UTEP, IDS (CIS course)



UTEP, IDS (CIS course)

Business Data Communications

CIS 4370 - Seq. # 25345

Spring 2004

Instructor: Dr. Kallol Bagchi

Class meeting: 9:00-10:20 a.m. Tuesday , Thursday BUSN 311

Office: BUSN, Room 204

Office Hours: Monday though Friday : 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., also by appointment

Phone: 747-5376 (Office), E-mail: kbagchi@utep.edu

Text Books: The following are required:

1. Data communications and Computer Networks, C. White, Course Technology, 2nd Edition.

2. Windows 2000 Admin (to be supplied): Teaching Notes based on Courseware version 4.4, CIT, 2001.

3. MCSE LabSim for Windows 2000 Professional by Course Technology, 2002.

Prerequisites:

CIS 4370 covers an intense and fast-paced curriculum in class sessions and lab classes. If you do not have the necessary skills and background [explained below], you will have to work very hard to meet the basic benchmark to do well in this course.

It is unfair to hold the class back for the students who do not have the required preparation that is needed as a prerequisite for this class. The following listing, though not exhaustive, will give you some idea about the necessary prerequisite skills for coping with the intense pace of this course.

• Working knowledge of PC/Computers

• Working Knowledge of DOS and Windows

Drives, Directories and Files:

1. Creating and navigating through folders on various drives.

2. Copying and moving files across folders and drives.

3. Creating, deleting, opening and saving files.

• Hardware & Software Concepts

Hardware: Understanding of the fundamental technological units of most computer systems: Input, processing, output, and storage components; ALU, CPU, and RAM/ROM; units of storage and memory, storage media.

Software: Understanding of the basics of the systems and application software, system utilities, etc.

Disclaimer:

The following is a rough detail about what will be covered in lecture, assignments, grading, tests, etc. This is not a contract, but rather it is a guideline to be adjusted as necessary.

Course Objectives:

This course will introduce the student, who has completed a typical prerequisite introductory computing course, to business data communications. The main purpose of this course is to provide a basic understanding of:

1. Networking fundamentals with applications in modern business;

2. the technologies/products underlying modern communication networking systems such as those based on Windows 2000;

3. a knowledge of some management issues concerning network planning, implementation and administration ;

4. understand the terminologies used in communication networking;

5. the issues involved in designing and implementing an organization’s networking systems.

Grading: 1. 3 Exams 30% (10% each)

2. Lab Exercise 20%

3. Project: Power Point Presentation of a CASE 15%

4. Class Participation 5%

5. Quiz 20%

6. Assignments 5%

7. Attendance 5%

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Total 100%

Numeric scores will be given for each component which will be converted to letter grades on the basis of comparative performance. Thus a raw score of “85” can become a “C” or an “A”, although in the most likely case it will be a “B”. Extra credits will be given in for showing additional proficiencies in projects, group presentations etc.

Grades will be assigned based on the following scale.

A 90+ C 70-79.9 D 60-69.9

B 80-89 F ................
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