IT 442-2: Windows System Administration
Syllabus

Instructor Torna Omar Soro, PhD Email torna.soro001@umb.edu
Office S-3-124A Office Hours Monday & Wednesday 6:50 - 7:50 PM
Thursday 5:00 - 5:25 PM and by appointment
Schedule Monday & Wednesday
5:30 - 6:45 PM 		Classroom S-3-143
Phone XXX-XXX-XXXX Course Website Blackboard: https://umb.umassonline.net/webapps/login/
Topics

Prerequisites

IT341

Course Description

This is an introduction to the process of choosing, installing, configuring and maintaining Microsoft Windows client and server systems. Topics include user management, file systems, network domains and domain management, mailers, and printing. Students get practice in writing scripts for performing maintenance tasks. Also, students learn how these tasks fit into the more general system administration process..

To help students enhance their practical experience, some class times will be in the lab. Students can ask questions in classes, but cannot share the result of their assignment with other teams.

Textbook

Required Materials:

Recommended text:

Grading Policy

All homework and exams are subject to the University's Code of Conduct.

Plagiarism is not tolerated in any form.

Grade will be made up from Homework and lab assignment (35%), mid-term exam (25%), final exam (30%), and attendance (10%). Please notice that this class is about administration. Therefore, the expectation is to know the requirement of the system and procedures to implement/configure the system. Students are encouraged to read other material to improve their knowledge, but exams will cover topics in the given books only

Grades will be computed as follows

Homework and Lab Assignment: 35%
Mid-term Exam: 25%
Final Exam: 30%
Attendance: 10%

Final grades will be assigned based on the following standard scale

A> 100 - 93 (the Registrar does not accept an A+ grade)
A -92 - 90
B +89 - 86
B85 - 83
B -82 - 80
C +79 - 76
C75 - 73
C -72 - 70
D +69 - 66
D65 - 63
D -62 - 60
F< 60

Assignment submission:

Students are expected to submit the lab assignment before 11:59PM of the due date. The assignment should:

Students are expected to submit the homework assignment before 11:59PM of the due date.

If you have a personal emergency, contact me I will give you an appropriate extension.

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 offers guidelines for curriculum modifications and adaptations for students with documented disabilities.

Students may obtain adaptation recommendations from the Ross Center for Disability Services.

Their web site is https://www.umb.edu/academics/vpass/disability.

A student must present these recommendations and discuss them with me within a reasonable period, preferably by the end of Add/Drop period.

Academic Honesty

The Academic Honesty section the Code of Student Conduct of the University reads as follows

It is the expressed policy of the University that every aspect of academic life not only formal coursework situations, but all relationships and interactions connected to the educational process shall be conducted in an absolutely and uncompromisingly honest manner. The University presupposes that any submission of work for academic credit indicates that the work is the student’s own and is in compliance with University policies. In cases where academic dishonesty is discovered after completion of a course or degree program, sanctions may be imposed retroactively, up to and including revocation of the degree. Any student who reasonably believes another student has committed an act of academic dishonesty should inform the course instructor of the alleged violation.

Midterm

Mid-term Exam: Monday, March 25th

Contacting Me

If you have questions about your status in the class, email me at torna.soro001@umb.edu or tsoro@cs.umb.edu