Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
School of Management
MS/CIS Department
Computer Network Applications
29:623:375
Fall 2001
Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-4:00pm
Room 309, Englehard Hall, Newark Campus
Instructor
Ka-Neng Au
John Cotton Dana Library
Office Phone: (973) 353-5911
E-Mail:
au@pegasus.rutgers.edu
WWW:
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~au/
Office Hours: by arrangement
Objective
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the tools, services and resources provided by the Internet. Using IBM-compatible PCs and UNIX systems, students will learn how to connect to remote computer systems via the Internet, to browse and search for information, and to provide information on the Internet.
The course emphasizes a "hands-on" approach to learning various Internet tools and also provides an introduction to the UNIX operating system, Internet security, and electronic commerce. In addition, the ethical aspects of using the Internet as well as future trends will be discussed. Students are required to do a term project to construct Webpages using the HyperText Markup Language (HTML).
Prerequisite
Management Information Systems (29:623:220)
Text Books / Materials
- The Whole Internet: The Next Generation (to be referred to below as "TWING") by Kiersten Conner-Sax & Ed Krol. October 1999. ISBN: 1-56592-428-2. Published by O'Reilly & Associates. Cost: About $25.00. Get this at the Rutgers Book Store (in Bradley Hall) or used from a previous student. Even thought it is now out-of-print, this is one of the best general guides to learning about the Internet and can be used for future reference.
- HTML Pocket Reference by Jennifer Niederst. ISBN 1-56592-579-3. Published by O'Reilly & Associates. Cost: About $10.00. Order from the publisher or from your favorite bookstore. Fits most pockets...
- Additional materials (e.g. handouts) will be supplied by the instructor.
- Computer labs are located in Hill Hall, Englehard Hall, Ackerson Hall, and the Dana Library. The computer labs and the classroom have IBM-compatible PCs running MS Windows.
- Students will use the pegasus system at Rutgers University (pegasus.rutgers.edu) and are required to maintain an account there.
Topics and Lecture Schedule
- Week 1: 4-6 Sep: Course Overview
- Class logistics
- Grading
- Homework
-
Establishing an account on pegasus, the Newark student computer system
- Introduction to the Term Project
- Network-based information systems
- History of the Internet
- TWING Chapter 11
- Week 2: 11-13 Sep: TCP/IP, DNS, and Searching the Internet
- IP addressing and the TCP/IP Protocol Suite
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- Search engines and indices (AltaVista, Google, NorthernLight, etc.)
- telnet, gopher and Veronica
- TWING Chapters 1, 12, and Appendix
- Week 3: 18-20 Sep: E-mail and the Usenet
- Basic e-mail (pine, Netscape)
- Electronic mail and "Netiquette"
- Usenet news (pine, Netscape, DejaNews)
- TWING Chapters 2 and 3
- Week 4: 25-27 Sep: UNIX Operating System
- Introduction to UNIX
- UNIX editors (emacs and pico)
- Files, directories, security and commands
- Week 5: 2-4 Oct: The World Wide Web (WWW)
- Browsers (lynx, Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer)
- Servers (NCSA, Apache)
- The HTTP protocol
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and archie
- TWING Chapters 4 and 13
- Week 6: 9-11 Oct: The HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
- Basic markup tags
- Hyperlinks and anchors
- Building Webpages (pico, NoteTab)
- TWING Chapter 9
- Week 7: 16-18 Oct: More HTML
- Image types
- Tables
- Colors
- Fonts
- Week 8: 23 Oct: Mid Term Exam
- Week 8: 25 Oct: Group Project Discussion
- Week 9: 30 Oct-1 Nov: Advanced HTML
- The Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
- Scripting languages
- Creating forms in HTML
- Incorporating multimedia
- HTML editors
- Week 10: 6-8 Nov: Network Security
- Basic network security models
- Security technologies for transactions
- Private key encryption
- Public key infrastructure
- Week 11: 13-15 Nov: Ethics and Privacy
- Ethics on the Internet
- Censorship
- Anonymity and privacy
- TWING Chapter 5
- Week 12: 20 Nov HTML: The Next Generations
- Dynamic HTML
- Cascading stylesheets
- XML
- Week 12: 22 Nov Thanksgiving Day
- Week 13: 27-29 Nov: Electronic Commerce
- Internet marketing
- Website promotion
- Payment mechanisms
- TWING Chapters 6 and 7
- Week 14: 4 Dec: Internet Trends
- m-commerce
- Voice over IP
- Peer-to-peer networking
- TWING Chapter 10
- Week 14: 6 Dec Review for Final Exam and Lab Time
- Week 15: 11 Dec Group Project Presentations
- Project teams demonstrate WWW pages
- Exam Week Final Exam
Please note that this schedule is subject to change.
- E-mail: Send class info to instructor
Assigned: 4 Sep
Due date: 11 Sep
- Current event discussion: Students are expected to bring in a magazine or newspaper article related to the Internet and present a short synopsis (1 or 2 students per class).
Assigned: 6 Sep
Due date: Each Class
- Personal Webpage construction using HTML
Assigned: 9 Oct
Due date: 6 Nov -
Completed Webpages
Homework is due by midnight on the due date. A 1/2 grade penalty will be assesed for each day late after that. Homework assignments are to be done individually, not in groups.
During the course of the semester, students will learn how to create Webpages using HTML. Groups of 3 or 4 students will construct a set of Webpages for a given company. Towards the end of the semester, each group will present their Webpages to the class.
- 20% Homework
- 20% Mid Term Exam - Covering topics up to Week 7.
- 35% Final Exam - Comprehensive but emphasis is on the material after the Mid Term Exam
- 25% Term Project
Exams are closed book and closed notes. Exams are not multiple choice. Rather they will consist of term definitions and problem discussions.
Classroom Changes
Our official classroom is Englehard 309, which is equipped with PCs for each member of the class.
Add/Drop Dates
Last day to drop this course is Wednesday, September 12.
Last day to add this course is Friday, September 14.
syllabus.htm © 1996, R. Holowczak
revised 11 October 2001 by Ka-Neng Au