CMSC417

Computer Networks

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Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CMSC351 and CMSC330; and permission of CMNS-Computer Science department. Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program. Computer networks and architectures. The OSI model including discussion and examples of various network layers. A general introduction to existing network protocols. Communication protocol specification, analysis, and testing.

Spring 2026

Nirupam Roy

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.09

Fall 2025

Ting Jiang

8 reviews
Average rating: 1.88

Spring 2025

Nirupam Roy

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.09

Past Semesters

Samrat Bhattacharjee

24 reviews
Average rating: 3.21

Nirupam Roy

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.09

Samrat Bhattacharjee

24 reviews
Average rating: 3.21

Nirupam Roy

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.09

Samrat Bhattacharjee

24 reviews
Average rating: 3.21

Nirupam Roy

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.09

Samrat Bhattacharjee

24 reviews
Average rating: 3.21

Michael Marsh

8 reviews
Average rating: 3.13

Ashok Agrawala

4 reviews
Average rating: 2.25

Neil Spring

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Colin Dixon

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Ibrahim Korpeoglu

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.35 between 1,946 students*

A-: 10.95%

A: 10.95%

A+: 5.09%

B-: 8.12%

B: 14.95%

B+: 6.42%

C-: 5.55%

C: 10.12%

C+: 3.34%

D-: 0.57%

D: 2.93%

D+: 0.46%

F: 4.73%

W: 15.26%

other: 0.57%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.