CIT 225-001 Platform Technologies

Syllabus - Fall 2019

Course Description

Prerequisite: CSC 121 or CSC 131.
Select, deploy, integrate, and administer platforms or components to support an organization's IT infrastructure. Includes the fundamentals of hardware and software, and how they integrate to form essential components of IT systems.

Schedule **Adjusted due to Hurricane Dorian

Tuesday Topic Thursday Topic
20 August No class 22 August Intro to Platform Technologies
Assignment via email
27 August LT: Introduction
ABC: NDG Ch 1, Lab 1, Exam 1
29 August LT: Using the Shell
ABC: NDG Ch 2, Lab 2, Exam 2
LT: Configuring the Shell
ABC: NDG Ch 3, Lab 3, Exam 3
3 September Hurricane Dorian Closure 5 September Hurricane Dorian Closure
10 September LT: File Globbing
ABC: NDG Ch 4, Lab 4, Exam 4
LT: File Manipulation
ABC: NDG Ch 5, Lab 5, Exam 5
12 September Hardware fundamentals/devices
17 September LT: Finding Files
ABC: NDG Ch 6, Lab 6, Exam 6
LT: Text Utilities
ABC: NDG Ch 7, Lab 7, Exam 7
19 September LT: Regular Expressions
ABC: NDG Ch 8, Lab 8, Exam 8
LT: vi Editor
ABC: NDG Ch 9, Lab 9, Exam 9
24 September LT: Std Text Streams & Redirection
ABC: NDG Ch 10, Lab 10, Exam 10
LT: Managing Processes
ABC: NDG Ch 11, Lab 11, Exam 11
26 September Memory I/II
1 October LT: Archive Commands
ABC: NDG Ch 12, Lab 12, Exam 12
LT: File Permissions
ABC: NDG Ch 13, Lab 13, Exam 13
3 October Memory III (RAID)/Bin - Oct - Hex
8 October LT: Filesystem Links
ABC: NDG Ch 14, Lab 14, Exam 14
LT: Hardware Configuration
ABC: NDG Ch 15, Lab 15, Exam 15
10 October No class
15 October MIDTERM EXAM (scheduled in person)
LT: Boot Process
NDG Ch 16, Lab 16, Exam 16
17 October MIDTERM ACRONYMS EXAM (online)
LT: Bootloaders
NDG Ch 17, Lab 17, Exam 17
22 October LT: Runlevels
ABC: NDG Ch 18, Lab 18, Exam 18
LT: Designing a Scheme
ABC: NDG Ch 19, Lab 19, Exam 19
24 October Scripting
29 October LT: Creating Partitions
ABC: NDG Ch 20, Lab 20, Exam 20
LT: Mounting Partitions
ABC: NDG Ch 21, Lab 21, Exam 21
31 October Authentication/Passwords
5 November LT: Maintaining Integrity
ABC: NDG Ch 22, Lab 22, Exam 22
LT: Fixing Filesystems
ABC: NDG Ch 23, Lab 23, Exam 23
7 November Security Issues
12 November LT: Package Management
ABC: NDG Ch 24, Lab 24, Exam 24
LT: Managing Shared Libraries
ABC: NDG Ch 25, Lab 25, Exam 25
14 November Laptop components
19 November LT: Virtualization
ABC: NDG Ch 26, Lab 26, Exam 26
21 November PKI
PowerShell I
26 November PowerShell II 28 November Thanksgiving/No class
3 December Review 5 December Reading Day/No class
10 December Final Exam (0800-1100) 12 December No class

ABC = Accomplish Before Class; LT = Linux Topic

Policy Information

Course Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

  1. Describe the hardware (HW) components of modern computing environments and their functions.
  2. Describe the role and basic functions of an operating system (OS), and how an OS interacts with HW and software applications.
  3. Describe the basic security issues with modern computing environments.
  4. Write scripts to perform OS tasks in Linux and Windows. Explain the benefits and potential dangers of using scripts to automate OS tasks.
  5. Describe the various types of servers and services required within organizations.
  6. Describe the advantages and issues associated with virtualization.
  7. Assess customer needs, analyze possible configurations, and provide solutions or recommendations for HW, OS, networking, and security.
  8. Become familiar and conversant with the vocabulary of the IT infrastructure world (e.g. ACL, BIOS, CLI, DDoS, EEC, FTP, GPU, etc.).

Academic Honor Code

As a student at The University of North Carolina Wilmington, I am committed to honesty and truthfulness in academic inquiry and in the pursuit of knowledge. I pledge to uphold and promote the UNCW Student Academic Honor Code.

The University of North Carolina Wilmington is a community of high academic standards where academic integrity is valued. UNCW students are committed to honesty and truthfulness in academic inquiry and in the pursuit of knowledge. This commitment begins when new students matriculate at UNCW, continues as they create work of the highest quality while part of the university community, and endures as a core value throughout their lives.

Please read and be familiar with the UNCW Student Academic Honor Code. Academic dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated in this class.

Special Needs

If you have a disability and need reasonable accommodation in this course, you should inform the instructor of this fact in writing within the first week of class or as soon as possible. If you have not already done so, you must register the Office of Disability Services in DePaolo Hall (ext. 2-3746) and obtain a copy of your Accommodation Letter. You should then arrange a meeting to make mutually agreeable arrangements based on the recommendations of the Accommodation Letter.

Title IX

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