| Topics | Introduction to local, metropolitan, and wide area networks. Introduction to the Internet protocol suite and to network tools and programming. Discussion of various networking technologies. More... |
| URL | http://piazza.com/unh/spring2012/cs725825it725 |
| Credits | 4 (CS 725 and IT 725), 3 (CS 825) |
| Section | 01 |
| Semester | Spring 2012 |
| Date/Time | MWF 10:10 am-11:00 am, Rudman G89 |
| Instructor | Radim Bartos Office: Kingsbury N229, rbartos AT cs.unh.edu, http://www.cs.unh.edu/~rbartos Phone: 603-862-3792 Office hours: MWF 11 am - noon, and by appointment |
| Prerequisite | CS620 Operating System Fundamentals or IT 520 Computer Architecture |
| TA | Qian Liu Email: qga2 AT unh.edu Office: Kingsbury W240, phone: 603-862-3786 Office hours: TR 9:40 - 11:00 am and 3:40 - 5:00 pm |
| Teaching method | Lectures, homework projects, programming assignments, experiments with networks and networking equipment hands-on labs. |
| Assignments | Problems from the textbook and programming projects. Assignments are due at the beginning of a class. There will be 20% penalty for late submission (up to a week, parts of a week count as a full week). |
| Exams | Two in-class exams (around mid February and early in April) and a final. All exams are open-book, open-notes; No "connected" devices, such as laptops or smartphones, are allowed. |
| Grading | 40% assignments, 30% in-class exams, 30% final exam. Grading scale: 95% and above: A, 90% and above: A-, 87% and above: B+, 83% and above: B, 80% and above: B-, 77% and above: C+, 73% and above: C, 70% and above: C-, etc. Students with a documented disability must register with the UNH Disability Services. More... |
| Text | James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, Fifth Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2010, ISBN 0-136-07967-9 (the fourth edition of the text, ISBN 0-321-49770-8, is also acceptable). |