MIS 44049 Spring 2012 Schindler

Syllabus

NETWORK MANAGEMENT - 15229 - MIS 44049 - 001

Spring   2012

Time & Location

Section Instructor: Steven Schindler

E-mail : sschindl@kent.edu

Instructor

Instructor: Mr. Steven J. Schindler Office: A235 Business Administration Phone: 672-1248 Email: sschindl@kent.edu     Office Hours: Most Mon, Tu, Wed,Th,and F afternoons, 2-5 and by appointment

Text

Network+ Guide to Networks, 5th Edition Tamara Dean ISBN-10: 1423902459 ISBN-13: 9781423902454 1024 Pages © 2010 Published

Assignment of Grades

Your course letter grade will be assigned according to the scale: A = 92-100; A- 89-91, B+ = 86‑88 B = 82‑85, B- = 79‑81; C+ = 76‑78, C= 72-75, C- = 69-71; D+ = 66-68 D = 60‑65; and F = 0‑59

Course Description

This course will explore the technologies and business issues related to computer networking within an organization. An emphasis will be placed on the design and management of network topologies using various media, Ethernet hubs, switches and IP routers. Emphasis is placed on understanding the protocols used in modern business networking, especially Ethernet and TCP/IP. Microsoft Windows and Linux/Unix will be used to illustrate concepts within the context of PC based local area networks.  Students will get hands on experience through laboratory exercises.  M&IS 44042, NETWORK THEORY/APPLICATION, is prerequisite to this course. If you have not fulfilled the prerequisite you are likely to be disenrolled from this course. It is also expected that you are familiar with the following topics. If you do not have these skills it is recommended that you be willing to acquire them or not continue in the course. 

·         command line interface (CLI)

·         MS Windows

·         Binary and Hexadecimal notation

Lab Assignments

There will be 5 lab assignments during the semester. Some of the labs will require resources available only in the College of Business Computer Labs. Students should be prepared to spend several hours in the Business Computer Labs, outside of normal class time, for each lab assignment. Lab reports will be graded on a 4 point scale, with a score of 4 being the typical grade for a complete, neat and accurate report submitted on time. One or more points will be deducted for late reports and reports that do not follow the hand in protocol.  Lab reports a due, via Blackboard Learn, by midnight the Friday of the week show on the Schedule below.

Quizzes

There will be 6 quizzes during the semester, each worth 12% of the final grade. The lowest grade (or missed quiz) will be dropped. A typical test will have multiple choice questions and a problem or short answer question.  Quizzes will typically be given at the end of class period.

Final

Final Exam : The Final Exam will occur during the designated time during Finals week. It will be comprehensive in the sense that it will require students to synthesize material from all parts of the course.

Schedule

Cheating and Plagiarism

Cheating and plagiarism : Academic honesty: Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit. In addition, it is considered to cheating when one cooperates with someone else in any such misrepresentation. The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense. It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or course. Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University.

students with disabilities

University policy 3342-3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit http://www.registrars.kent.edu/disability/  for more information on registration procedures).

Policies

Introduction : MIS44042 NETWORK THEORY/APPLICATION is a prerequisites for this course. Students in the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.

course withdrawal deadline

Registration deadlines and tuition credit percentages may be obtained by clicking the CRN link(s) on your student printable schedule in FlashLine.   For Spring 2012, the course withdrawal deadline is Sunday, March 18, 2012.

statement about enrollment/official registration

Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Student Tools on FlashLine) during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section.  Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until Sunday, January 22, 2012 to correct the error.  If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered.