Computer Science 851 Fall 2009 Instructor: Dr. Mike Westall McAdams 307 westall@cs.clemson.edu Office hrs: 2:30 - 4:00 M-W Other hours available by appointment. Please see us after class or send e-mail when you need to make one. Texts: Computer Networks 4th Edition by A.S. Tanenbaum (Older editions may be better for some material worse for other -- check Amazon for prices). Lecture Notes by J. M. Westall Available online at: http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~westall/851/notes Topics: See notes directory Grading: Exam 30% Weekly quizzes (n) 70% Final avg >= insures grade no worse than 90 A 80 B 70 C 60 D Zero or more quizzes will be dropped. Two comprehensive makeup quizzes will be given at the time of the final exam. No other makeup quizzes will be given. Weekly quizzes will be generally be given on Thursday but the date is subject to change. You will always be given at least one class's prior notice. All work on quizzes is expected to be your own individual effort. Violations of this policy will be subject to the penalties for academic dishonesty. Group work in PREPARATION for quizzes BEFORE class is perfectly fine and is ENCOURAGED.