Course Information |
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Title: | Introduction to the Internet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Semester: | Fall 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time: | Wednesday 10:30 - 11:25 AM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Earth & Space Sciences 081 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prerequisites: | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recitations: |
None |
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Course web page: | http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~cse103/Fall_01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course calendar: | http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~cse103/Fall_01/cse103calendar.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Description / Course Objectives |
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Course Description:
The basics of searching the Internet in a laboratory
setting, providing students with experience in
navigating the World Wide Web for information
retrieval. Skills covered include using MOSAIC or
NETSCAPE; remote logic with TELNET; accessing
databases and international library resources;
downloading information from FTP sites; subscribing
to LISTSERVS and participating in Usenet
Newsgroups. Not for computer science or
information systems major credit or for credit in
addition to any CSE or ISE course.
Note:The web browser MOSAIC mentioned in the course description is no longer available. In addition to Netscape, Internet Explorer and other browsers will be discussed. Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of the course you should understand the basics of efficient and effective web use, both for information retrieval and for information presentation and understand the rudiments of web design.
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Textbooks |
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Required textbooks:
Note: Students are responsible for all material in both text books for the final, whether explcitly assigned or discussed in class or not. You will also be referred to the following web pages for information on HTML:
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Important Note: You are required to get an email account to particpate in this
course. See the section on Computer Facilities, below.
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Contact InformationInstructor: |
Herbert J. Bernstein |
Office location: |
1438 Computer Science |
E-mail: |
yaya@cs.sunysb.edu |
Phone: |
+1-631-632-8959 |
| Additional Information |
Office hours: |
Monday, 1:30-3:00 PM, and Wednesday, 1:30-3:00 PM |
and by appointment. Please make an appointment by email or by phone to avoid conflicts.
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Course Topics
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This list will be expanded during the semester
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Projects
There will be four projects (reports) assigned throughout the semester
(approximately every three weeks). These are due on the announced
due date at the start of the class. You may submit at most
one project late without penalty up to the start of the following
class. We will pick up the projects prior to the
beginning of the lecture and anything that is submitted after that
is considered late. Late projects will not be graded (other than
the one exception noted above).
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IMPORTANT: You are strongly encouraged to work in groups, collaboratively on each of the four projects. You are required to accurately, openly and honestly disclose the sources for all materials submitted, and the roles played by all participants in each group effort. Any person or persons may particpate in one or more groups. All projects must have the following information printed clearly on the front page:
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Assignments(See http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~cse103/Fall_01/CSE103_Assigments.html)
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Use of email
Partway into the course, you will be expected to
have gained a thorough familiarity in communicating with email,
and will be required to use email to submit certain assigments,
and are strongly encouraged to use email to communicate with
the instructor when feasible.
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Grading, Attendance, and Participation Policies
Attendance in class is required - grades are
lowered accordingly for 2 or more classes missed (i.e. "unexcused"
absences). Some homeworks will require time and effort
in addition to the time in class. You should expect to
spend at least 3 hours a week or more on work for the course in addition to
time the formal lectures and attendance at class.
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There will be pop quizzes, and an open-book, open notes, open terminal midterm for this class and an open-book, open notes, open terminal final exam.
No makeup will be allowed for pop quizzes, the midterm exam or final except under extreme circumstances (e.g. documented illness or death in the family). In those cases where a makeup is permitted, it will be in the form of an oral examination and live demonstration of skills on a networked computer. Grades for projects and exams may be reevaluated within one week after they are handed back to you. After this period, no grade changes will be considered. Your instructor reserves the right to review your entire project or exam during a reevaluation. Keep all your graded materials until the course is finished and you have received your grade. The midterm exam is 50 minutes in length and is given during a regular class period. Look at this Web page for additional information about each exam as it nears. You must bring two No.-2 pencils and an eraser to the exam. You are encouraged to brings both text books and your notes to the exam. Students that do not bring pencils may not be able to complete the exam. Students that do not bring their books and notes may find themselves unable to complete the exam in the time available. Collaboration during the midterm exam is not permitted. You must bring your student ID to the exam for verification. All pop-quizzes, the midterm and the final are open-book book exams, but must be taken without assistance from any other person. Any student caught cheating on any exam will be subject to academic discipline.
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Exam Schedule
Midterm Exam
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Wednesday, 17 October 2001
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Final Exam
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Friday, 21 December 2001, 8-10:30 am, ESS 081
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Course Grade
Your course grade is made up of the following items:
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Grading Scale
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Academic Integrity
You are encouraged to work and study with your classmates.
Work submitted for projects or homework should be collaborative.
Strict standards of academic integrity apply to all collaborations,
in which each and every participant must accurately, openly and honestly disclose the sources for
all materials submitted, and the roles played by all participants
in each group effort. Any person or persons may particpate in
one or more groups.
However, any work you submit for pop quizzes or exams
must be your own work. Those found to be engaging in misrepresentation or cheating on any
assignment or test will be brought up on charges of academic dishonesty
(see CEAS Procedures and Guidelines Governing Academic Dishonesty).
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Special Assistance
If you have a physical, psychiatric/emotional, medical or learning
disability that may impact on your ability to carry out assigned
course work, you are strongly urged to contact the staff in the
Disabled Students Services (DSS) office, Humanities 133 (phone:
633-6748/TDD). DSS will review your concerns and determine, with
you, what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All
information and documentation of disability is confidential.
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Computer Facilities
You will be using the University's personal computing facilities.
There are many locations throughout the campus where you may use
PCs. You will find current information on the web on the
Instructional Computing Web Page
at http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/. See pages 19-20 of the 2001-2003
Undergraduate Bulletin for more information.
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You are required to get an email account to participate in this course. If you do not have an email account already, please get a "Sparky" account from Instructional computing. Stop by one of the following sites to register:
You may work on a PC at home or in your dorm room for any project, but you must attend class sessions. |