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This document provides the course syllabus for SCCS420 Computer Networks, a 3-credit course offered in the ICT Program at Mahidol University. The syllabus outlines the pre-requisite, meeting time, instructor, required textbook, lecture topics that will be covered each week, evaluation methods including assignments, labs, midterm and final exams, and course policies on attendance, late work, re-grades, make-up exams, and academic dishonesty. The 14 weekly lectures will cover topics such as networking models, Ethernet, frame relay, ATM, the network layer, transport layer, quality of service, DNS, remote logging, email, FTP, WWW, and network security. Students will be

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Course Syllabus

This document provides the course syllabus for SCCS420 Computer Networks, a 3-credit course offered in the ICT Program at Mahidol University. The syllabus outlines the pre-requisite, meeting time, instructor, required textbook, lecture topics that will be covered each week, evaluation methods including assignments, labs, midterm and final exams, and course policies on attendance, late work, re-grades, make-up exams, and academic dishonesty. The 14 weekly lectures will cover topics such as networking models, Ethernet, frame relay, ATM, the network layer, transport layer, quality of service, DNS, remote logging, email, FTP, WWW, and network security. Students will be

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SCCS420 Computer Networks

ICT Program, Department of Computer Science


Mahidol University
Course Syllabus, 1st Semester, 2008
Credits : 3
Pre-requisite : SCCS323 Computer Data Communications
Time : Section 3 : Saturday (9:00-12:00)
Instructors : A. Nattavut Smavatkul (Section 3)
Email : [email protected]

Materials and Textbooks :


Required textbook : Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, 4th
edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007. http://www.mhhe.com/forouzan

All copies of the instructors’ transparencies and notes, as well as the copies of additional
materials will be made available at http://www.ict.sc.mahidol.ac.th/course/sccs420

Lecture Chapter Topics


1 1, 2, 8 Introduction, Network Model/OSI Model, Circuit Switching and Packet
Switching
2 12.1, 12.2 Multiple Access
3 13, 15 Ethernet (Wired LAN), LAN Topology
4 18 Virtual-Circuit Networks: Frame Relay and ATM
5 19, 20 Network Layer
6 21, 22.1, Network Layer
22.2, 22.3
7 Content review
Midterm
8 23 Transport Layer
9 24 Quality of Service
10 25 Name space, Domain Name Space, DNS
11 26, 27, 28 Remote Logging, E-Mail, FTP, WWW, SNMP
13 31, 32 Network Security (Definition and key management)
14 Content review
Final
Evaluation Method :
Assignment/Quiz 13%
Labs 12%
Midterm Examination 35%
Final Examination 40%

Course Policy :
• You must complete more than 80% of the class and take all exams to pass the course.
• Late work policy: 10% deduction each day with exception on documented illness and
family emergency
• Re-grade must be submitted in writing within 2 weeks.
• There will be no make-up exams unless an official excuse is submitted and pre-
approved by the instructor.
• Academic dishonesty, e.g. copying your friend’s paper, cheating in the examination, is
totally unacceptable. Any case of academic dishonesty will be dealt with by a strong
penalty from the Department.

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