Data Communications and Networks I

                       CSCI:391:R1     Fall, 2016

      Instructor: Kenneth Brakke

      Office: Fisher 308

      Office phone: 4466    Email: brakke@susqu.edu

      Office hours: 1:00-3:00 MWF, 1:00-3:00 TTh.
             I am usually in my office 8:30 to 5:00 except for
             lunch and my other classes (8:45-9:00 MWF and 11:15-12:20 MWF).
             You can also make an appointment.

      Text: None; there will be handouts and internet references.

      Grading:     Exercises:     30%
                   Midterm:       30%
                   Final exam:    40%
      Point cutoffs for the course letter grade will be determined by
      me at the end of the semester; they will likely be close to the
      traditional 90-80-70.
      
      The final exam will be the last day of the first seven weeks,
      October 13, during regular class time.

      Course goals:

      To understand the basics of communication between computers, from the 
      hardware level on up.  Bits, bandwidth, serial, parallel, ethernet,
      hubs, switches, routers, local area networks, wide area networks,
      TCP/IP, Internet, DHCP, DNS, email, HTTP, web servers, etc.  More 
      advanced topics such as security will be the subject of the follow-on 
      course.
      
      Class attendence policy: Be there.  The Student Handbook states
        that one week's equivalence of absences is grounds for an F.
        I will note absences, and anybody that has what I regard as
        excessive absences will have their grade lowered as I see fit.

      Cheating and plagiarism: Don't.  Studying together to understand
        the material is fine, but the work you hand in is to be your
        own.  Many assignments by their nature will have to be done by
        pairs of students, and such assignments may be submitted jointly,
        with both names clearly included.  See the Student Handbook for the 
        dire consequences of cheating or plagiarism.

      When submitting assignments by email,
        1. The subject line should clearly state the assignment number.
        2. Each assignment must be a separate email.
      If you are emailing me about a question, the subject line should
        say that you have a question, so that I will read it immediately
        and not just stick it in a folder for later grading.