Using the Internet
Computer Science Department

The primary objective of this course is to enable students to understand the principles underlying the modern networked computing environment.. Students will be exposed to both Local and Wide Area networks. Various protocols such as ftp, http and telnet will be examined and used. Understanding computer fundamentals are essential to understanding computer networks so some time will be devoted to learning the functions of the essential components of the modern computer.

By the end of the course students will be expected to be able to
  • Describe essential computer hardware and software components.
  • Describe the essential components of computer networks.
  • Send and receive email and properly configure an email client.
  • Use FTP to copy files between computers on a network.
  • Use a web browser to search the World-Wide-Web for information.
  • Use an HTML editior to create web pages.
  • Create a web site containing multiple pages, graphics and tables.

    • More information about the course and instructor is given below
      Course Modules
    1. Computer Fundamentals
    2. Computing at Lynchburg College
    3. Email, Newsgroups and Chat
    4. FTP - File Transfer Protocol
    5. The Internet, WWW, Network Hardware and Protocols
    6. Advanced Web Browsing
    7. Creating Your Own Website
    8. Manipulating graphic images using an image editor.

    Assignments
    Course Resources

      Course Syllabus

    		Course Syllabus, Required and Recommended Materials, Grading Policies, etc..

      Dr. Roussos' Schedule

    		Contact information for Dr. Roussos

      Code of Conduct

    		Code of Conduct for class meetings

      HTML Reference Materials

    		Reference Materials for writing HTML code and setting up web pages.

      HTML Tutorial

    		 Demonstration of the use of most common HTML tags

      Website Journal

    		 Useful articles from Website Journal

      Using Frames*

    		 Example - using frames to implement a Help system.

      A Javascript Calculator*

    		 Use Javascript to implement an on-line calculator.

      A Business Project with Forms*

    		 Use HTML and Javascript to implement an on-line real estate business.

    * indicates advanced material that may not be covered in this course.


    The Instructor

    Constantine "Conny" Roussos

    Dr. Roussos is a Professor of Computer Science and has been at Lynchburg College since 1981. He formerly served as Director of College Computing Services and Chair of the Computer Science Department. Dr. Roussos received a B.A. degree in mathematics from Old Dominion University, an M.S. degree in mathematics from the College of William and Mary, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Virginia.

    For further information review Dr. Roussos' resume.


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