues relevant
for businesses to operate nad conduct transactions over networked
environments. Topics will include, but not limited to, local and
wide area networks, the Internet and network security. The
objective of the course is to develop an understanding of
telecommunications concepts relevant to distributed decision making in
business organizations. The major focus of the course will
include a discussion of the following topics: the layred sturcture of
the telecommunicatinos model, different protocols at each layer of the
model, different local area networks, internets, the Internet and the
WWW, TCP/IP, and other telecommunications applications.
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Learning
objectives
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Students performing well in this course should be able to:
- Appreciate the role of networks ijn achieving business
objectives
- Identify technological and managerial challenges for
interconnected organizations to conduct operational and strategic
activities; and
- develop a managerial perspective about technical issues
of a networked organization.
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Grading
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Your grade is determined by the following factors:
| Quizes |
20% |
| Midterm |
20% |
| Final |
25% |
Project
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25% |
| Class
Participation |
10% |
The grading scale will be:
| A |
Above 90% |
| B |
Between 90%
and 80% |
| C |
Between 80%
and 70% |
| D |
Between 70%
and 60% |
| F |
Below 55% |
A course outline can
be found here.
The course project consists of a 10 page research paper on any aspect
of data communications. The paper will be presented to the class
during the last 2 weeks of the semester.
Attendance and Participation. Regular class attendance,
conscientious daily study and preparation,
and completion of assignments are essential for satisfying the course
objectives.
Exams. Exams can not be made up unless the absences result
from extreme circumstance.
The instructor reserves the right to retain for pedagogical
reasons either the original, or a copy, of any student's test, written
assignment, paper, disk, video, or similar work submitted by the
student, either individually or as a group project, for this class.
Student's names will be deleted from any retained items.
Students with disabilities who need reasonable
accommodations are encouraged to contact the instructor. The Disability
Programs and Resource Center is available to facilitate the reasonable
accommodations process.
Academic Dishonesty. San Francisco State University
requires that students be honest in their academic work. Academic
dishonesty is viewed as an ethical issue and violation of the
principles expressed in the university's academic regulations. Academic
dishonesty, identification and reporting procedures, academic and
administrative sanctions and appeal procedures are outlined in detail
in the student handbook and are available from the Division of Student
Affairs.
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