COM S 130: Introductory Design and Programming for the Web

Cross-Listing: COM S 130 ( parent)

The World Wide Web is both a technology and a pervasive and powerful resource in our society and culture. To build functional and effective websites, students need technical and design skills as well as analytic skills for understanding who is using the web, in what ways they are using it, and for what purposes. In this course, students develop skills in all three of these areas through the use of technologies such as XHTML, Cascading Stylesheets, and PHP. Students study how websites are deployed and used, usability issues on the web, user-centered design, and methods for visual layout and information architecture. Through the Web, this course provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Information Science. No computer background necessary.

Offered: Fall only

Prerequisites: None.

Grade options: Letter or S/U

Credit hours: 3

Recent offerings:

• http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs130/2007fa
  • Carl Lagoze
• http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs130/2006fa
  • Carl Lagoze
• http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs130/2005fa
  • Phoebe Sengers