Prerequisite:

COSC 4330 - Fundamentals of Operating Systems

Class Schedule:

2:30 - 4:00 PM, Monday and Wednesday in 110 AH (room changed).

People:

*   Additional office hours can be arranged by E-mail.

Primary Textbook:

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Addison Wesley, 2001. ISBN: 0-201-47711-4 List price: $85

• You can find this text book in University of Houston Bookstore, or find a good price in on-line bookstores from bestbookbuys.com or ecompare.com.
• There is a Preliminary Edition of this book (ISDN: 0201612747, List price: $35) available from some on-line bookstores. You can find a good price here or here.
  Please note that we are not responsible for any damage which may be caused by the difference between preliminary edition and regular edition. Use at your own risk.
• The regular edition comes with a 6-month access to companion web site, which includes entire text online, overhead slides, web links, interactive quizzes, etc. The preliminary edition and used book might not have access to the companion web site. You can purchase a 6-month subscription to companion web site for $25.00. There is a draw back that there is no practice question nor problem which is included in the printed book.
• This course will basically cover chapter 1 to 5. If time permitted, we will add some material from chapter 6-8.

Supplemental texts:

You don't have to buy the following books in order to pass this class. Library has at one copy for each of the following books.

	TCP/IP Protocol Suite by Behrouz A. Forouzan McGraw Hill, 1999. ISBN: 025624166X. 864 pages List Price: 99.80. More in-depth discussion on TCP/IP. We will use some content from this book as a supplement.
	Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, 2nd Edition by Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie Morgan Kaufmann, 1999. ISBN: 1558605142. 600 pages. List Price: 79.99. A well-written book on Computer Networks. Explanations of some concepts and protocols are better written than our textbook. We will use some content from this book as a supplement.
	Computer Networks, 3rd Edition by Andrew S Tanenbaum Prentice Hall, 1996. ISBN: 0133499456. 848 pages. List Price: 89.00. A legendary textbook. Full of materials. Some parts might not be easy to read.
	Unix Network Programming by W. Richard Stevens Prentice Hall, 1990. ISBN: 0139498761. 772 pages. List Price: 79.00. This book was published long time ago and is still a great reference book on UNIX network programming. This book is out of print. You can find still find used ones. Or you can get the next one (new version of this book).
	UNIX Network Programming: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI, 2nd Edition by W. Richard Stevens Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN: 013490012X. 1240 pages. List Price: 68.00. This book also has a Vol. II.

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Grading:

The tentative plan for grading is as follows:

Midterm	25%
Final exam	35%
Written and programming assignments and quizzes	40%
Total:	100%

There will be one midterm and one final exam plus quizzes. No make-up exam is allowed unless there is a verifiable medical excuse, and no make-up quiz.
The projected date for midterm is March 7th. The final exam is at 2-5 PM, on Friday, May 4th.
And there will be at least 2 programming assignments and some written assignments.

Attendance:

If you miss a class, you are still responsible for knowing everything that took place. Your absence does not change the due date of an assignment.

Academic honesty:

Any student found guilty of academic dishonesty will receive severe punishment.

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