CS556 - Internet Services

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Number and Title of Course: CS556 - Internet Services - Fall 2001

Instructor(s): Dr. Wayne Summers
Office: SCA204       Office phone: (505) 454-3230
Department phone: (505) 454-3295
Office Hours: MW 3:00-3:50 p.m. MST; TR 1:45-2:45 p.m. MST; via e-mail, net-meetings during class time and by appointment.
e-mail address: summers_wayne@ColumbusState.edu
homepage:http://csc.ColumbusState.edu/summers

Catalog Description of Course: An Introduction to telecommunications and the Internet. This course introduces the use of Internet for both research and problem-solving. Students will be expected to develop tools for enhancing and accessing the Internet. (3 credit).

Course Prerequisite:Permission of instructor.

Required Textbook(s):

  1. The INTERNET Book, 3rd. Edition; Comer, Douglas; Pentice-Hall Publishing; ISBN 0-13-030852-8
  2. Traveler's Guide to the Internet by Wayne Summers [available online] or other Internet book
  3. On-line documentation

Supplementary Books and Materials
Educational Outcomes
  1. Students should have a good understanding of how the Internet works.
  2. Students should be able to use the Internet for complicated searching.
  3. Students should be able to use advanced techniques for developing HTML documents.
  4. Students should be able to use, manage and install a variety of Internet Servers including Web Servers, FTP Servers, E-mail Servers.
  5. Students should be able to use the Internet as a research and problem-solving tool.

Major Topics
  1. Introduction to Networking
  2. Introduction and History of the Internet
  3. How the Internet Works
  4. Services Available on the Internet
    • E-mail and ListServs
    • World-Wide Web
    • Advanced Web Technologies
    • Graphical User Interfaces - Netscape and Internet Explorer
    • Telnet and ftp
    • Usenet News Groups and electronic magazines
    • E-commerce
    • Digital Libraries
  5. Setting up Internet access on a PC
  6. Designing and creating your own HTML documents and a website
  7. Introduction to ftp and www servers
  8. Configuring ftp and www servers
  9. Managing ftp and www sites
  10. Netiquette and the politics of Internet
  11. Security issues including firewalls and encryption

Instructional Methods and Techniques
  1. The class will "meet" the equivalent of one two-hour lecture/discussion period and one two-hour lab each week.
  2. The lectures and discussions will be a combination of sychronous and asynchronous discussions using WebCT.
  3. Students must have access to the Internet to facilitate demonstrating and using software.

Assignments for Course
Evaluation (Graduate Students will be expected to graduate quality work)
  1. One midterm and final exam over the lectures, readings, and labs consisting of both non-essay and essay questions. Off-campus students will be responsible for identifying a proctor for the exams.[300 pts]
  2. Homework including lab assignments that reinforce the material discussed in class and lab. [200-300 pts]
  3. The students are expected to discuss their readings weekly in the discussion group and online during the chat sessions. [100 pts]
  4. Mentoring a school teacher in charge of Internet services (this includes developing and installing web pages for the teacher and leaving the teacher with sufficient training so that the teacher can continue to maintain the web pages.) [100 pts]
  5. Research Paper or Project on some aspect of Internet services (must be approved by instructor) [required for all Graduate Students]; should include a PowerPoint presentation that is suitable for posting on the Internet for discussion by the class. [100 pts]

Class Attendance:Class attendance is the responsibility of the student, and it is the student's responsibility to independently cover any materials/he may miss. Class attendance and participation will be monitored and may also be used in determining grades.


Grades may be determined according to this scale :
A 90% - 100% B 80% - 89%
C 70% - 79% D 60% - 69%

Honor Policy: Cheating will not be tolerated. Any student caught cheating will be given a zero on the assignment or exam. Repeat offenders will be given an F for the course and may suffer expulsion from the university. All work must be your own. You may discuss the material in the course and help one another, however, I expect any work you hand in for a grade to be your own. Plagiarism will result in, at best, an "F" for the assignment. A simple way to avoid inadvertent plagiarism is to talk about the assignments, but don't read each other's work or write solutions together. Keep scratch paper and old versions of assignments until after the assignment has been graded and returned to you. If you have any questions about this, please see me immediately.

COURSE OUTLINE (tentative)
DATE Chapter / Description Homework & Lab Assignment (TBA)
Week 1: (Aug. 20-24) 1 The Internet Has Arrived
2 Getting Started
20 Electronic Mail
21 Bulletin Board Service (Network News)
e-mail clients and servers
NNTP clients/servers
Week 1 Assignment
Week 2: (Aug. 27-31) 3 Telephones Everywhere
4 The World Was Once Analog
5 The Once and Future Digital Network
27 Faxes & Files(FTP)
ftp clients/servers
22 Browsing the World Wide Web
Week 2 Assignment
Week 3: (Sept. 3-7) LABOR DAY
6 Basic Communications
7 The Local Area Network Arrives
8 Internet: The Early Years
HTTP clients/servers
25 Automated Web Search (Search Engines)
Week 3 Assignment
Week 4: (Sept. 10-14) 9 Two Decades of Incredible Growth
10 The Global Internet
23 World Wide Web Documents (HTML)

HTML Web Page Design
Week 4 Assignment
Week 5: (Sept. 17-21) 11 A Global Information Infrastructure
12 Packet Switching
24 Advanced Web Technologies
Advanced HTML
Week 5 Assignment
Week 6: (Sept. 24-28) 13 Internet: A Network of Networks
14 ISPs and Network Connections
24 Advanced Web Technologies
Advanced HTML
Week 6 Assignment
Week 7: (Oct. 1-5) 15 IP: Software to Create A Virtual Network
16 TCP: Software For Reliable Communications
Week 7 Assignment
Week 8: (Oct. 8-12) 17 Clients + Servers = Distributed Computing
REVIEW
MIDTERM EXAM [Wed. - Oct. 10th](Comer: 1-17, 20-25, 27)
Week 8 Assignment
Week 9: (Oct. 15-19) 18 Names for Computers
19 Why the Internet Works Well
26 Audio and Video Communications
Audio on the Web
Video on the Web
Week 9 Assignment
Week 10: (Oct. 22-24) 28 Remote Login and Remote Desktops(TELNET)
29 Facilities for Secure Communications
telnet clients/servers
Week 10 Assignment
Week 11: (Oct. 29 - Nov. 2) 30 Electronic Commerce and Business
31 The Global Digital Library
Week 11 Assignment
Week 12: (Nov. 5-9) Intro to webservers(IIS & Apache)
webserver architecture
Installing webservers
Internet Servers
Week 12 Assignment
Week 13:(Nov. 12-16)
Configuring webservers
webserver Security
Web Site Management
Web Site Analysis
Week 13 Assignment
Week 14: (Nov. 19-26) Other Servers; the Future of the Internet - wireless
Happy Thanksgiving
Week 14 Assignment
Week 15: (Nov.26-29) Student Reports
REVIEW
Week 16: Dec. 5 FINAL EXAM - Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001 (2:30-5:30 p.m. MST) Good Luck!!!


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