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