The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
Department of Computer Science

CS 357 - Computer Networks I

(http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/elsakka/courses.dir/2002.M05.M06.CS357a/index.html)

A: Instructor:

B: TA:

C: Lectures:

D: Weekly Schedule (lectures and office hours)

9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 1:00
1:00 - 2:00
Monday
. . . TA office hour .
Tuesday
. . . TA office hour TA office hour
Wednesday
LECTURE
LECTURE
LECTURE
TA office hour Instructor office hour
Thursday
. . . . .
Friday
LECTURE
LECTURE
LECTURE
Instructor office hour .

E: Course Description:

Computer networks have been growing explosively. Networking is used in every aspect of business, including advertising, production, shipping, planning, billing, and accounting.

This course tries to answer the question, ``How do computer networks and the internet operate?''. It emphasizes basic principles and topics of fundamental importance concerning the technology and architecture of this field, as well as providing some discussions of leading-edge topics.

F: Topics To Be Covered During The Course:

G: Prerequisites:

The university said:

Students are responsible for ensuring that they have either the prerequisites for this course, or written special permission from their Dean to enroll in.

If a student does not have the course prerequisites, and has not been granted a special permission to take the course by the department, it is his/her best interest to drop the course well before the end of the add/drop period.

If a student is not eligible for a course, he/she may be removed from it at any time, and will receive no adjustment to his/her fees. These decisions can not be appealed. Lack of prerequisites may not be used as the basis of appeal.

Students prompt attention to this matter will not only help protect their record, but will ensure that spaces become available for students who require the course in question for graduation.

H: Textbook:

Computer Networks and Internets, 3rd Edition
By Douglas E. Comer
Prentice Hall, 2002.
Only the first three parts from the textbook will be covered during this course, i.e.,

If time permits, some selected topics from the last part, i.e., PART IV, might be addressed slightly.

I: References:

Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume 1
4nd Edition
By Douglas E. Comer
Prentice Hall, 2000.

Computer Networks
3rd Edition
By Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Prentice Hall, 1996.

Data and Computer Communications
6th Edition
By William Stallings
Prentice Hall, 2000.

The internet itself!!!
For example, look at the Internet Requests For Comments (RFCs), http://www.rfc-editor.org

J: Course Website:

The CS357a website is at
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/elsakka/courses.dir/2002.M05.M06.CS357a/index.html,
Lecture notes, assignments, and class information will be posted on this website. You are responsible for reading this information frequently.

K: Computing Facilities

Each student will be given an account on the Computer Science Department senior undergraduate computing facility, GAUL. In accepting the GAUL account, a student agrees to abide by the department's Rules of Ethical Conduct.

Note that: After-hours access to certain Computer Science lab rooms is by student card. If a student card is lost, a replacement card will not automatically open these lab rooms. In this case, the student must bring the new card to a member of the Systems Group in Middlesex College Room 346 to activate it.

L: Email Contact

Occasionally, email messages may be sent to the whole class, or to students individually. Email will be sent to your GAUL email address. You must make sure that you read your email on GAUL on a frequent and regular basis, or have it forwarded to an alternative email address if you prefer to read it there.

However, you should note that email at ITS (your UWO account) and other email providers such as hotmail.com or yahoo.com may have quotas or limits on the amount of space they can use. If you let your email accumulate there, your mailbox may fill up and you may lose important emails. Losing email that you have forwarded to an alternative email address is not an excuse for not knowing about the information that was sent.

M: Assignment Conduct:

N: Plagiarism

O: Assignment Marking:

P: Tentative Assignment Schedule:

Assignment No. Out Due
1
Friday, May 17, 2002
Due back in 5 days
Wednesday, May 22, 2002
2
Friday, May 24, 2002
Due back in 5 days
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
3
Friday, May 31, 2002
Due back in 5 days
Wednesday, June 5, 2002
4
Friday, June 7, 2002
Due back in 5 days
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
5
Friday, June 14, 2002
Due back in 5 days
Wednesday, June 19, 2002

Q: Exam Schedule:

R: Grading:

25 marks: Assignments
25 marks: Midterm exam
50 marks: Final exam

To pass this course, you must get at least 50 marks in the assignments + exams, and you must get at least 38 marks in the final + the midterm exams.

All marks on assignments/midterm are considered to be final one week after the graded assignment/midterm is handed back in class, even if not picked up. Any grad adjustments must be requested in that one week interval.