EE4103

EE4103 Modern Internet Technologies

Part I

Course Duration: One Semester (13 weeks)
Credit Units: 3
Level: B4
Medium of Instruction: English
Prerequisites: EE3015 Computer Networks
Precursors: Nil
Equivalent Course: Nil
Exclusive Courses: EE5413 Advanced Internet Technologies

Part II

Course Aims:
This course aims to initiate students to explore the moderntechnologies which are implemented in the rapid changing area of the Internet.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

No.	CILOs
1.	Describe the modern technologies of the Internet, specifically networks, TCPIP, application level Internet protocols, and security issues for Internet connected PCs.
2.	Focus on the different forms of Internet content and how it is created: web publishing in HTML; principles of good web design; web scripting and dynamic content.
3.	Recognize the latest technologies of Internet information (IR) retrieval and includes a brief overview of the principles of IR; a detailed examination of search engine functions and limitations.
4.	Recognize the latest technologies for Internet multimedia application in practice.

Teaching and Learning Activities (TLAs)
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to facilitate students’ achievement of the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)

CILO 1	Lecture, tutorial, case study, essay writing
CILO 2	Lecture, tutorial, case study, mini-project
CILO 3, 4	Lecture, tutorial

Timetabling Information

Pattern	Hours
Lecture:	26
Tutorials:	13*
Laboratory:
Other activities:

* may be substituted with lectures/laboratories

Assessment Tasks/Activities
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to assess how well the students achieve the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)

	Type of assessment tasks	Weighting (if applicable)
Continuous Assessment	Mini-Project, Quizzes, Essay writing	30%
Examination	Written exam	70% 2 hour

Remarks: To pass the course, students are required to achieve at least 35% in course work and 35% in the examination.

Grading of Student Achievement:

Letter Grade	Grade Point	Grade Definitions
A+ A A-	4.3 4.0 3.7	Excellent
B+ B B-	3.3 3.0 2.7	Good
C+ C C-	2.3 2.0 1.7	Adequate
D	1.0	Marginal
F	0.0	Failure

Constructive Alignment with Programme Outcomes

PILO	How the course contribute to the specific PILO(s)
1, 3, 4	This course aims to develop students’ ability to apply knowledge of the modern Internet technologies. Upon completion of this course, students will gain the ability to function effectively and responsibly as being Internet developers or administrators..
3, 4, 5	Students are required to complete an assignment designed to gain practical programming skills in implementing interactive web pages, and experience in designing efficient and quick search engines for the internet.

Part III

Keyword Syllabus:

Web Search Engine
web search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are usually presented in a list of results and are commonly called hits. The information may consist of web pages, images, information and other types of files. Some search engines also mine data available in databases or open directories.

Internet Application Layer Protocols and Standards
Architecture and Protocol, Internet Request for Comment (RFC),Domain Name System, DNS Name Space, Gateway-To-Gateway Protocol (GGP), Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), Information Locating : HTTP/1.1, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), VOIP

Web Publishing Techniques

Web publishing provides web design and web development for e-commerce, and e-business solutions. Techniques may include CGI-BIN Scripting and Interfacing, Perl Programming, PHP Server-side HTML Embedded Scripting Language, JavaScript Client-side Scripting Language.

Network Security
Internet Security Threats, Hacker, Network Viruses, Public and Private Keys, Data Encryption Standard, RSA, Digital Signature, SHA, MD, X.509 Certificate, Firewalls.

Internet Multimedia Technologies
Multimedia : Definitions, Requirements, Standardized data Formats for Multimedia, Multimedia Compression,
Multimedia Data Transfer using Proprietary Protocols

Last updated : 20 Jul 2011