This handout provides the planned course schedule, including due dates and required readings. This information is tentative, may be updated and is subject to change as the semester progresses. Check the course web site, including both announcements and this handout's latest version, and check your FSU email, often.
First day of term: Monday, January 8, 2018
Spring Break: March 12-16, 2018
| Assignment or Exam | Date Due |
|---|---|
| Syllabus Quiz | Friday, January 26 |
| MS Office Assignment #1 | Friday, February 9 |
| Start sign-up for Exam 1 | Monday, February 12 |
| MS Office Assignment #2 | Friday, February 23 |
| Exam 1 Session | Monday - Friday, February 26 - March 2 |
| MS Office Assignment #3 | Friday, March 9 |
| MS Office Assignment #4 | Friday, March 23 |
| Start sign-up for Exam 2 | Monday, April 9 |
| MS Office Assignment #5 | Friday, April 13 |
| Exam 2 Session | Monday - Friday, April 23 - April 27 |
This following table lists course lecture topics and corresponding assigned readings.
Topics and readings will typically be covered in the order listed.
Note on semesters: full semesters (fall and spring) typically are comprised of 15 weeks of scheduled classes; summer half-terms typically are comprised of 6 weeks of scheduled classes.
| When | Course Topics Concepts | Assigned Readings |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Syllabus | Course Syllabus Course Calendar Text Chapter 1 |
| Week 2 | Hardware Basics | Text Chapter 2, Appendix A |
| Week 3 | Networking Basics | Text Chapter 3 |
| Week 4 | Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine | Text Chapter 4 |
| Week 5 | Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine | Text Chapter 5 |
| Week 6 | Hardware Basics | Text Chapter 6 |
| Week 7 | More on Networking | Text Chapter 7 (end of material for Exam 1) |
| Week 8 | Digital lifestyle Exam 1 all week | Text Chapter 8 |
| Week 9 | Digital Risks, Digital security | Text Chapter 9 |
| Week 10 | More on software | Text Chapter 10 |
| Week 11 | Databases and other information systems | Text Chapter 11 |
| Week 12 | More on Computer Security and Risks | Text Chapter 12 |
| Week 13 | How the Internwork Works | Text Chapter 13 |
| Week 15 | Exam 2 all week |