CSCI 351: Internet Programming

Syllabus

Text:	Recommended: New Perspectives on Creating Web Pages with HTML - Comprehensive (3d edition) by Patrick Carey (ISBN: 0-619-10114-8)
Prerequisites:	Acceptable score on the Mathematics Placement Test or completion of an appropriate course.
Instructor:	Dr. Sergei Bezrukov	sbezruko@uwsuper.edu

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Catalog Description

Internet technologies for the World Wide Web such as HTML, DHTML, CGI, JavaScript and Java. Topics include: basics of HTML, page layout control with cascading style sheets, form processing, working with images and JavaScript based animation, fundamentals of CGI programming under Unix/Linux environment, working with multimedia objects, and Java applets.

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Course Objectives

• To improve your skills in designing dynamic webpages.
• To provide some issues of HTML form processing with JavaScript.
• To give you practical experience of designing CGI scripts.
• To consider some basics for Java applets design.

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Software and Hardware Requirements

• Hardware:
  • Computer with color monitor, CDROM drive, and mouse.
  • Minimum 64 Mb of memory, minimum 2 Mb free space on the hard disk.
  • Internet access (fast access via DSL/cable is not required but recommended).
• Software:
  • Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP/7/8/10   or   Linux/Unix   or   MacOS.
  • Web browser: Mozilla Firefox strongly recommended or Microsoft Internet Explorer or Google Chrome

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Evaluation and Grading

• Scores and grade
  
  • The final grade for the course depends on the averaged score for home work assignments (this score is denoted by hw), scores for two midterm exams (denoted by ex₁ and ex₂), score for the final exam (ex₃), and some amount of bonus points.
  • The total score will be computed according to the formula:
    total score = (25*hw + 25*ex₁ + 25*ex₂ + 25*ex₃) / 100 + bonus
  • The total score will be translated into the final grade according to the following table:

    	A : 93 -	A- : 90 - 92
    B+ : 87 - 89	B : 83 - 86	B- : 80 - 82
    C+ : 77 - 79	C : 73 - 76	C- : 70 - 72
    D+ : 67 - 69	D : 63 - 66	D- : 60 - 62
    F : 0 - 59

• Assignments (25%)
  Eight home work assignments will be assigned and graded.
  • Maximum score for each assignment is 100 points.
  • For final grade purposes, the lowest of the assignment scores will be dropped if it is above 60% (this cannot decrease your average homework score).
  • If hw₁, hw₂, ... , hw₈ are the scores for these assignments (each number in the range 0 to 100), then the total score for the assignments is the average of these scores, that is
    hw = (hw₁ + hw₂ + ... + hw₈) / 8
  • All your files related to the assignments must be uploaded on Canvas for grading.

• Midterm exams (two of them, each worth 25%)
  One exam will be given after passing through the three first sections of the course, and another one will be given about 2.5 weeks before the end of the course. The maximum score for each midterm exam is 100 points.
  • The first exam covers the material from the first part of the course.
  • The second exam emphasizes on the material covered after the first exam.
  • The midterm exams can be taken online.
  • The midterm exams, must be done strictly individually, so no collective solutions or discussions are allowed.
  • No late submission of the exam work is accepted.
  • All your files related to the midterm exams work must be uploaded on Canvas for grading

• Final exam (25%)
  The maximum score for the final exam is 100 points.
  • The final exam is comprehensive. So, any course content from the entire semester is fair game.
    
  • The final exam must be done strictly individually, so no collective solutions or discussions are allowed.
    
  • No late submission of the exam work is accepted.
  • All your files related to the final exam work must be uploaded on Canvas for grading.

• Bonus points (0-6)
  Bonus points will be issued during the last week of the course for:
  • quality and completeness of homeworks (0-2 points)
  • completeness of the answers on the exam questions (0-2 points)
  • overall progress in class (0-2 points)

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Class Policies

• Representing someone else's work as your own without referencing or permitting another student to do so with your work is cheating.
  Cheating might result in administrative actions described in UWS14.03 UW-System Administrative Code Student Academic Disciplinary Procedures.
• A make up of an exam is allowed if an unavoidable absence occurs. A reason for absence must be documented.
• Students are required to check with the instructor if they find some of these rules unclear, before taking an action.

Suggestions for Success in Class

• Ask the instructor right away if something is not clear (send an email).
• Try to find time to solve as many problems from the textbook as possible (even more than it is assigned). Solving the problems is the only way to learn how to solve them.

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University Policies

• Class Cancellations
  When weather conditions are dangerous, students will be informed via the media about class cancellations. Students should not call Campus Safety.
• Accommodation of Religious Beliefs
  Student's sincerely held religious beliefs should be reasonably accommodated with respect to scheduling all examinations and other academic requirements. Students should inform the instructor of these needs at the start of the semester.
• Disabilities Accommodation
  Adaptations of methods, materials or testing will be made to accommodate educational participation. Students should inform the instructor of these needs at the start of the semester.

Please refer to the University Catalog or the UW-Superior Web page for full description of these and other policies.

Last modified: Thu, Jun 13, 2024.