Csci 426
Introduction to Web Programming
Course description: Current technologies used in data sharing and data gathering over a network. Fundamentals needed to support e-commerce. No duplicate credit for CSCI 426 and CSCI 556.
Prerequisites: Csci 308 and Csci 309, or permission of department head.
Text: Beginning PHP4, by Wankyu Chjoi, Allan Kent, Chris Lea, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman, et. al., Wrox Press, 2000.
Information from several web sites will be covered during the course of the semester.
Course material
Course material will include the following topics:
| Topics | Approx. time |
|---|---|
| HTML / XHTML Basics | ~1.5 weeks |
| Cascading Style Sheets | ~ 1.5 weeks |
| Web Servers and HTTP Protocol | 1.0 week |
| Forms | 1.0 week |
| PHP Basics | 2.0 weeks |
| Sessions | 2.0 weeks |
| Database Connections | 2.0 weeks |
| XML | 2.0 weeks |
| Tests | 1.0 week |
Assessment
The Semester score for the course will be calculated by using the weights (%) indicated below:
| Weight (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 75% | Semester average | Tests | ______ % |
| Assignments | ______ % | ||
| _________ | ______ % | ||
| 25% | Final exam grade |
The Semester letter grade in the course will be assigned according to the scale below:
| Semester grade | Semester score |
|---|---|
| 90–100 | A |
| 80–89 | B |
| 70–79 | C |
| 60–69 | D |
| 0–59 | F |
Notes:
- If a student has an average of less than 60 on the programming assignments, then a semester mark of an F will be assigned in this course.
- In cases of an excused absence, the instructor reserves the right to reweight the final exam in lieu of a make-up test.
- In the case where a student's score on his final exam indicates exceptional achievement above and beyond that indicated by the semester average, the instructor reserves the right to reweight the value of the final exam in computing the semester grade.
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