This course will enable students to understand the technology that underlies the
World Wide Web and provide them with the skills needed to effectively use this
medium. The course introduces techniques for creating hypermedia documents
on the web. Students will learn the basics of HTML, the formatting language
used to author World Wide Web documents, and a subset of Java, a language
that can be used to add interactive elements to web pages. The technology that
makes the Web possible is developing as rapidly as its use is growing. New facilities are introduced frequently. Web "standards" are evolving in several directions simultaneously as vendors introduce competing proposals. Accordingly,
rather than simply learning how to use the Web as it is today, we will also examine the fundamental technologies that make the Web possible. These include
digital encoding techniques, computer network organization, communication
protocols and encryption systems. This material will leave students prepared to
understand future possibilities for, and obstacles to, the development of the Internet.
Format: lecture/laboratory. Evaluation will be based on homework, laboratory
work and examinations. 55% of a student's final grade will be determined by
performance on examinations.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 100/101/102 (or demonstrating proficiency in the
Quantitative Studies diagnostic test-see catalog under Mathematics). This
course is not open to students who have successfully completed a Computer Science course numbered 136 or above. Enrollment limit: 60 (expected: 40).