M&IS 44095 Spring 2006 Formichelli
Course Information
Course title: Special Topics: Programming for the Web Spring 2006
Course number: M&IS 44095 section 001
Course description: An introduction to XHTML, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL
Location: BSA 108 Meeting day: TR Meeting time: 2:15-3:30 PM
Instructor Information
Name: Janet Formichelli, MS
Email: jformich@kent.edu
Office location: BSA A410
Office hours: TR 3:30-5:30, W 1:00-2:00
Phone: 330-672-1159
Prerequisite: M&IS 24070 Principles of System Development; jr/sr standing
Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.
Enrollment: Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes. You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Web for Students) during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section. Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until Friday, January 27, 2006 to correct the error with your advising office. If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered.
Course Goals: To create Web pages using XHTML and JavaScript. To do server-side scripting using PHP. To create XML documents and schemas.
Summary of key components of the course:
Fundamentals
• World Wide Web
• Web browsers
• Web servers
• URLs
• Internet mail extensions
• HTTP
XHTML
• XHTML and HTML
• Basic formatting elements
• Lists
• Links
• Images
• Tables
• Forms
• Cascading Style Sheets
JavaScript
• Syntax
• Operations and expressions
• Control Statements
• Functions and objects
• Arrays
• Forms and form elements
• Pattern matching
SQL
• SELECT
• WHERE
• ORDER BY
• INSERT
• UPDATE
• DELETE
PHP
• String processing and regular expressions
• Viewing client/server environment variables
• Form processing and business logic
• Verifying a user name and password
• Connecting to a database
• Cookies
Textbook: Sebesta, Robert, Programming the World Wide Web, Second Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2003. ISBN: 0-321-14945-9
WebCT
The WebCT site at https://class.kent.edu/webct/public/home.pl will basically manage the course. The syllabus, assignments, Power Point slides, and other course information will be found there. A help page for using WebCT is found at: http://webcthelp.kent.edu/v3/
Course Requirements
6 assignments: (25 points hw1, 35 points hw2-6) 200 points
3 exams: (50 points each) 150 points
Final project and presentation: 50 points
Grading Scale
For general information on the new plus/minus grading system, go to:
http://business.kent.edu/news/plusminus.asp For more information, there is an online brochure at: http://www.uss.kent.edu/PDF/pm_grading_brochure.pdf
This scale is followed closely. There is no rounding up if you are close.
There is no extra credit.
A (4.0) 93-100
A- (3.7) 90-92
B+ (3.3) 87-89
B (3.0) 83-86
B- (2.7) 80-82
C+ (2.3) 77-79
C (2.0) 73-76
C- (1.7) 70-72
D+ (1.3) 67-69
D (1.0) 60-66
F (0.0) 0-59
Office Hours
Office hours are listed above. If you regularly attend class and labs, but need extra help with assignments, you may receive it during office hours. The instructor’s computer does not have a floppy disc drive. So for help with debugging a program, either e-mail your assignment to yourself using your Kent address or bring in a CD or USB flash drive.
E-mail
When there are schedule changes or other announcements, the instructor will e-mail you using your KSU e-mail address. Check this frequently. If you commonly use another address, forward your Kent e-mail to that address. You can do this easily on the Kent Help Desk site at: http://helpdesk.kent.edu/faq/Email/fmail/
To e-mail the instructor use: jformich@kent.edu or if you reply to an e-mail from the instructor with another address, that is ok. Do not e-mail the instructor at WebCT.
For homework assignments, if you put the letters hw with a space on each side of the hw in the subject line of the e-mail, a reply will be generated to you that the instructor has received your homework. For example:
Subject: Jones hw 5 (Note spaces on each side of hw.)
You will not get the reply immediately, but you should have it within a day.
Attendance
Missing class is not an excuse for failure to understand material or complete assignments. Material covered in class will not be covered again outside of class. It is up to you to read the material and get notes from another student if you miss class. Do not expect any special help or privileges if you do not attend class regularly.
Late Assignments
Programming assignments are to be e-mailed to the instructor by the beginning of the class time on the date on which they are due. Absence from class is not an excuse for not having the assignment in. Late assignments will be penalized 10% per day (not per class session). Assignments will not be accepted after one week beyond the due date.
Make-up Exams
Make-up exams are given only under extraordinary circumstances. Inform the instructor as soon as possible (ideally before the exam). Some form of written excuse for absence from an exam is required.
Academic Honesty
University Policy:
Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit. The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense. It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or course. Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University.
Course Policy:
Academic honesty is expected and required. HELPING fellow students is acceptable, and is actually a very good way to learn the material (particularly with debugging programs). COPYING is NOT acceptable, and will result in loss of credit for the assignment, and possibly failure of the course for all students involved. Follow these guidelines:
All work on the design and basic coding phase of a program should be your own. That is, sitting in a group writing a program together is considered to be copying.
If you receive help with debugging part of an assignment, then you must acknowledge that help in the documentation of that section (your grade will not be affected).
If you give help to another student, then it is your responsibility to make sure that they fully understand the concepts. You may help them to debug the program, but you may not give them code.
If copying programs is suspected, both (or all) students involved will receive zeros for that assignment at the least, and possibly a failure for the course. DO NOT GIVE OTHERS YOUR CODE. If they ask you for it, ask to see theirs instead and help them debug.
Students with Disabilities
University policy 3342-3-18 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access equal access course content. If you have documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through the Student Disability Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sds for more information on registration procedures).
