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Instructor: |
Ashok Subramanian |
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Office: |
234 CCB |
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Phone: |
(314) 516-6279 |
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Fax: |
(314) 516-6827 |
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E-mail: |
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Office Hours: |
Tue, Thu, 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
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Class Hours: |
Tue, Thu 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. 103 CCB |
MSIS 496 - Telecommunications:
Design and Management
This course explores a wide range of topics necessary for the management of client/server computing technology. Students will explore the business advantage and opportunities that client/server systems can provide an organization. In addition, the course will introduce topics of importance to implementing technology in an organization. Finally, the course will provide a framework for understanding the diverse technical components of client/server technology, technical standards and their implications for inter-operability of components.
Students will be assigned a letter grade for this course based on their performance on two written exams. The written exam will be of the multiple choice and/or numerical problems variety. Each exam will contribute 50% toward the final score. Letter grades will be assigned for the final weighted score.
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Tentative Class Schedule |
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Readings |
Topic |
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1/15 |
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Orientation, Introduction to C/S Architectures |
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1/22 |
Ch. 1, 2, 3 |
Introduction to C/S Architectures |
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1/29 |
Ch. 4, 5, 6 |
Clients, Servers, Operating Systems |
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2/05 |
Ch. 4, 5, 6 |
Clients, Servers, Operating Systems |
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2/12 |
Ch. 7, 8, 9 |
Middleware, Network Operating Systems |
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2/19 |
Ch. 7, 8, 9 |
Middleware, Network Operating Systems |
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2/26 |
Review, Exam 1 |
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3/05 |
Ch. 10, 11, 12 |
SQL, Middleware |
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3/12 |
Ch. 13, 14, 15 |
Databases, Data Warehouses |
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3/19 |
Ch. 13, 14, 15 |
Databases, Data Warehouses |
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4/02 |
Ch. 16, 17, 18 |
Transaction Processing Monitors |
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4/09 |
Ch. 19, 20 |
Groupware |
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4/16 |
Ch. 21, 22, 23 |
Distributed Objects |
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4/23 |
Ch. 24, 25 |
Distributed Objects |
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4/30 |
Ch. 26, 27, 28, 29 |
Internet based C/S |
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5/14 |
Exam 2 (5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.) |
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