Maricopa Community Colleges  CSC185   19982-20016 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  05/27/97
CSC185      19982-20016 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
World Wide Web and Introductory Internet Programming
Organization of and access to information on the Internet. Creation of multimedia, interactive homepages. Ethical issues, including security and privacy on the World Wide Web. Prerequisites: None.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
CSC185   19982-20016 World Wide Web and Introductory Internet Programming
1. Define the terms "Internet" and "World Wide Web." (I, II)
2. Explain in general terms what happens when a user requests to view specific information on the World Wide Web. (I, II)
3. Locate, download, install and use the most current version of the Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator browser. (II, III, IV)
4. Locate and download using tools on the Internet information available only on an overseas server. (III, IV)
5. Add animation to a homepage using commercial homepage construction tools. (III, V, VI)
6. Create a homepage which contains images, links, and lists. (V)
7. Publish the homepage on the World Wide Web. (V, VI, VII)
8. Describe in general terms how information from a homepage is incorporated into a search engine. (IV)
9. Explain the roles played by HTML, Java, JavaScript and CGI scripting on the World Wide Web. (V, VII)
10. Describe a current legal or ethical issue involving the World Wide Web. (VIII)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
CSC185   19982-20016 World Wide Web and Introductory Internet Programming
    I. Introduction to the Internet
        A. Hardware
          1. Clients
          2. Servers
          3. Routers
          4. Networks
        B. Network technology
          1. Information packets
          2. IP addresses
          3. Domain name services
        C. History
      II. The World Wide Web
          A. Architecture
            1. Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
            2. Servers and the Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
            3. Clients and the role of browsers
          B. Homepages
          C. Electronic mail
          D. News groups
          E. Future and growth
        III. Introduction to Multimedia Information
            A. Image files
            B. Sound
            C. Video
          IV. Finding and Accessing Information
              A. Search engines
              B. Telenet
              C. FTP and gopher
              D. Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
              E. Downloading information
            V. Creating Homepages
                A. Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML)
                B. Fonts, bold, italics, and colors
                C. Images and backgrounds
                D. Links
                E. Lists
                F. Animation
                G. Tables
                H. Forms
                I. Style issues and guidelines
              VI. Tools for Creating Information
                  A. HTML editors
                  B. Graphics and image tools
                VII. Creating Dynamic and Interactive Homepages
                    A. Scripting languages
                      1. JavaScript
                      2. VB Script
                    B. Java applets
                    C. Server side processing
                  VIII. Privacy, Security, and Ethics on the World Wide Web
                      A. Copyright laws
                      B. Privacy laws and issues
                      C. Security concerns
                      D. Case studies
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