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Six-Week Syllabus Networking Essentials Plus, Third Edition: Overview of The Course

This six-week syllabus outlines a networking essentials course, including prerequisites, course objectives, required materials, and the class schedule. The course provides an introduction to networking concepts, technologies, hardware, software, and protocols. It will cover topics such as network design, media, standards, architectures, security, and troubleshooting. The class meets for six weeks and includes lectures, labs, homework, and exams. Students will be evaluated based on attendance, assignments, quizzes, a midterm, and final exam.

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Six-Week Syllabus Networking Essentials Plus, Third Edition: Overview of The Course

This six-week syllabus outlines a networking essentials course, including prerequisites, course objectives, required materials, and the class schedule. The course provides an introduction to networking concepts, technologies, hardware, software, and protocols. It will cover topics such as network design, media, standards, architectures, security, and troubleshooting. The class meets for six weeks and includes lectures, labs, homework, and exams. Students will be evaluated based on attendance, assignments, quizzes, a midterm, and final exam.

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Six-Week Syllabus

Networking Essentials Plus, Third Edition

College Course Number____________________________


Term, Year_______________________________________
Instructors Name_________________________________
Instructors Office Room Number___________________
Office Telephone Number__________________________
Office Fax Number________________________________
Internet Address__________________________________
Office Hours_____________________________________

Overview of the Course


This three-credit course serves as a general introduction for students to acquire a
foundation in current network technologies for local area networks (LANs), wide
area networks (WANs), and the Internet. It provides an introduction to the
hardware, software, terminology, components, design, and connections of a
network, as well as the topologies and protocols for LANs. It covers LAN-user
concepts and the basic functions of system administration and operation. The
course uses a combination of lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and hands-on
labs.
This course provides information necessary to pass the CompTIA Network +
exam.
The course is also intended for those who will support or administer networks.

Prerequisites or Corequisites
The following skills will be required to complete the course successfully:
Working knowledge of software and hardware in stand-alone personal
computers.
Working knowledge of the operation and support of stand-alone personal
computers, which includes but is not limited to:
Installing application software.
Customizing certain files including batch files, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and
CONFIG.SYS.
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course, with appropriate study, you will be able to:
Identify the components of a network and determine the type of network
design most appropriate for a given site.
Identify the different media used in network communications, distinguish
among them, and determine how to use them to connect servers and clients in
a network.
Differentiate among networking standards, protocols, and access methods
and determine which is most appropriate for a given network.
Recognize the primary network architectures, identify their major
characteristics, and determine which is most appropriate for a proposed
network.
Identify the primary functions of network operating systems and distinguish
between a centralized computing environment and a client/server
environment.
Determine how to implement and support the major networking components,
including the server, operating system, and clients.
Propose a system for adequately securing data on a given network and
protecting the systems components.
Distinguish between LANs and wide-area networks (WANs) and identify the
components used to expand a LAN into a WAN.
Determine how to implement modems in the larger LAN/WAN environment.
Identify strategic LAN support tools and resources and determine how to use
them in troubleshooting basic network problems.

CIS Laboratory Availability


Monday through Friday: ________________
Saturday: _________________
Sunday: __________________

Required Text
Networking Essentials Plus, Third Edition, Academic Learning Series.
Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1999.

Supplies
Minimum requirements for assignments include:
One or more 3.5-inch floppy disks (depending on capacity).

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Eight Scantron forms.
Number 2 pencils.
A soft white eraser.

Evaluation
Final grades are determined through a weighted average of midterm and final
examinations, quizzes, laboratory assignments, homework assignments, class
participation, and attendance. Your final grade in the course will be based on the
following:
Classattendanceandparticipation 10%
Homeworkassignments 15%
Laboratoryassignments 15%
Quizzes 20%
Midtermexamination 20%
Finalexamination 20%
100%
After your numerical grade has been calculated, your letter grade will be
determined as follows:
A. 90100%ofthetotalpercentagepointspossible
B. 8089%ofthetotalpercentagepointspossible
C. 7079%ofthetotalpercentagepointspossible
D. 6069%ofthetotalpercentagepointspossible
F. lessthan60%ofthetotalpercentagepointspossible

Class Schedule
The following is a tentative schedule based on class needs. The instructor reserves
the right to make any schedule changes deemed necessary.
Date Activity
Week 1 Introduction to course
Pretest
Chapter 1, Lessons 13
Chapter 2, Lessons 13
Chapter 3 Lessons 1-2
Week 2 Chapter 3, Lessons 3-5
Review of Chapters 1-3
Quiz 1 on Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4, Lessons 1-5
Chapter 5 Lessons 1-3
Week 3 Chapter 6, Lessons 1-4
Chapter 7, Lessons 1-2
Review of Chapters 17
Midterm examination on Chapters 17
Week 4 Chapter 8, Lessons 1-4
Chapter 9, Lessons 1-2
Review of Chapters 19
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Quiz 2 on Chapters 19
Chapter 10 Lessons 1-2
Week 5 Chapter 10, Lesson 3
Chapter 11, Lessons 1-3
Chapter 12, Lessons 1-3
Review of Chapters 112
Quiz 3 on Chapters 112
Week 6 Chapter 13, Lessons 13
Review of Chapters 113
Final examination

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