Windows 2000 Server Administration Seminar
Course Outline (Spring 2003)
CSCI 3342

Dr. Thomas E. Hicks
Computer Science Department
Trinity University

Overview

The Windows 2000 Server Administration Seminar will explore Windows 2000 Server installation, configuration, security, management, active directory, networking, DHCP, DNS, IIS, domain models, etc. Student teams of 2-3 will manage a server, present Powerpoint presentations, and create tutorials on assigned topics.

Required Textbook

    All In One MCSA Windows 2000 Certification 
        by Bersenic, Giles, Scrimiger [ISBN 0-0722421-5]

Exams

Those Individuals With An A, A-, or B+ average on your Presentations, Tutorials, and Class Participation will have no required exams. Those Individuals whose Presentation average is less than a B+ will have one exam on 5/6/02. Those Individuals whose Tutorial average is less than a B+ will have one exam on 5/6/02. Those Individuals whose Class Participation average is less than a B+ will have one exam on 5/6.

Lab Assignments / Projects

Laboratory assignments will be assigned regularly throughout the semester. These labs will be collected in wire-band binders. The wire-band binders will generally be kept 1 - 2 weeks for grading and then returned.

Grade Breakdown 
 

Those With A, A-, B+  Average On Each

Presentations

 33%

Tutorials

33%

Class Participation

33%

 

Those With Less Than A B+ On Any

Presentations

25%

Tutorials

25%
Class Participation 25%

Exam

25%

Grading Scale
 
A     93% - 100% 
A-   90% - 92.9% 
B+     87% - 89.9% 
B       83% - 86.9% 
B-     80% - 82.9%
C+     77% - 79.9% 
C       73% - 76.9% 
C-      70% - 72.9%
D+     67% - 69.9% 
D       63% - 66.9% 
D-      60% - 62.9% 
F     0% - 59.9% 

Students will receive at least the grades indicated by the scale above.

Attendance Policy

Attendance is required and expected. Students that come do better! Each of you will probably have one really valid reasons for missing class. You will be representing the university on a sporting team, presenting papers at a conference, family emergency, need to catch a flight,  illness, etc. There will be a 5 percentage point deduction for each absence starting with the second! This means that if you have a 91% average and three absences, you can expect to get a B instead of an A-. Exceptions may be granted for extreme circumstances, such as two weeks in a hospital, having a baby, etc.; come talk to me.

About The Seminar

Seminar participants shall research a topic using (1) the class textbook, (2) Dr. Hicks references, (3) personal references, and (4) Internet References. They shall create Power Point presentations and/or tutorials which carefully and fully explain their findings to the academic community and seminar participants. Use caution to avoid plagiarism; include references as is necessary! 

Lab Assignments & Projects In Wire-Band Report Covers Only

Class schedules shall include the assigned seminars in a sequential and timely order. Those absent or not ready may or may not be given an opportunity to present their information at a later date. Come to class ready to participate! 

Late Presentations & Tutorials

Seminar participants shall research a topic using (1) the class textbook, (2) Dr. Hicks references, (3) personal references, and (4) Internet References. They shall create Power Point presentations and/or tutorials which carefully and fully explain their findings to the academic community and seminar participants. Use caution to avoid plagiarism; include references as is necessary!

Can you send me email?

Yes! I try to check my e-mail M-F but I am sometimes detained by students. I do answer many short questions. I do not debug programs mailed to me!

thicks@trinity.edu

Website For Dr. Thomas E. Hicks

http://carme.cs.trinity.edu/thicks    or   http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~thicks


Academic Integrity:

Some assignments will be team assignments. Most assignments will be individual assignments. With the exception of fellow team members, working on a team assignment, each student is to complete his/her own work. All exams shall be done individually by each student. It is this professor's feelings that those students who sacrifice their own integrity by falsely representing their work, or who knowingly aide others in doing so, have no place in higher education.

The general policy for cheating is an automatic "F" in the course, a letter submitted to student affairs, and the proper following of Trinity University academic integrity policy.

Take great care to erase all labs from university computers so that others may not submit your work as their own!  Do not loan any lab or project to a fellow student! Do your own work!

Before you resort to turning in someone else's work as your own, let's talk. If you are under undue pressure to aide other students in such a way that your own security is threatened, let's talk.  It is not worth failing a three hour course and risking your entire academic future!
 

Office Hours:-  Halsell 339A   [First Come- First Serve]
 

Day

From

To

Tuesday

 8:00 AM 11:30 AM

Wednesday

 8:30 AM 11:30 AM

Thursday

 8:00 AM 11:30 AM

I am almost always in my office or helping a student in a lab during office hours; if I must miss my office hours, I generally post a note on the door and/or send mail to my students and/or notify students in lecture. If  I am not physically in the office, I will have most often gone to one of the Halsell Labs to help one of my students. If  I am not in my office, check the CS Majors Lab [Halsell 340], check the Classroom/ lab [Halsell 228], the Virtual Reality Lab [Halsell 200] or the University Lab [Halsell 226]. Please let me know that you are waiting to see me.