CSC4062 Practicum in Networking

Syllabus

Fall 2015

Mount Vernon Nazarene University
School of Natural and Social Sciences

I. Title : CSC4xx4CSC4062 Practicum in Networking

II. Credit: 42 semester hours credit.

III. Instructor: Dr. James Skon, PSUA 110 ,

IV. Course Description

This course a nontrivial comprehensive networking project to plan, design, create, test, and document a complete networking infrastructure based on a set of criteria provided by the instructor. Components may include multi-segment, multi-site LAN, security assets (firewall, proxy, VPN), wireless distribution, authentication management, routing, redundancy, monitoring, content filtering, and bandwidth management.

Prerequisites: CSC3013 Computer Networks and Telecommunications


V. Position of the course in the college curriculum

This course is a senior level course in the Computer Management Systems and Network Engineering major. It provides the students with a significant practical experience to demonstrate and measure the student achievement in the major.

VI. Objectives of the course for the student

A. To provide the student with three industry standard certifications in network engineering

B. To provide a practical experience in a significant network engineering project.

C. To demonstrate proficiency in the networking concepts and methodologies developed both in courses and in the achievement of certifications.

D. To design, build, test, document and demonstrate a major networking infrastructure using requirement specifications provided by the instructor.

IX. Text and Readings

1. TBA

X. Schedule

Preparation: This course is normally taken in the fall of the senior year.

Meetings: The faculty assigned to teach the course instructor individually guides this course for each student. Students will meet initially as a group for general guidance, but as students work on theirone the student individual projects, each student will be expected to meet with the instructor individually on a weekly basis for a status report, and evaluation and guidance. Each student will be given a unique set of requirement specifications that are appropriate for the certifications they have completed.

XI. Methods used in this class

Each student will be given a unique set of requirement specifications custom designed to utilize the specific areas of specialization covered in the certifications chosen by that students. Students will be required to complete and document a series of milestones in the process of completing the practicum.

Milestones:

  1. Project Proposal
  2. System Requirements Specification with prioritized requirements
  3. Research results on possible solutions (with requirements matching table)
  4. Initial high level architectural design proposal
  5. Design proposal (with justification)
  6. Equipment and materials specification
  7. System documentation
  8. System test specification
  9. Systems test results
  10. System presentation and demonstration

XII. Method of evaluation

Each milestone will be assigned a grade based on completeness, quality of work, applicability to requirements, and readability. The ten milestones will each be worth 10% of the final grade.The first 8 milestones will be worth 7.5% each, and final milestones (9 and 10) will be worth 20% each.

Grading Scale: The final grade for the course will be based on the following scale.

A (93-100%) A- (90-93%)

B+ (87-90%) B (83-87%) B- (80-83%)

C+ (77-80%) C (73-77%) C- (70-73%)

D+ (67-70%) D (60-67%)

F (below 60%)

Academic Integrity Policy: Learning is your personal responsibility. You may receive help from the instructor and from fellow students, but it is your responsibility to learn the skills and knowledge that are made available to you in this course. Discussion with other students when working on homework assignments is normal and encouraged, and can be helpful to check if you are on the right track. However, copying an entire solution from another student is not acceptable because it misrepresents who did the work, and it eliminates the opportunity for you to learn through the problem solving process. It is not possible to give an exhaustive definition of all forms of cheating. However, here are some examples which are clearly cheating and clearly not cheating.

Examples of Cheating:

·  Plagiarism: submitting or copying someone else’s work as your own (with or without that person’s knowledge)

·  Several people working together to complete an individual assignment and turning in multiple copies, all represented as individual work

·  Using a solution developed by a student in a previous semester

·  Obtaining a solution from someone else in a manner that involves deceit or unauthorized copying of files

Examples of Not Cheating:

·  Submission of one assignment for a group, if group work is explicitly permitted or required

·  Receiving or giving help on how to use the operating system or compiler

·  Discussion with others about concepts related to an assignment to achieve better understanding or check whether you are on the right track

·  Discussion of an assignment to clarify what is required
(If any doubt remains about requirements, it is recommended that you ask the instructor. It is not a valid excuse for one student to say that he was misled by another student.)

Two guidelines are particularly applicable to determining whether cheating has occurred on computational assignments:

·  Each student should be able to explain the details of the solution and the techniques used to produce the solution.

·  Plagiarism will be suspected if two students submit solutions that are so similar that they could easily be produced by copying and/or mechanical translation, and the assignment requires independent development that would not normally result in a specific unique solution.

Suspected violations of academic integrity will be handled according to the policy and procedure stated in the MVNU catalog and Student Handbook. In particular, the penalty for a first offense will be zero credit on the particular assignment, examination or project. Serious or repeated offenses will be reported to the Office of Academic Affairs for disciplinary action.

Disability Services: Students who qualify for and desire accommodations in this course due to a disability, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, must follow the MVNU Disability Services Policies and Procedures as put forth by the office of Academic Support. Any student may review a copy of these policies and procedures at the web address

http://www.mvnu.edu/academics/services/dservices.html

or request a copy from Academic Support. Call extension 4280 for further information.

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