Compsci 182s: Technical and Social Foundations of the Internet (Spring 2012), Syllabus

See here for the updated syllabus for Section 2.

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Introduction and Internet Overview 1/9
1/10
1/11 1/12
1/13


  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Internet Overview 1/16
1/17
1/18
1/19
1/20
Technical Topics will be posted
Governance and Protocols 1/23
1/24
1/25
1/26
1/27
Argumentative Essay topics will be posted
IP2, DMCA, Open Source 1/30
1/31
2/1
Case Studies will be posted
2/2
2/3


  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Cyber[war|crime] and Malware 2/6
2/7
2/8
2/9
2/10
Initial Website Presentations on Technical Topics 2/13

Website URLs due
2/14
2/15
2/16
2/17
First draft of Argumentative Essay due (Group 1)
Case Studies
1 and 2
2/20
2/21
2/22
2/23
2/24
First draft of Argumentative Essay due (Group 2)


  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Case Studies
3 and 4
2/27
Take-home Midterm1 handed
2/28
2/29
3/1
3/2
First draft of Argumentative Essay due (Group 3)
3/5
Take-home Midterm1 due
Spring Break
3/6
Spring Break
3/7
Spring Break
3/8
Spring Break
3/9
Spring Break
Anonymity, Cryptography, Privacy 3/12
3/13 3/14
3/15 3/16


  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Google and Facebook 3/19
3/20
Take-home Midterm2 handed
3/21
3/22
3/23
Presentation of Proposals for Final Project
3/26
3/27
3/28
Take-home Midterm2 due
3/29
3/30
Technical Topic websites due
Crowdsourcing 4/2
Technical topic websites: Feedback and participation week
4/3
Technical topic websites: Feedback and participation week
4/4
Technical topic websites: Feedback and participation week
4/5
Technical topic websites: Feedback and participation week
4/6
Final draft of Argumentative Essay due


  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Final Website Presentations on Technical Topics
4/9
Final version of Technical Topic websites due
4/10
4/11
Evaluation of Technical Topic Websites by Peers
4/12
4/13
Emerging Internet Concerns 4/16
Executive Summary on Final Project due
4/17
4/18
4/19 4/20
Final Project Presentations 4/23
4/24
4/25
Last Day of Class
4/26 4/27


  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Finals week 4/30
Final Project Report/Paper Due
5/1
5/2
5/3
5/4
5/5