CS106: Programming Web Pages for Poets, Artists, and Scientists

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Course Description

This is a course about building Web pages but it is also a course about learning to program. From day one students will be building Web pages and as the course progresses these Web pages will become more complex. This course will focus on Web page look and feel as well as the underlying code. Students will learn to use HTML, JavaScript, and cascading style sheets. The programming skills learned in this course can be applied to more advanced courses. No previous programming experience is required. EXP, PRJ

Meeting Time

Tuesday,Thursday: 12:30pm-1:50pm
Adele Simmons Hall
Room: 126
September 4, 2008-December 11, 2008

Instructor

Paul Dickson
Phone: x5861, off campus (413) 559-5861
E-Mail: pedcs-at-hampshire.edu
Office: room 204 Adele Simmons Hall
Office Hours:
Monday-Wednesday 10:20 AM-11:20 AM
Tuesday-Thursday 3:20 PM-4:20 PM (Tuesday-Thursday office hours are subject to overlap with faculty meeting so please check in advance.)
by appointment

TA

Patrick Seymour
E-Mail: pcs05-at-hampshire.edu
"Office:" classroom 126 Adele Simmons Hall
Office Hours:
Monday 9:00PM-11:00PM
Wednesday 9:00PM-11:00PM

Textbook

Required text:
JavaScript by Example
by Ellie Quigley
Prentice Hall

Intranet Webpage

The Hampshire intranet official course webpage that is useful primarily for the discussian board.

Evaluation

Course evaluation will be based on students ability to learn course material and create webpages. Evaluation of comprehension cannot be made without homework assignments and the final project being turned in on time. All assignments must be turned in on the date due, late work will generally not be evaluated. As with all Hampshire College courses academic honesty is expected, make sure your are framiliar with the Hampshire's official statement on plagiarism.

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