SES # | TOPICS |
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The Basics: Hardware, OS, and Software | |
1 | Introduction: Course Overview; Inside the CPU |
2 | Computer Architecture: Processing, Memory and I/O |
Recitation: Little Man Computer | |
3 | Computer Representations; Compression |
4 | Operating Systems |
Recitation: Computer Hardware and Operating Systems | |
5 | Software Development |
Recitation: Software Development | |
Databases | |
6 | Relational Databases; Database Queries Using SQL |
7 | An Introduction to Microsoft Access |
Recitation: SQL Queries (PDF) | |
8 | Relational Database Design |
9 | Introduction to User Interface Building with Access Examples |
Recitation: Access Form Practice (PDF - 1.2 MB) Database Design (PDF) | |
Networks and Telecommunications | |
10 | Telecommunication Concepts; Data Transmission |
11 | Local Area Networks; Ethernet; Packet-switched Networks |
Recitation: Midterm Exam Review | |
12 | Midterm Exam - In Class |
13 | Wide Area Networks; The Internet |
14 | Wireless Network Technologies |
Recitation: Network Technologies | |
Distributed Computing and Web Technologies | |
15 | Client/Server, Peer-to-Peer and the WWW |
16 | Security I: Public Key Cryptography |
Recitation: Using PGP | |
17 | Security II: Digital Signatures; Network Security |
18 | Evolution of Web Technologies |
Recitation: Network Security | |
eBusiness Applications | |
19 | Under the Hood of a Commercial Web Site |
Recitation: Microsoft FrontPage | |
20 | Data Mining, Data Warehousing |
21 | Software Agents |
Recitation | |
22 | Student Presentations I |
23 | Student Presentations II |
Recitation: Final Exam Review | |
24 | Trends in eBusiness Technology; Course Wrap-up |
25 | Final Exam - In Class |