Coursesyllabus

FacultyBoardofScienceandEngineering SchoolofComputerScience,PhysicsandMathematics 1DV201Datorntintroduktion,7,5hgskolepong ComputerNetworksanintroduction,7.5credits

Mainfieldofstudy ComputerScience SubjectGroup Informatics/ComputerandSystemsSciences Levelofclassification FirstLevel Progression G1F DateofRatification ApprovedbyOrganisationalCommittee20090908 Thecoursesyllabusisvalidfromspringsemester2010 Prerequisites Atleastonesemesterofuniversitystudies(equalto30highereducationcredits)in computerscience,includingabasiccourseinProgramming(1DV006)andacoursein OperatingSystems(1DV012),orequivalent.

Expectedlearningoutcomes
Uponcompletionofthecoursethestudentshouldbeableto:
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giveanaccountofthedesignandarchitectureofmoderncomputernetworksand theservicesofferedinthesenetworks describethefunctionalityindifferentlayersoftheTCP/IPprotocolstack explainhowthemostimportantprotocolsintheTCP/IPstackworksandhow theyareused writeclient/serverapplications explainhowcomputernetworksanddatacommunicationisanimportantpartof modernsociety

Content
Thepurposeofthecourseistogivetheoreticalknowledgeaboutdatacommunication andcomputernetworksaswellaspracticalskillsinnetworkprogramming. Thecoursecovers:
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private,publicandlocalnetworks networkarchitecturessuchastheISOreferencemodelandTCP/IP methodsfordatatransmission,coding,flowcontrolanderrorhandling routingandroutingalgorithms standradprotocolsintheTCP/IPprotocolstack networkprogramming

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private,publicandlocalnetworks networkarchitecturessuchastheISOreferencemodelandTCP/IP methodsfordatatransmission,coding,flowcontrolanderrorhandling routingandroutingalgorithms standradprotocolsintheTCP/IPprotocolstack networkprogramming

TypeofInstruction
Teachingconsistsoflectures,seminarsandpracticals.Practicalsareindividualor carriedoutingroups.Attendanceatsomeactivitiesismandatory.

Examination
ThecourseisassessedwiththegradesFail(U),Pass(G)orPasswithDistinction (VG). Assessmentofthestudentsperformanceismadethroughwrittenexaminationand/or assignmentswhicharepresentedorallyand/orinwrittenform.Theassessmentmethod isdecidedatthestartofthecourse. Onrequest,studentsmayhavetheir creditstranslatedtoECTSmarks.Sucharequestmustbesenttothe examinerbeforethegradingprocessstarts.

CourseEvaluation
Awrittencourseevaluationwillbecarriedoutattheendofthecourseinaccordance withtheguidelinesoftheUniversity.Thecourseevaluationwillbefiledatthe department.

RequiredReadingandAdditionalStudyMaterial
Requiredreading Comer,D,ComputerNetworksandInternetswithInternetApplications,4ed. PrenticeHall,2004.Pages580(768). MSI,Distributedmaterial.Pages50(50).