M&IS 44095 Spring 2009 Formichelli
Course Information Spring 2009
Course title: Special Topics: Programming for the Web
Course number: M&IS 44095
Section: 001
CRN: 10875
Course description: An introduction to XHTML, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL
Location: BOW 137 Meeting day: TR Meeting time: 12:30-1:45 PM
Instructor Information
Name: Janet Formichelli, MS
E-mail: jformich@kent.edu
Office location: BSA A410
Office hours: TR 2:30-4:30, W 4:15-5:15
Office phone: 330-672-1159 (e-mail preferred)
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 Student Tools/Flashfast) 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 30, 2009 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: Jennifer Niederst Robbins, Web Design in a Nutshell, Third Edition, O’Reilly Media, 2006. ISBN 978-0-596-00987-8
WebCT
The WebCT site at http://vista.kent.edu will basically manage the course. The syllabus, assignments, Power Point slides, and other course information will be found there. If you need help with Vista, there is a link to Learning with Vista—Student Training Modules on the MyWebCT page.
Course Requirements
5 assignments: (35 points each) 175 points
3 exams: (50 points each) 150 points
Final project and presentation: 25 points
Grading Scale
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
Labs
There will be a lab the last half hour of class every Thursday during which you can also get help from the instructor. The labs will take place in BSA 224.
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 . Do not e-mail the instructor at WebCT.
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 help during office hours or by e-mail if you do not attend class regularly.
Homework Assignments
Assignments are to be submitted to WebCT. Absence from class is not an excuse for not having submitted the assignment. You may re-submit assignments up to the time the assignment is due with no penalty. After that, late assignments will be penalized 10% per day (not per class session). Assignments can not be submitted 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 course content. If you have a 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 Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sas for more information on registration procedures).
