UNIVERSITY    of     HOUSTON
Department of Computer Science

COSC 4377 - Introduction to Computer Networks
Section 07664
Fall 2001

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What's New?

General Information:

Exams:

  • Midterm: 4 ~ 5:30 PM, Wednesday, October 10, 2001.
    • Closed book/notes. Basically cover chapter 1 ~ 3.
    • Practice problems from text book:
      • Chapter 1: Review Questions; Problems 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7;
      • Chapter 2: Review Questions; Problems 1, 4, and 5; Discussion Questions 4
      • Chapter 3: Review Questions; Problems 1, 9, 13, 16, 17, 21, and 22.
    • Old exams from previous semesters (password protected; will move to WebCT later)
  • Final exam: 5 ~ 8 PM, Friday, December 7, 2001.
    • Closed book/notes. Comprehensive. ~ 2 hours. Calculator allowed but not needed.
    • Scope:
      • 7.1 ~ 7.5: only basic concepts. Detail of sepcific standards/maths not included. [~ 10-15 pts].
      • 5.1 ~ 5.8 (no ATM, Frame Relay, X.25) [~ 30-35 pts.]
      • 4.1 ~ 4.5 (no router internals or IPv6) [~ 30-35 pts.]
      • chapter 3 [~ 15 pts]; chapter 2 [~ 10 pts]; chapter 1 not included, but you might want to look up if you need to reference basic concepts.
      • basic of seocket programming: if you did your project, you will be fine.
    • Practice problems from text book:
      • Chapter 4: Review Questions; Problems 3, 4, and 6.
      • Chapter 5: Review Questions; Problems 1, 4, 8, and 12.

Term Project:

Total weight 200 points or 15 points of your final grade. The detail can be found here. The deadline is Nov. 27, 2001.

Assignments:

Notes:

For PDF files, you will need Acrobat or Acrobat Reader from Adobe.

We are constantly changing the content of PowerPoint presentations. Please check back here for latest version.

Notes from previous semester.


Last modified: December 10, 2001.