About the Course

Information Technology 403, Section 1

Spring 2012

Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:10 PM to 3:30 PM in Parsons NB22

Course Description

Introductory course exploring the fundamentals of Internet communications with an emphasis on the World Wide Web. Students develop an understanding of the Internet’s underlying technologies and learn how to utilize them as contributing members of the Web community. Students become proficient with creating and publishing Web pages using HTML and CSS. No prior knowledge or experience is assumed. No credit if credit earned for CIS 405. (Note CIS 405 is offered at UNH Manchester, and is not related to CS 405 at UNH Durham.)

Objectives

Students successfully completing IT403 should be able to:

Describe the technologies that form the basis of the Internet and, in particular, the World Wide Web;
Analyze the interactions among those Internet technologies; and
Apply those technologies to create, publish, and validate self-generated content on the World Wide Web using languages such as HTML and CSS.
Describe and summarize the fundamentals of data network systems, including switches, routing, cabling, topologies, protocols, and architectures, and distinguish between LANs, WANs, intranets, and internets.
Explain how interactions between two parties on the web can be compromised and methods for ensuring message integrity, confidentiality, authentication, and non-repudiation including public-key encryption and SSL.

We may touch on the other topics mentioned in the course description as we go along, but our focus will be on the objectives outlined above.

Information Technology 403

Introduction to Internet Technologies

Section 1, Spring 2013

About the Course

Course Description

Objectives