CIT 225-001 Platform Technologies

Syllabus - Spring 2020

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 COVID-19

Monday Topic Wednesday Topic Friday Topic
13 January Intro to Platform Technologies
Assignment via email
15 January LT: Introduction
ABC: NDG Ch 1, Lab 1, Exam 1
17 January LT: Using the Shell
ABC: NDG Ch 2, Lab 2, Exam 2
20 January No class 22 January LT: Configuring the Shell
ABC: NDG Ch 3, Lab 3, Exam 3
24 January Hardware fundamentals/devices
27 January LT: File Globbing
ABC: NDG Ch 4, Lab 4, Exam 4
29 January LT: File Manipulation
ABC: NDG Ch 5, Lab 5, Exam 5
31 January Memory I
3 February LT: Finding Files
ABC: NDG Ch 6, Lab 6, Exam 6
5 February LT: Text Utilities
ABC: NDG Ch 7, Lab 7, Exam 7
7 February Memory II
10 February LT: Regular Expressions
ABC: NDG Ch 8, Lab 8, Exam 8
12 February LT: vi Editor
ABC: NDG Ch 9, Lab 9, Exam 9
14 February Memory III (RAID)
17 February LT: Std Text Streams & Redirection
ABC: NDG Ch 10, Lab 10, Exam 10
19 February LT: Managing Processes
ABC: NDG Ch 11, Lab 11, Exam 11
21 February Bin - Oct - Hex
24 February LT: Archive Commands
ABC: NDG Ch 12, Lab 12, Exam 12
26 February LT: File Permissions
ABC: NDG Ch 13, Lab 13, Exam 13
28 February Scripting
2 March LT: Filesystem Links
ABC: NDG Ch 14, Lab 14, Exam 14
4 March LT: Hardware Configuration
ABC: NDG Ch 15, Lab 15, Exam 15
6 March Authentication/Passwords
9 March No class 11 March No class 13 March No class
16 March No class 18 March No class 20 March No class
23 March MIDTERM EXAM (scheduled 1-on-1)
MIDTERM ACRONYMS EXAM (online)
due: 2200, 27 Mar

LT: Boot Process
NDG Ch 16, Lab 16, Exam 16
25 March MIDTERM EXAM (scheduled 1-on-1)
LT: Bootloaders
NDG Ch 17, Lab 17, Exam 17
27 March MIDTERM EXAM (scheduled 1-on-1)
30 March LT: Runlevels
ABC: NDG Ch 18, Lab 18, Exam 18
1 April LT: Designing a Scheme
ABC: NDG Ch 19, Lab 19, Exam 19
3 April LT: Creating Partitions
ABC: NDG Ch 20, Lab 20, Exam 20
6 April LT: Mounting Filesystems
ABC: NDG Ch 21, Lab 21, Exam 21
8 April LT: Maintaining Integrity
ABC: NDG Ch 22, Lab 22, Exam 22
10 April No class
13 April LT: Fixing Filesystems
ABC: NDG Ch 23, Lab 23, Exam 23
15 April LT: Package Management
ABC: NDG Ch 24, Lab 24, Exam 24
17 April LT: Managing Shared Libraries
ABC: NDG Ch 25, Lab 25, Exam 25
20 April LT: Virtualization
ABC: NDG Ch 26, Lab 26, Exam 26
22 April PowerShell I 24 April PowerShell II
27 April PowerShell III 29 April Review 1 May No class
4 May No class 6 May Final Exam (0800-1100) 8 May 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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