COMPUTER AND NETWORK
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
CNT 4603-01
Syllabus — Summer 2011

Times, People and Places

Instructor: Randolph Langley

    Email: langley@cs.fsu.edu
    Tel: 644-4290
    Office: 208 MCH Building

Class time and place:

Tuesdays, Thursdays, 12:30 until 13:45 in rooms 103/016 Love Building.

Office hours:

Tuesday, immediately after class

Wednesday, 9:30 to 10:45 in 208 MCH

Thursday, immediately after class

Class home page:
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~langley/CNT4603-2011-Summer

Description:

Computer and Network System Administration is an increasingly complex and essential field. The last five years have seen an upturn in the number of system administrators:

2001:227,840 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2001/oes151071.htm)
2002:232,560 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2002/oes151071.htm)
May 2003:237,980 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2003/may/oes151071.htm)
November 2003:244,610 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2003/november/oes151071.htm)
May 2004:259,320 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2004/may/oes151071.htm)
November 2004:262,930 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2004/november/oes151071.htm)
May 2005:270,330 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2005/may/oes151071.htm)
May 2006:289,520 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2006/may/oes151071.htm)
May 2007:309,660 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2007/may/oes151071.htm)
May 2008:327,850 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2008/may/oes151071.htm)
May 2009:338,890 (http://www.bls.gov/oes/2009/may/oes151071.htm)

This course is an attempt to provide professional approach to the System Administration field, as well as an introduction to current technology.

Prerequisites

The following courses and skills are desirable prerequisite knowledge for this class. Although not required, you will likely do better in this class if you have


Aims

To produce students who are capable of managing a multi-user networked computer system. This will include providing students with practical experience in

Texts

Linux Administration Handbook, Second Edition, by Nemeth et al, Prentice Hall, 2007.

Mastering Windows Server 2008: Networking Foundations, by Minasi et al, Sybex, 2008.

Assessment

ITEM

POINTS

Midterm (given on Thursday, June 23rd, from 12:30 to 13:45 in Love 103)

30

Final Exam (given on Thursday, August 4th from 12:30 to 13:45 in Love 103)

30

Problem Solving Assignments (Team Assignments)

20

Class participation

10

Final Paper (due on the last Tuesday of class, August 2nd)

20

Grades

A 90% - 100%
B+ 88% - 89%
B 80% - 87%
C+ 78% - 79%
C 70% - 77%
D 60% - 69%
F 0% - 59%

Class Topics


Class Policies

Problem Solving Assignments

Notice that 20% of your grade is determined by the work done in the assignments. Due to the nature of the projects they must be done within the space provided in the Networking/SysAdmin lab (LOV 016), and done as a team. The teams usually consist of two people. The assignments are to be done by the team, and each member of the team will turn in an individual assignment writeup.

Guidelines for assignment writeup:

Please turn in assignments on time. There will be a 50% penalty for late submissions.

Assignments must be submitted on paper on the appropriate day at the beginning of class.

Academic Dishonesty

Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Do not turn in other people's work as your own; this includes, but is not limited to, unattributed copying from web pages, other students' work, books, journals, or broadcast media. Citations and clear delineation of cited material from your own original work is mandatory.

The Florida State University academic honor policy is at http://dof.fsu.edu/content/download/21140/136629/AHP2010Revision.pdf

Official FSU statement on the Academic Honor Policy:

ACADEMIC HONOR POLICY:
		  
The Florida State University Academic Honor Policy outlines the
University's expectations for the integrity of students'
academic work, the procedures for resolving alleged violations of
those expectations, and the rights and responsibilities of
students and faculty members throughout the process.  Students are
responsible for reading the Academic Honor Policy and for living
up to their pledge to "... be honest and truthful and
... [to] strive for personal and institutional integrity at
Florida State University." (Florida State University Academic
Honor Policy, found at http://dof.fsu.edu/honorpolicy.htm.)
	  

Attendance

Attendance at all class meetings is expected, and attendance will be taken each class session. Please extend courtesy in class by arriving on time, staying until dismissed, and refraining from food and drink. You are responsible for all information explained in class, some of which will not be available in written or electronic form. I will not feel obligated to repeat announcements of future exams, assignments, schedule changes, question sets, pop quizzes, or hints on assignments. If you are forced to miss a class, it is also your responsibility to get class notes from a friend and check with me for handouts. I will use email and the class home page to give out assignments and general class information.

Absence

Excused absences include documented illness, deaths in the immediate family and other documented crises, call to active military duty or jury duty, religious holy days, and official University activities. Accommodations for these excused absences will be made and will do so in a way that does not penalize students who have a valid excuse. Consideration will also be given to students whose dependent children experience serious illness.

Communication

You should check your electronic mail frequently for information about this course, as well as the class home page. You are also encouraged to use email to ask questions and report problems.

ADA compliance

ADA

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT:
Students with disabilities needing academic accommodation should:

(1) register with and provide documentation to the Student
Disability Resource Center; and

(2) bring a letter to the instructor indicating the need for
accommodation and what type.  This should be done during the first
week of class.

This syllabus and other class materials are available in
alternative format upon request.

For more information about services available to FSU students with
disabilities, contact the:

Student Disability Resource Center
874 Traditions Way
108 Student Services Building
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4167
(850) 644-9566 (voice)
(850) 644-8504 (TDD)
sdrc@admin.fsu.edu
http://www.disabilitycenter.fsu.edu/
	

Please advise me at your earliest convenience (within one week) if you have a disability that will require a reasonable accommodation for the successful completion of this course. Also, as indicated above, you should register with the and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center, and provide me a letter indicating the need for accommodation and indicating what type.

If you are experiencing difficulties

If you are experiencing difficulty, either with the class or for reasons outside of the class, or are concerned about your progress, please speak with me immediately.

The above schedule and procedures in this class are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.



Calendar for CNT4603 Summer 2011
Month Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Week # Notes
May 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 01 First week of classes
May 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 02
May 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 03
May/June 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 04 Memorial Day Observed on Monday, May 30
June 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 05
June 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 06
June 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 07 Midterm on June 23rd
June/July 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 08
July 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 09
July 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10
July 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 11
July 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 12
July/August 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 Last week of classes: Class Paper due on August 2nd; Final Examination on August 4th