[geeks] Looking for feedback on developing a course syllabus

[Nemo]

On 22 May 2016 at 16:47, Ido Dubrawsky <idubraws at dubrawsky.org> wrote:
> I spent the past Spring semester teaching a graduate class for the University
> of Maryland on Secure Operating Systems.  It's not from an IT perspective
> completely but more of a Comp Science perspective.  I've been offered the
> opportunity to teach it again next spring and - if I want - to revamp the
> syllabus over the summer (they're actually going to pay me to do this!).
>
> The current syllabus focused on more esoteric and computer science oriented
> topics with some tangential research topics thrown in as well.  I've decided I
> want to focus on security related components in modern operating systems and I
> plan to use some as models (FreeBSD, Qube OS, etc.).  I'm also looking at
> discussing more IT oriented topics such as containers, configurations, etc.
> As I build the syllabus I'd like to send it out periodically to the list
> members to gather your feedback on the direction I'm going.  I'd like to make
> this a really cool course that the students will want to take (this semester
> turned out to be a hit because I don't just read slides off the projector but
> actually talk with the students and try to get them to think about the topics
> - plus I came up with a cool semester project).

Would you consider discussing hardening?

N.