Course Title: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional/LinuxCourse no: CSC-451 Full Marks: 70+10+20Credit hours: 3 Pass Marks: 32 + 8

Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.) + Lab (3 Hrs.)

Course Synopsis: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional.

Goal: The purpose of this course is to address the implementation and desktop support needs of customers that are planning to deploy and support Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional in a variety of stand-alone and network operating system environments. It provides in-depth, for Information Technology (IT) professionals responsible for the planning, implementation, management, and support of Windows XP Professional.

Course Contents:

Unit 1. Installing Microsoft Windows XP Professional 3 Hrs.

Planning an Installation of Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Installing Windows XP Professional, Upgrading to Microsoft Windows XP, Transferring User Settings and Files by Using the USMT, Performing Post-Installation Tasks

Unit 2. Automating an Installation of Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5 Hrs.

Introduction to Automating an Installation of Windows XP Professional, Creating Answer Files Creating a Uniqueness Database File, Performing an Automated Installation of Windows XP Professional, Introduction to Creating and Deploying an Image, Preparing a Reference Computer Creating, Testing, and Deploying an Image, Remote Installation Services, Managing Security Settings by Using Security Center

Unit 3. Configuring Hardware on a Computer Running Microsoft Windows XP Professional 3 Hrs.

Installing and Configuring Hardware Devices, Working with Drivers, Troubleshooting Hardware Devices

Unit 4. Managing Disks 2 Hrs.

Working with Disk Management, Working with Basic Disks, Working with Dynamic Disks, Preparing Disks When Upgrading to Windows XP Professional, Managing Disks, Defragmenting Volumes

Unit 5. Configuring and Managing File Systems 2 Hrs.

Working with File Systems, Managing Data Compression, Securing Data by Using EFS

Unit 6. Troubleshooting the Boot Process and Other System Issues 5 Hrs.

Examining the Windows XP Professional Boot Process, Controlling System Settings During the Boot Process, Changing Startup Behavior Using the Boot.ini File, Using Advanced Boot Options to Troubleshoot Startup Problems, Using the Recovery Console to Start the Computer, Restoring a Computer to a Previous State

Unit 7. Configuring TCP/IP Addressing and Name Resolution 6 Hrs.

Configuring IP Addresses, Configuring Windows Firewall, Troubleshooting IP Addresses, Determining TCP/IP Name Resolution Methods, Configuring a DNS and WINS Client

Unit 8. Configuring the Desktop Environment 3 Hrs.

Configuring User Desktop Settings, Customizing the Desktop Environment, Configuring System Settings, Understanding How User Profiles and Group Policy Affect Desktop Customization, Using Remote Assistance

Unit 9. Configuring Internet Explorer 2 Hrs.

Configuring Security for Internet Explorer, Configuring Privacy for Internet Explorer, Configuring Connection Settings for Internet Explorer

Unit 10. Configuring Microsoft Windows XP Professional to Operate in Microsoft Networks 5 Hrs.

Examining Workgroups and User Accounts, Creating and Authenticating Local User Accounts, Configuring Local Security, Configuring Logon Options in a Workgroup, Configuring Networking, Options in a Workgroup, Operating in a Domain

Unit 11. Supporting Remote Users 4 Hrs.

Establishing Remote Access Connections, Connecting to Virtual Private Networks, Configuring Authentication Protocols and Encryption, Using Remote Desktop, Storing User Names and Passwords to Facilitate Remote Connections

Unit 12. Configuring Microsoft Windows XP for Mobile Computing 2 Hrs.

Configuring Power Management Options for Mobile Computing, Making Files, Folders, and Web Pages Available for Offline Use

Unit 13: Monitoring Resources and Performance 3 Hrs.

Using Task Manager to Monitor System Performance, Using Performance and Maintenance Tools to Improve Performance, Monitoring Event Logs, Configuring Application Compatibility

Laboratory Projects: Project on each unit

Text Books: Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Reference: Microsoft Official Guide, Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Third Edition

Homework Assignment: Assignment should be given from the above units in throughout the

semester.

Computer Usage: No specific

Prerequisite: Knowledge on Windows XP professional

Category Content: Science Aspect: 50%Design Aspect: 50%

Course Title: Distributed Networking Course no: CSC-452 Full Marks: 70+10+20Credit hours: 3 Pass Marks: 28+4+8

Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.) + Lab (3 Hrs.)

Course Synopsis: This course is intended for IT professionals and is not intended for network architects. Three of the major job roles performed by IT professionals to be addressed by this course include Web administrators, network administrators, and security administrators.

Goal: The goal of this course is to provide Information Technology (IT) professionals with

the knowledge and skills to deploy and manage Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 in an enterprise environment.

Course Content:

Unit 1. Overview of Microsoft ISA Server 5 Hrs.

Introducing ISA Server, Using Caching, Using Firewalls, Deployment Scenarios for ISA Server

Unit 2. Installing and Maintaining ISA Server 5 Hrs.

Installing ISA Server, Installing and Configuring ISA Server Clients, Maintaining an ISA Server

Unit 3. Enabling Secure Internet Access 5 Hrs.

Accessing Policies and Rules Overview, Creating Policy Elements, Configuring Access, Polices and Rules, Configuring Bandwidth Rules, Using ISA Server Authentication

Unit 4. Configuring Caching 5 Hrs.

Cache Overview, Configuring Cache Policy, Configuring Cache Settings, Configuring Scheduled Content Downloads

Unit 5. Configuring Access for Remote Clients and Networks 4 Hrs.

VPN Overview, Configuring VPNs

Unit 6. Configuring the Firewall 5 Hrs.

Securing the Server, Examining Perimeter Networks, Examining Packet Filtering and IP Routing, Configuring Packet Filtering and IP Routing, Configuring Application Filters

Unit 7. Configuring Access to Internal Resources 4 Hrs.

Introduction to Publishing, Configuring Web Publishing, Configuring Server Publishing, Adding an H.323 Gatekeeper

Unit 8. Monitoring and Reporting 6 Hrs.

Planning a Monitoring and Reporting Strategy, Monitoring Intrusion Detection, Monitoring ISA Server Activity, Analyzing ISA Server Activity by Using Reports, Monitoring Real-Time Activity, Testing the ISA Server Configuration

Unit 9. Configuring ISA Server for an Enterprise 6 Hrs.

Introducing ISA Server Enterprise Edition, Installing ISA Server in the Enterprise, Using Enterprise Policies and Array Policies, Managing Network Connections, Scaling ISA Server, Extending and Automating ISA Server Functionality

Laboratory works: Project on each unit

Text Books: Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000

Reference: Do

Homework Assignment: Assignment should be given from the above units in throughout the

semester.

Computer Usage: No Specific

Prerequisite: Students should have a strong understanding of Microsoft Windows® 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server.

Category Content: Science Aspect: 50%Design Aspect: 50%

Course Title: Project on Real World Application NetworkingCourse no: CSC-451 Full Marks: 100Credit hours: 3 Pass Marks: 40

Nature of course: Project

Course Synopsis: This course introduces students to the practical networking environment. Special focus will be given in enabling students with the skills pertaining to the analysis, design, and development, installation, testing and servicing a corporate scale network. The course has a practical approach to building networks.

Goal: To develop the skills associated with design and development of meaningful and efficient network systems for organizations.

Course Contents:

1. Problem Identification2. Problem Specification 3. Analysis and design 4. System Development5. Installation and Testing 6. System Maintenance

The content of this course is divided into six different phases; the students will first involve themselves in identifying a problem that needs to be addressed. Such problem needs to be specified precisely and several solutions need to be prescribed, out if which the most viable will be selected. The selected proposed solution now has to be analyzed properly and design. This might involve the use of several network utilities and tools depending upon the nature of the problem and environment.

The designed system will have to implement by choosing a particular platform for development. This may involve the development and installation of the system in the respective environment. The installed system will have to be tested rigorously to check the integrity and persistency. The system designed should be such that it preserves the qualities of a good network system.

Text Books: NonePrerequisite: Computer Networking Course, Linux Networking, Windows

Networking.

Course Title: Internship Course no: CSC-454 Full Marks: 200Credit hours: 6 Pass Marks: 80

Nature of course: Project Course Synopsis: The students are required to complete a six credit (minimum ten weeks

long) internship as a part of the course requirement. Industry is a crucial requirement of the Internship course and this will have to be secured before getting started with the course. The work that the students perform during the Internship will have to be supervised by the faculty members as well as by representatives from the participating Industries. The internship experience is expected to enable the students to assist in the resolution of complex problem associated with some aspect of computer networking.

At the end of the Internship, the student(s) are required to write a report on their internship work. Such a report needs to be structured according to the prescribed format. The Report forms a major aspect of the evaluation of the Internship work.

Goal: To assist students in focusing their interests, thus aiding in the selection of future coursework and the assessment of ultimate career pursuits. It gives students the opportunity to re-examine their career objectives and explore the variety of opportunities in the field of computer networking.

Some Details:

Preparation Students, the advisors, and the industry/organization, with which the student team is affiliated, will have to agree on a problem that needs to be addressed during the internship. An internship is designed by the advisor and the student according to mutual interests, needs and availability of related industry/organization. To develop a rewarding program, at the beginning of the internship, the advisor and student are asked to establish an internship plan, in the form of written objectives and goals, and to develop a strategy for attaining those goals. The plan may include a schedule of activities that need to be carried out in order to reach a solution for the problem being addressed. The internship plan is not intended to be rigid. Advisor may be unable to assess certain responsibilities until the student demonstrates his or her ability. The plan should be flexible and subject to revision. The advisor and student should assess the student's progress throughout the term of the internship both to evaluate the student's performance, and to establish new directions as needed.

Role of the Advisor

Advisors are expected to share their experience, insight, and enthusiasm with the student throughout the internship.

Advisors should continually monitor the progress of the student, assessing written and oral communications and guiding the development of the student's technical and managerial skills, effectiveness and presentation of self.

Advisors are expected to submit a post-internship evaluation of the student's accomplishments and abilities and of the internship program in general.

Role of the Student

In order for the internship to be a mutually beneficial experience, a student should begin with a definition of his/her objectives and specific interests for the 10-week period to ensure that appropriate activities and projects are selected by the advisor and the student. The student will be responsible for the timely completion and professional quality of all activities and projects assigned. The student is expected to speak frequently with the advisor on his/her progress and interest in other projects, as well as to discuss observations and questions about meetings, projects and other activities with which he/she is involved.

The student is required to submit to Advisor, within the first two weeks of the internship, a brief plan for the internship.

Evaluation Criteria

The evaluation of an internship will be on the basis of the following components and percentage:

i. Internship Report: 50%ii. Presentation of the work: 25%

iii. Internal evaluation by the advisor on the basis of continuous involvement in the proposed work: 25%

Text Books: None

Course Title: Data Warehousing and Data MiningCourse no: CSC-459 Full Marks: 70+10+20Credit hours: 3 Pass Marks: 28+4+10

Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.) + Lab (3 Hrs.)

Course Synopsis: Analysis of advanced aspect of data warehousing and data mining.

Goals: This course introduces advanced aspects of data warehousing and data mining, encompassing the principles, research results and commercial application of the current technologies

Course Content:

Unit 1. 5 Hrs.

Review of basic concepts of data warehousing and data mining, reasons for their use and benefits and problems arising

Unit 2. 5 Hrs.

Data warehouse logical design: star schemas, fact tables, dimensions, other schemas, materialized views

Unit 3. 5 Hrs.

Data warehouse physical design: hardware and i/o considerations, parallelism, indexes

Unit 4. 10 Hrs.

Data warehousing technologies and implementations: data extraction, transportation, transformation, loading and refreshing. Data warehouse support in SQL Server 2000 and Oracle 10g

Unit 5. 8 Hrs.

From data warehousing to data mining: OLAP architectures, design and query processing. SQL extensions for OLAP

Unit 6. 6 Hrs.

Data mining approaches and methods: concept description, classification, association rules, clustering

Unit 7. 4 Hrs.

Mining complex types of data

Unit 8. 5 Hrs.

Research trends in data warehousing and data mining

Laboratory works: Design and development of data warehousing and data mining tools.

Text Books: Data Mining Concepts and Techniques, Morgan Kaufmann J. Han, M Kamber

Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 C. Seidman

Homework Assignment: Assignment should be given throughout the semester.

Computer Usage: No specific

Prerequisite: C, Data Structure, Database

Category Content: Science Aspect: 40%Design Aspect: 60%

Course Title: Decision Support and Expert SystemCourse no: CSC-460 Full Marks: 70+10+20Credit hours: 3 Pass Marks: 28+4+8

Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.) + Lab (3 Hrs.)

Course Synopsis: Use of Artificial Intelligence.

Goal: This course introduces fundamental concept of decision support and expert systems and its application on neural networks.

Course Content:

Unit 1. Introduction to Management Support Systems 2 Hrs.

Unit 2. Systems, Modeling, and Support for Decision Making 2 Hrs.

Unit 3. Overview of Decision Support Systems (DSS) 1 Hr.

Unit 4. DSS Data Management 2 Hrs.

Unit 5. Modeling and DSS Model Management 3 Hrs.

Unit 6. DSS User Interface 2 Hrs.

Unit 7. Constructing a DSS 1 Hr.

Unit 8. Organizational DSS (ODSS) and Advanced Topics 3 Hrs.

Unit 9. Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) 3 Hrs.

Unit 10. Distributed Group Support Systems 3 Hrs.

Unit 11. Executive Information and Support Systems 3 Hrs.

Unit 12. Overview of Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Problem Solving2 Hrs.

Unit 13. Fundamentals of Expert Systems 1 Hr.

Unit 14. Knowledge Acquisition and Validation 3 Hrs.

Unit 15. Knowledge Representation 4 Hrs.

Unit 16. Inference, Explanations, and Uncertainty 4 Hrs.

Unit 17. Building Expert Systems: Process and Tools 4 Hrs.

Unit 18. Fundamentals of Artificial Neural Networks 3 Hrs.

Unit 19. Neural Network Applications 2 Hrs.

Laboratory works: Designing a simple decision support system tool

Text Books: Decision Support and Expert Systems: Management Support Systems, Efriam Turban, 4th Edition, 1995, Prentice-Hall.

Developing Knowledge-Based Systems Using VP-Expert, Dorothy G. Dologite, 1993, Macmillan.

Homework Assignment: Assignment should be given in throughout the semester.

Computer Usage: No specific

Prerequisite: C, C++, Data Structure

Category Content: Science Aspect: 50%Design Aspect: 50%

Course Title: Project on Database SystemCourse no: CSC-461 Full Marks: 100Credit hours: 3 Pass Marks: 40

Nature of course: Project

The project should be done addressing the real world problem related to database systems. Students must do analysis of problem, and propose best solution highlighting on indexing, storing, and retrieval mechanism. The project report must include the essential components of database like E-R diagram, system diagram, and core part of tools used to develop the application.

Course Title: Internship/ProjectCourse no: CSC-462 Full Marks: 200Credit hours: 6 Pass Marks: 80

Nature of course: Internship / Project

Student must carryout 3 months internship directed to specific design problems related to implementation techniques for query analysis, data allocation, concurrency control, data structures, and advanced databases. New database models and recent developments in database technology must be studied.

Student should do internship in related private or government sector.