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COQUITLAM COLLEGE

 

COURSE NUMBER: CSCI 165-3

 

TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB

 

DESCRIPTION:

 

This course is an elementary introduction to the Internet and multimedia. Students will study the fundamental concepts and terminology of the Internet, examine a variety of multimedia used by the Internet, and acquire elementary programming skills to generate dynamic web pages. There are no prerequisites for this course; no prior computer science background is required, but students should have ready Internet access. This course is offered in-class, and by distance education.

 

PREREQUISITES/COREQUISITES:

 

None

 

 

TEXTBOOK:

 

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python,
by Jeffrey Elkner, Allen B. Downey and Chris Meyers, Second Edition, 2009
This text can be freely downloaded:
http://openbookproject.net//thinkCSpy/index.html
 
 

RECOMMENDED BOOK:

 

Tomorrow's Technology and You

by George Beekman and Ben Beekman, Ninth Edition, 2009

Publishers: Pearson / Prentice Hall

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-504504-6

ISBN-10:        0-13-504504-5

 

 

REFERENCE BOOKS:

 

The Internet Book (3rd Edition), Douglas E. Comer, Prentice-Hall, 2000

Designing with Web Standards, Jeffrey Zeldman, Pearson Education, 2003

The Non-Designer's Design Book, Robin Williams, Peachpit Press, 2004

 

 

DURATION:                 

 

13 weeks, 3 hours/week.

 

 

TOPICS:

 

Internet Fundamentals

The World Wide Web

Graphics, Digital Media and Multimedia

XHTML

Cascading Style Sheets

Programming in Python 3

Internet Programming

 

                                   

EVALUATION:

 

Classroom and Homework Participation 10%

Quizzes       20%

Midterm Exam  30%

Final Exam    40%

 

Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams

in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C or better).