| Date | Day | Contents | Reading | Notes |
| 28-Aug | Tuesday | Introduction | Ch1 | |
| 30-Aug | Thursday | Internet Applicaitons | Ch2, Ch3 | |
| 4-Sep | Tuesday | Distributed Data Processing | Ch2, Ch3 | Form project group |
| 6-Sep | Thursday | Physical Layer | Ch6-8, 10 | |
| 11-Sep | Tuesday | Physical Layer | Ch6-8, 10 | Quiz 1 (Ch2, 3) |
| 13-Sep | Thursday | Physical Layer | Ch6-8, 10 | |
| 18-Sep | Tuesday | Data Link Layer | Ch9 | Group homepage due |
| 20-Sep | Thursday | Data Link Layer | Ch9 | |
| 25-Sep | Tuesday | Midterm Exam1 | Ch7, 8, 9, 10 | |
| 27-Sep | Thursday | Network Layer | Ch4, 5 | |
| 2-Oct | Tuesday | Project 1 Discussion | Project 1 due | |
| 4-Oct | Thursday | Network Layer | Ch4, 5 | |
| 9-Oct | Tuesday | Routing and QoS | Handout | |
| 11-Oct | Thursday | LAN and Backbone Network | Ch14, 15 | |
| 16-Oct | Tuesday | LAN and Backbone Network | Ch14, 15 | |
| 18-Oct | Thursday | LAN and Backbone Network | Ch14, 15 | |
| 23-Oct | Tuesday | Review | ||
| 25-Oct | Thursday | Midterm Exam 2 | Ch4, 5, 14, 15 | |
| 30-Oct | Tuesday | Wireless Networks | Ch13 | |
| 1-Nov | Thursday | An Introduction to WAN | Ch11, 12 | |
| 6-Nov | Tuesday | Network Security | Ch20 | |
| 8-Nov | Thursday | Project 2 Presentations - WAN | Ch11, 12 | |
| 13-Nov | Tuesday | Project 2 Presentations - WAN | Ch11, 12 | Quiz 2 (Ch13) |
| 15-Nov | Thursday | Project 2 Presentations - WAN | Ch11, 12 | Project 2 due |
| 20-Nov | Tuesday | Project 2 Presentations - WAN | Ch11, 12 | |
| 22-Nov | Thursday | Thanksgiving | ||
| 27-Nov | Tuesday | Network Security | Ch18, 20 | Quiz 3 (Ch11, 12) |
| 29-Nov | Thursday | Network Security | Ch18, 20 | Project 3 due |
| 4-Dec | Tuesday | Final Exam Review | Handout | Quiz 4 (Ch18, 20) |
| 8-Dec | Saturday | Final Exam (7:30a-10:30a) |
Ch 4, 5, 14,15, 18, 20 |