Instructor: EJ Jung, 201L MacLean Hall
Email: ejjung (at) cs (dot) uiowa (dot) edu (preferred)
Phone: (319) 335-0561
Office Hours: TTH 10:45am-12 noon or by appointment
Note that the emails are the most preferred way of contact outside of office hours, and will be answered by the next business day. To ensure proper handling, please include "22c:118" in your subject.

Teaching Assistant: Aravind Mereddi, B20J MLH
Email: aravindreddy-mereddi (at) uiowa.edu
Office Hours: MW 3-5pm F 11am-1pm

Textbook
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (4th Edition)
by James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross
# ISBN-10: 0321497708
# ISBN-13: 978-0321497703

Course Objective
To provide knowledge and experience to understand the Internet and its applications. Students will learn how the layers in the Internet work and interact with other layers, and the recent topics in the networks such as wireless network, multimedia, and security.

Tentative Schedule

• Aug. 28-30, Sep. 4: Chapter 1 Computer Networks and the Internet
• Sep. 6,11,13: Chapter 2 Application Layer
• Sep. 18,20,25: Chapter 3 Transport Layer
• Sep. 27, Oct. 2,4: Chapter 4 The Network Layer
• Oct. 9,11,: Chapter 5 The Link Layer and Local Area Networks
• Oct. 16: Midterm
• Oct. 18,23,25,30: Chapter 6 Wireless and Mobile Networks
• Nov. 8,13,15: Chapter 7 Multimedia Networking
• Nov. 27,29, Dec. 4,6: Chapter 8 Security in Computer Networks
• Dec. 11,13: Chapter 9 Network Management
• Dec. 18: Final 110 MLH

Exams
Midterm 5:30-7:30pm Tuesday, October 16 2007 at 140 SH
Final 2:15pm Tuesday, December 18 2007 at 110 MLH

Grading
Your final grade will be calculated this way:

• Class Participation: 10%
• Wireshark lab exercise : 20%
• Programming assignments : 30%
• Midterm: 20% (Tuesday, October 16)
• Final: 20% (Tuesday, December 18)

Labs and Programming Assignments
All the materials private to this class will be posted at ICON. Please submit your solutions at Dropbox in ICON.

Expectations
The University suggests that for each semester hour credit in a course, students should expect to spend two hours per week preparing for class sessions. I expect students to attend all lectures and complete the assignments with their best efforts. Class participation is highly encouraged and will be part of the grades.

Students with Disabilities
I would like to hear from anyone who has a disability which may require seating modifications or testing accommodations or accommodations of other class requirements, so that appropriate arrangements may be made. Please contact me during my office hours or make an appointment.

Academic Honesty
We will adhere to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences general policy on academic integrity available at: http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/academic_handbook/ix.shtml. In this course you must do your own work on exams and homework, unless explicitly specified otherwise.

Complaints
If you have complaints, please feel free to discuss them directly with me during office hours or via e-mail. If you do not feel I have appropriately dealt with your complaint, you should consult the Computer Science DEO/Chair, Professor James Cremer, 14D MacLean Hall, (319) 335-1713, cremer@cs.uiowa.edu. If still unresolved, complaints should be directed (for undergrads) to Helena Dettmer, the CLAS Associate Dean for Academic Programs, at 335-2633 or (for grads) to Eric Wurster, Graduate College Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, at 335-2137. Further information about this policy is available at: http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/academic_handbook/ix.shtml#4.

Miscellaneous
This course taught under the Department of Computer Science. The departmental office is located in 14 MacLean Hall. The DEO/Chair is Professor James Cremer, 14D MacLean Hall, (319) 335-1713. The course policies are governed by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.