| Course Outline and Schedule |
| Date | Topics, Assignments | Reading/Source | Assignment Due | |
| Introduction:
Course Orientation |
introduction | |||
| Elements of a Network |
Panko chap. 1 |
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| Elements of a Network (continued) |
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| The Layered
Architecture |
Panko chap. 2a Panko Chap.2b |
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| The Layered Architecture (continued) | ||||
| Quiz 1 |
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| Physical Connectivity |
Overview.3a |
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Physical
Connectivity (continued) |
Panko chap3 | ||
| Local Area Networks |
Panko
ch 4b |
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| Panko ch 4a |
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| Quiz 2 | ||||
| Quiz 2 review | ||||
| Wireless
Networks |
Overview 5a Panko chap 5 |
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| Wireless Networks (continued) | ||||
| Midterm |
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| Midterm Review |
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| Networks |
Overview 6a |
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Wide Area Networks |
Panko 6 |
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| Wide Area Networks (continued) | Overview
7a |
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| Wide Area Networks (continued) | Panko
7 |
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| Quiz 3 | ||||
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| TCP/IP, Network management, Application Support | Panko Ch 8 |
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| TCP/IP, Network management, Application Support (continued) | ||||
| TCP/IP, Network management, Application Support (continued) | Overview
10a Panko ch 10 |
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| TCP/IP, Network management, Application Support (continued) | ||||
| Network Security | Overview
11a Panko ch 9 |
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| Network Security (continued) |
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| Paper Presentation | ||||
| Final Exam - Comprehensive |
| * This
schedule may be changed
as considered necessary and appropriate by the instructor at any
time.
It is the students responsibility to review the online schecule on a
regular
basis. |