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Syllabus for CGS 2760 - Reference # 122279

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COURSE INFORMATION

Dates: Aug. 25 - Dec. 15, 2008, MW 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (See the Course Schedule below)

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Participation:

You are expected to participate in each class meeting and will be tested on text and lecture content. It is your responsibility to notify me if you miss the daily roll call and to get the lecture notes from a classmate. Bring your textbook, a pencil, notepaper and one of your class diskettes to each class meeting. The maintenance and security of your textbook and software is your responsibility. The loss of these items does not exempt a student from his or her class/homework responsibilities.

Interruptions:

Portable electronic devices such as cellular phones, pagers, PDA's, media players, etc. must not be used during class. If you need to be reached at the college, use the following numbers:

Make-up Work:

No more than 1 quiz or project can be made up. The make-up item might be more difficult than the original. You must schedule and complete the make-up no later than 7 days after the original. The final exam cannot be made-up without an Incomplete (I) grade. Make-up exams will be given in the on the same campus as the class meets. You must take a photo ID (preferably a license) to the Assessment Center to take a test.

Grading:

Remember: All projects must be completed prior to the final exam for you to pass this course.

Instruments of Evaluation Points
Five hands-on projects, each worth 10 points, totaling 50
Five quizzes each worth 50 points, totaling 250
Final (unit) exam 50
Your final grade is based on your percentage of 350


COURSE SCHEDULE

An average student should expect to spend at least as much time studying outside of class as spent in class. Review the schedule in advance to determine any conflicts that may arise regarding holidays or travel plans. Realize that all posted dates are deadlines for activities that you will be performing in this course. You are welcome to submit work early. Try to stay ahead of the schedule; don't just keep up with it. Contact me immediately if you cannot meet a deadline.

Reading involving either the textbook or online supplemental pages should be completed before attempting any project or assessment. Exercises and review questions within the textbook are useful, but will not be submitted for grading in this class.

This schedule and any changes to it will be posted on the course web site. You also are advised to review the web pages regarding academic schedules on the .

Deadline Textbook
Chapter
Textbook & Online Reading Activity/Assessment
Mon 8/25   Course Orientation  
Wed 8/26 1
Ap.D
Ap.B
Welcome to Linux
Free Software Definition
Help (Resources)
 
Mon. 9/1   LABOR DAY HOLIDAY - NO CLASS  
Wed 9/3 2 Installation Overview  
Mon 9/8 3 Step-by-Step Installation  
Wed 9/10 4 Introduction to Red Hat Linux  
Mon 9/15 8 & Review 1-4 Linux GUI's: X, GNOME, and KDE
Review Chapters 1-4, 8
Proj. #1: Establishing a working Linux environment
Wed 9/17 1-4, 8 Quiz 1 on Chapters 1-4, 8 Quiz 1
Mon 9/22 5 & Ap.A Linux Utilities and Appendix A: Regular Expressions  
Wed 9/24 6 Linux Filesystem  
Mon 9/29 12 Files, Directories, and Filesystem  
Wed 10/1 Review: 5-6, 12 Review Chapters 5-6, 12 Proj. #2: Secure File Management
Mon 10/6 5-6, 12 Quiz 2 on Chapters 5-6, 12 Quiz 2
Wed 10/8 7 The (Linux) Shell  
Mon 10/13 9 The Bourne Again Shell  
Wed 10/15 28 Programming the Bourne Again Shell  
Mon 10/20 Review: 7,9,28 Review Chapters 7,9 & 28 Proj. #3: Scripting with bash
Wed 10/22 7,9 & 28 Quiz 3 on Chapters 7,9,28 Quiz 3
Mon 10/27 13 Downloading and Installing Software  
Wed 10/29 14 Printing with CUPS  
Mon 11/3 16 Administration Tasks  
Wed 11/5 Review: 13-14,16 Review Chapters 13-14, 16  
Mon 11/10 13-14,16 Quiz 4 on Chapters 13-14, 16 Quiz 4
Wed 11/12 10 & 17 Networking and the Internet
and Configuring a LAN
 
Mon 11/17 11 System Administration: Core Concepts  
Wed 11/19 Review: 10-11,17 Review Chapters 10-11, 17  
Mon 11/24 10-11,17 Quiz 5 on Chapters 10-11, 17 Quiz 5
Wed 11/26 18 & 19 OpenSSH: Secure Network Comm.
and FTP: Transferring Files
 
Mon 12/1 23 Samba: Integrating Linux and Windows Proj. #4: FTP: Internet File Transfer
Wed 12/3 25
Ap.C
iptables: Setting Up a Firewall,
and Appendix C: Security
 
Mon 12/8 26 Apache (httpd): Setting Up a Web Server  
Wed 12/10 18,19,23,25,26 Review Chapters 18,19,23,25,26 Proj. #5: Apache Config.
Mon 12/15
10:15 AM
18,19,23,25,26 Final Exam on Chapters 18,19,23,25,26 Final (Unit) Exam

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