IFS Program

First Term Courses:

OPS105: Operating System Practices

1. Operating System Basics: kernel, tools, etc.
2. Linux Installation: Partitions, Boot Devices, etc
3. Basic Unix Commands: ls, cd, pwd, etc
4. Unix Filesystem
5. Shell Scripting: variables, functions, logical operators, and loops
6. User and Group management
7. Process and Package management
8. Schedulling and Logging
9. Basic Networking: ping, ip (ifconfig replacement)

Changes:

• Dropped some networking concepts, such as setting up an Ethernet network
• Dropped basic Linux Security (though security is mentioned throughout the course)
• Introduced Shell Scripting

OPS110: Operating Systems Principles

1. Operating System Basics
2. Windows Installation
3. Windows Filesystem Management
4. Task and Device Management
5. User and Group Management
6. Control Panel and Troubleshooting
7. WMI and VB Scripting
8. IP Addressing and Subnetting

Changes:

RIS120: Introduction to Web Management

1. Build a web-site using XHTML
2. Install and secure the Apache web-server
3. Describe W3C standards in web-site development
4. Install, configure, and modify content management and collaborative tools
5. Construct and support web server environments at a minimum acceptable level of security
6. Differentiate between authentication and authorization

Changes: To be Replaced by a basic security course

DCN130: Computer Architecture and Netwroking

1. Historical Overview
2. Instruction Set Design and Architecture
3. Processor Architecture
4. Memory Management
5. I/O Methods and Designs
6. Networking Hardware

Changes: