St. Charles Community College
CPT 245 Telephony
Mrs. Heckel
Tech 105 A
sheckel@stchas.edu
636.922.8568
www.stchas.edu/faculty/sheckel



General Course Information

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:  This course covers signaling protocols used in telephony and the convergence of the telephone network with data networks.

Credit Hours:      3

TEXT (required) :     Davidson, Peters, Bhatia, et al;  Voice over IP Fundamentals, Cisco Press, Indianapolis, IN 46240

Time of Class:         Fall 2007 Sec. N1 Independent Study using WebCT


Course Objectives:

Students with special needs: We all have various channels through which we learn best. The College has an Office of Accessibility Services that guides, counsels, and assists students with disabilities. It is located in Room 133 of the Student Center. It is your responsibility to discuss with the instructor during the first week of class anything needed to help you succeed. If you have special needs, please call Pam Bova (922.8247) in the Office of Accessibility Services so that your eligibility for services can be determined.

SCC also offers mental health counseling.  If you need help with depression, anger, domestic violence, stress, addiction, eating disorder, or anxiety, please contact Mary Hall at 636.288.6533.  Her office is located at ADM 1204.

What the student can expect from the teacher


Office Hours:

Monday 8:00-10:00 am
 Tuesday/Thursday 11:30-1:00 pm & 4:00-5:30 pm
Also available by appointment


           
Returning assignments/tests to the student

Every effort will be made for all assignments to be returned to all students within one week of the assignment’s due date.

Grading Scale

A
 93-100 Tests 50%
B
 85-92
 Articles/Summaries 25%
C
 75-84
 Final Project 25%
D
 65-74

F
 below 65%

                                                                         

All written work

All written work for this class must be done using proper grammar and punctuation.  Writing skills are crucial to your future success, and these types of assignments are one way to practice those skills.  Regardless of your personal knowledge of any subject, if you cannot write about it using good writing skills, then no one else can know how much you know about it.

Up to 15% of your assignment grade could be lost if proper writing skills are not demonstrated. If you need writing skills helps, SCC provides an excellent resource for you.  Contact the ACE Center or me if you require assistance in this area.

 
Tests:

For each chapter, you'll find a test in WebCT.  You will get three chances to take each test, so if you don't do well the first time, try it again.  The highest score will go into the gradebook.

 
Articles Summaries

Find four (4) articles on Voice over IP (or Voice over DSL or Voice over ATM). For each article, write a one-page (or less) summary about the article.  Post your summary onto the Discussion Board area in WebCT.

For each summary, at the top of the page type your name, then the title of the article, then the web site where you found the article. For example:

Sharon Heckel
Title of My Article
www.websitewhereIfoundthearticle.com

Each summary should be in Times New Roman or Arial size 12 font and double spaced. These are summaries--be sure each one fits onto one printed page or less!

The last week before final exams, you will also read two summaries by other students, and post a paragraph of comments about the summary you read. 


Final Exam Project 

(this is separate from the article summaries above!)

Summary No.
 web site Title of Article
1
www.howstuffworks.com Introduction to How Telephones Work
2
www.howstuffworks.com How VoIP Works
3
 www.iec.org/online/tutorials  The Coming of True Convergence: Why Service Providers Can Finally Turn Out the Lights on the Old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
plus
Voice-Data Consolidation
4
 www.iec.org/online/tutorials SS7 over IP Signaling Transport & SCTP
5 & 6
Find an article on Cisco's Voice over IP and another on AT&T's Voice over IP. Write a summary on each article, including whether their system uses SIP or H.323.

For each summary, at the top of the page type your name, then the title of the article, then the web site where you found the article. For example:

Sharon Heckel
How Telephones Work
www.howstuffworks.com

Each summary should be in Times New Roman or Arial size 12 font and double spaced. These are summaries--be sure each one fits onto one printed page or less!  Please submit the finished project via Assignments on WebCT.


Withdrawal dates and related policies

Last day to change from credit to audit or audit to credit Sept 15
Last day to drop and receive a "W" Oct 26
Last day to apply for March/May 2008 Graduation Nov 10



Tentative Time Table
--What's Due When

Week of
Thursday		   Article
Summary
Postings
23-Aug look over syllabus; ask any questions about the course or WebCT 
30-Aug Test Ch. 1
6-Sep Test Ch. 2
13-Sep Test Ch. 3 #1
20-Sep Test Ch. 4
27-Sep Test Ch. 5
4-Oct Test Ch. 6 #2
11-Oct Test Ch. 7
18-Oct Test Ch. 8
25-Oct Test Ch. 9
 #3
1-Nov Test Ch.10
8-Nov Test Ch.11
15-Nov Test Ch. 12
#4
22-Nov Thanksgiving Holiday--nothing is due
29-Nov Test Ch. 13
  
6-Dec Article summaries:  review two summaries posted by other students.  Post one paragraph with any comments you wish to make about the summary.  Be sure to identify which summary your comments referrence.
  
13-Dec Final Project is due