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Information Systems & Technology
Institute of Technology
TINFO 350 Course Syllabus
Foundations of Information Networking
I. Credit
 5 credits: 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of scheduled laboratory sessions
II. Course Description
Explores computer networking and telecommunications fundamentals including LANs, WANs,
intranets, the Internet, and the WWW. Data communication concepts, models, and protocols will
be studied. Installation, configuration, systems integration and management of infrastructure
technologies will be practiced.
III. Learning Objectives
A student who successfully completes this course should exhibit the following skills and
knowledge:
 Describe fundamentals of information networks;
 Interpret and analyze current choices in media, topologies, architectures, protocols and
standards in computer networks;
 Explain how applications run on the internet;
 Setup, management, and maintenance of networks
IV. Textbook
 Business Data Communications, 6th edition, by William Stallings. Course Technology.
ISBN: 978-0136067412.
V. Evaluation
Grades in the course will be determined as follows:
Assignments
Paper Presentation
Lab Assignments
Exams
Total
20%
10%
40%
30%
100%
VI. Course Conduct
Students are encouraged to attend classes or arrange absences in advance. The class may be
divided into several teams for some assignments according to the given hardware resources.
Each student must read the assigned readings and be prepared to discuss them in class. Also,
each student/team will have a group discussion time to prepare for and share assignments during
class. To aid the learning process, students are required to participate in class discussion. The
success of the course is largely determined by the quality of the interactions. Class participation
will be respected according to their logical contents rather than personal opinions. Students are
advised to think carefully through the implications of their position in advance of contributing to
the discussion. All the assignments, and exams do not allow any late submission or taking
without strong reason and proof in advance.
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VII. Academic Standards
Both the value and the success of any academic activity, as well as the entire academic
enterprise, have depended for centuries on the fundamental principle of absolute honesty.
Students assume full responsibility for the content and integrity of the academic work that they
submit. Although students are encouraged to discuss ideas and analyses with others, individual
written assignments must reflect only the individual’s efforts. Reference citations must be used
correctly to credit another person’s ideas.
A complete list of Academic Standards is published in the University of Washington Tacoma
Catalog. A student who violates Academic Standards for an assignment will receive no credit for
that assignment.
VIII. Grading Policy
Undergraduate Students
The UW grading system will be respected in my grading. See the UW grading information
website for information for undergraduate students:
http://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/front/Grading_Sys.html
According to the UW grading policy, you must have the following GPAs in order to pass this
course: Undergraduate students need 2.0 or greater.
Grade
4.0
3.9
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.5
Score
98-100
95-97
93-94
92
91
90
Grade
3.4
3.3
3.2
3.1
3.0
2.9
2.8
2.7
2.6
2.5
Score
89
88
87
86
85
84
83
82
81
80
Grade
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
Score
79
78
77
76
75
74
73
72
71
70
Grade
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.0
Score
69
68
67
66
65
64
62-63
61
<60
IX.
Course Web Site & Tentative Course Schedule
The professor will maintain the course web site. Course related resources such as syllabus,
schedule, assignments, old exams, etc, will be linked to the web site. According to the course
progress, the web site may be updated without giving enough notice in advance:
http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/blackboard
In addition, the schedule and procedures for this course are subject to change. Changes will
be announced in class and it is the student's responsibility to learn and adjust to changes.
Week #
Topics
Readings
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Course Introduction and Overview of Information
Networking Internet Architecture
Stallings Ch1,
Ch2.4
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TCP/IP and OSI
Stallings Ch2.5
Work Due
Assignment 1 (Asn1)
3
3
Internet-based Applications
Stallings Ch2.6
Lab1
4
Client/Server and Intranet Computing
Stallings Ch2.7
Asn2, Lab2
5
Internet Operations
Stallings Ch2.8
Asn3, Lab3,
6
LAN architecture and protocols, Ethernet and Fibre
Channel
Stallings Ch3.9,
3.10
Midterm Exam
7
Wireless LANs
Stallings Ch3.11 Lab4, Asn4
8
WAN, Circuit Switching and Packet Switching
Stallings Ch3.12
9
Data transmissions, Data Communication
Fundamentals
Stallings
Ch5.15.5.16
10
Management Issues, Network Security
Stallings Ch6
11
Final
Paper presentation
Final Exam
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Disability Support Services
If you would like to request academic accommodations due to a temporary or permanent
disability, contact Disability Support Services (DSS) in the Mattress Factory Bldg., Room 253.
To schedule an appointment, call 253.692.4522. You are required to provide adequate
documentation of your disability to DSS to receive services. For more information see:
http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/studentaffairs/SHW/dss_about.cfm.