Graduate and Continuing Studies

Web Design 

Required Core Courses

CT 206 Introduction to Web Design

This course will introduce students to Web page and Web site design. Students will be introduced to the Macromedia Suite set of tools with special attention on Dream Weaver in this introductory course. The course will introduce some of the challenges facing web-based applications in commercial environments including disabled accessibility, trademarks and copyright. Web site life cycle, policies and management will be covered as well. Students will create a personal or organizational web site as a primary project for this class. Tools will be applied to evaluate the compliance of student sites to existing standards and guidelines. (PC and Internet Operations is a pre-requisite set of skills.)

CT 276 Advanced Web Design

This course will expand on XHTML and web site basics. The course will delve further into the tools offered in the Macromedia Suite (MMS) to include "Fireworks" and "Flash". Diverse graphics formats (GIF, JPG, etc.), animation and the creation and differences between these will be considered. The course will identify methods to address the need for security, privacy, encryption, and web site integrity. Students will continue their development of a web site, incorporating interactive and forms-driven interfaces, as well as advanced graphics. (Prerequisite: CT206)

CT 200 Web Design Using Java Server Pages (JSP)

In this course students will be introduced to the 2.0 version of the JSP specification of Java Server Pages which covers the major revisions to the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) specification. Students will be provided practical advice and detailed coverage of JSP syntax and features and plenty of clear, useful examples of Java Server Pages. Students will be provided with demonstrations of how to embed server-side Java into Web pages, while also covering important topics such as JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), and JDBC database access.

CT 255 Web Design Using HTML, PHP, and MySQL

In this course students will learn how to create HTML Tables, an introduction to Object-Oriented PHP, common PHP Script Elements, PHP & Security, accessing Databases with PHP, and using JOIN Queries in MySQL (PHP: Hypertext Processor) has been designed for students looking to build sophisticated dynamic Web sites. PHP recently surpassed Microsoft’s ASP (Active Server Pages) as the leading server-side scripting language for use on the World Wide Web.  PHP is used on over four million Web Servers on the Internet to provide services such as e-commerce, e-government, inventory management, and much more.  Yahoo!, the most visited web site in the world, recently announced the adoption of PHP as their new scripting platform. PHP is used to easily interact with the open-source database MySQL.  MySQL provides many of the features required of larger, more expensive databases such as Oracle and Microsoft’s SQL Server. 

CT 378 Emerging Internet Issues and Technologies

Students will learn the latest technologies available to web designers such as "Content Management Tools" to include Contribute by MMS, Mambo, Radio Userland, and Blogger; "Search Engine Optimization" using Google, Yahoo!, Adwords, and Overture; and "Advanced Web Design Principles" with XML, XHTML, CSS, and Accessibility issues. This will provide students with both an exposure to rapidly changing areas of the Internet, and to the resources they can use to maintain awareness of the emerging and changing technologies and Internet Issues. (Prerequisites: CT206, CT276)