Quizzes			10%
Homework		10%
Programs		20%
Midterm 		30%
Final exam		30%

1	1	Intro to Data Communication Networks and Open Systems
2-3	2	The electrical characteristics of data communication
4-5	3	Data transmission
6-7	4	Protocol Basics		Midterm Monday week 6
8-9	5	Data Link Protocols
10	6	Local area networks

1	6		Decoding bit streams
2	7		CRC Calculation
3	8		Frame monitor
4	10		Protocol monitor

Lab Policy Labs (programs) are due at the beginning of class on the first meeting of the weeks indicated above. Labs turned in 1 second after class begins, until the beginning of the next class, are one class day late, etc. Labs turned in late are discounted in score by 2^-N where N is the number of class days late. Thus late labs are worth 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, ... credit. It is often better to turn in labs on time that are nearly correct than to turn them in late. Labs are to be done by each student individually. Labs may be turned in the class before they are due to avoid late penalties.