CPTR328-Specific Additions to the Standard Syllabus

Prerequisites:	(Math 122 or Math 191) AND (CPTR 212 or CPTR 215)
Textbook:	Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 8/E, ISBN 10: 0-13-688155-7
Supplemental Reading:	Projects will require research. You may need to use ACM and IEEE repositories available at the library.

Course Purpose, Goals & Objectives

The purpose of this course is to instruct students so that they will be able to understand and explain the principle issues in computer networks and the Internet. Objectives include:

Be familiar with network models
Enumerate the OSI model and describe the services and functions provided at each layer.
Describe the Internet model and map the layers to the OSI layers.
Describe IPv4 and IPv6.
Be familiar with routing protocols.
Students must complete a programming project that uses TCP/IP protocols to implement a student-designed, application-layer, protocol. IT students may choose, instead, to complete a project that installs and configures a network application, or analyzes the effectiveness (using statical data) of an application layer protocol. Student projects require a proposal and approval by the professor.

For general information for the syllabus see StandardSyllabus