FUI's course evaluation

INF5004NSA - Intrusion detection and firewalls

Assessment:

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What is your general impression of the course? What do you think of the course's difficulty level? What do you think of the amount of work required in relation to a number of credits given? What is your general impression of the quality of the lectures? Show all Hide

Summary:

The general impression of the course was divided between the respondents. Some rated the course from Very good to Exceptionally good and some Very bad to Exceptionally bad. The majority of the student rated the course difficulty as Appropriate to Too difficult. The amount of work required in relation to the number of credits given has been rated as Too large by most of the participants. The overall impression of quality of the lectures were divided by the students and was rated from Very bad to Very good. The majority of the participants rated the level of the mandatory assignemnts as Appropiate to High and that the amount of work involved in the assignments was Too large.

The overall impression is that the course is difficult and time consuming due to the weekly assignments and mid-term project.

Quotes:

(Three strengths of the course) The fact that students are required to implement what is learned in the lectures. The lecturers’ interest in the subject is transferred to the students through engaging lectures and live network intrusion during classes. The final exam appropriately reflected what was learned throughout the course.

The weekly assignments are sometimes too large, such that the total workload becomes ambitious at times. Since the midterm project workload was very large, it should be evaluated as a part of the final grade.

This course provided broad knowledge of how stateful firewalls and network/host intrusion detection systems function. In addition, students are required to implement working solutions and protect their networks against hacking attempts from the teachers. The professors are very talented and eager to pass their knowledge on to their students.

About the course evaluation

The course evaluation is done by students in FUI (Fagutvalget ved Institutt for informatikk), and is based on questionnaires made at the end of each semester.