University of Maryland Baltimore County

Department of Information Systems

IS451 Networking Design and Management Fall 2011

Instructor:      Dina Glazer
dgorin1@umbc.edu
(410) 455-3275
ITE 410
Office Hours:      Tu 10 – 11:30; 12:45 - 2; W 11:45 – 1:00; Th 10:30 – 11:30; 12:45 – 1:30

Course Description: This course covers design and administration of enterprise networking and distributed applications. It includes readings and case studies on network architecture for distributed applications and selected technologies to support enterprise systems. The emphasis of this course is on the application layer of the OSI model- the services that we offer on business networks. Prerequisite: IS450. You can take a section of the hands-on course 451M (Microsoft OS), W(Web Systems), or U (Unix) to supplement this course .

Course Materials: All course materials are online on the course Blackboard site blackboard.umbc.edu (to be checked by the students regularly for announcements, readings, and Discussion Boards).

Instructional Methods and the Classroom Experience:

Lecture sessions will be interactive and aided by slide presentations. You are expected to participate, ask questions or present comments any time during the lecture. You are expected to review the reading material before the class so you can answer any questions presented by the instructor. The Discussion Board on Blackboard should be used by students to ask any class or material related questions – anyone can post a response in addition to the instructor. No cell phones, laptops or PDAs are allowed in class!

 Course Requirements:

·         Students are required to attend all lectures and be responsible for everything discussed and presented in class.

·         Students are expected to participate in Discussion Board pertaining to the reading materal/topics.

·         Students should check the Announcements, Course Materials, Course Syllabus, Discussion Boards, and  sections frequently for updates on the course and posting of new documents.

 Grading:

90%        3 exams  (30% each)

10%        Quizzes (5% each) - out of 3 quizzes, lowest-scored one will be dropped

Exams

If you miss an exam or quiz, you will receive a zero. Make-up exams are not given except for extenuating circumstances stated in the corresponding UMBC policy, such as conflicts, serious illness, etc. If an exam has to be missed, the student has to make the instructor aware of the special circumstance ahead of the exam. Written and unquestionable proof of the extenuating circumstances must be presented to be eligible for a make-up.

Quizzes

There will be 3 unannounced quizzes throughout the semester given at the beginning of class. There will be NO make-up quizzes given. Quizzes will be graded and returned to be discussed in class.

Grades for the exams and quizzes, as well as final grades will be posted on the class Blackboard site.

With respect to final letter grades, the University's Undergraduate Catalogue states that:
"A indicates superior achievement; B good performance; C adequate performance; D minimal performance; F failure". There is specifically no mention of any numerical scores associated with these letter grades.  Consequently, there are no pre-defined numerical demarcations that determine final letter grades; these can be defined only at the end of the semester after all numerical grades have been earned. At that point, numerical demarcations for final letter grades can be defined such that final letter grades in this course conform to the University's officially published definitions of the respective letter grades. In accordance with the published University grading policy, it is important to understand that final letter grades reflect academic achievement and not effort.  While mistakes in the arithmetic computation of grades and grade recording errors will always be corrected, it is important to understand that in all other situations, final letter grades are not negotiable and challenges to final letter grades are not entertained. In order to PASS the class, you must get a grade equivalent of "C" or better.

 

Class Policies on Academic Integrity

Cheating in any form is not tolerated under any circumstance in accordance with the UMBC Academic Regulations. Any form of plagiarism, receiving inappropriate help in assignments or examinations, and providing inaccurate information concerning an excuse is treated as cheating, and it is the instructor’s responsibility to take the actions to the fullest extent of the regulations against the student violating the academic integrity rules.

Course evaluations

The IS department now uses online course evaluations. Students will be prompted via email to complete the online surveys at the end of each semester. Please make sure to fill them out.