2. BTO130 this semester Two 2-period classes per week Section A – Tuesdays and Thursdays Section B – Tuesdays and Fridays All BTO130 classes are in computer-equipped rooms; every student gets their own computer
3. This semester’s structure There are 13 teaching weeks There is a “study week”, with no classes or labs, between weeks 7 and 8 Exam week follows week 13
4. Before study week… We concentrate on skills assessment and enhancement in our topic coverage before study week We spend a lot of time with hands-on activity-based learning We also introduce topic areas that are covered in more depth after study week
5. After study week… There are three major areas of topic coverage after study week… Networking Architecture Storage and I/O More coverage of concepts and applied skills happens in this part of the course
6. Graded work in BTO130 Tests – about 4 – 50% of your marks Quizzes – about 5 – 10% of your marks Assignments (in-class “lab exercises”) – about 2 – 10% of your marks Final exam – 30% of your marks
