Mississippi University for Women
SELECTED APPLICATIONS IN MIS – WEB DESIGN
BU 475
SPRING 2006
Instructor of Record:
Office Phone:
Office:
E-mail Address:
Home Page:
Lecture Site:
Dr. Maggie McClintock
329-7257
Reneau Room 220
maggiem@muw.edu
www2.muw.edu/~maggiem
WebCT BU 475
Monday
8:15 – 11:15; 1:00 - 2:00; 3:00 - 4:00
Tues/Thurs 8:15 - 11:15; 1:00 - 2:00
Wednesday 12:00 - 2:00; 3:00 - 4:00
Friday
8:15 - 11:15
Supervised Lab Hours:
Monday/Wednesday 4:00 - 6:00 (Lab Reneau 310)
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Goals of the Course:
At the end of the semester the students will be able to:
 Identify the principal concepts related to the Internet and the management of
Web sites.
 Plan and design web sites.
 Apply the concepts of HTML programming to enhance web sites.
 Utilize Netscape Composer to edit and modify web pages.
 Create web pages using application tools such as PowerPoint and FrontPage.
Office Hours:
PRE-REQUISITE: BU294 or basic computer skills and permission of the instructor.
Requirements of the Course:
Texts:
1. How to Create Web Pages Using HTML
Authors: Laudon, Rosenblatt & Langley
2. Microsoft FrontPage 2003
Author: Jessica Evans
Class Attendance and Policies: Students who are taking the regular sections of
this course are expected to attend all class meetings and be on time. Students
taking the on-line sections of this course should meet with the instructor at
designed times. Attendance will be taken for all sections and the instructor
reserves the right to give special grading consideration to students with perfect
attendance. Any student who misses over 50% of the class meetings will receive
an “F”. Any student auditing the class must attend 70% of the class meetings.
Students are expected to be responsible for their part of any team project and
students that do not comply with the team rules will be penalized by loss of
project points. All projects must be completed to pass the course.
Nature of the Course Content:
The student will demonstrate the ability to perform the following tasks using
appropriate hardware and software: (3 semester hours credit)
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Display the ability to design web sites using a variety of web applications.
Analyze and solve problems related to errors in web pages.
Apply modeling techniques such as Entity-Relationship models.
Use programming and design tools to design and create applications.
Use FrontPage 2003 to create web pages.
Use simple programming language techniques as assigned.
Schedule of Assignments:
Week of Jan. 9
Week of Jan. 16
Week of Jan. 23
Week of Jan. 30
Week of Feb. 6
Week of Feb. 13
Week of Feb. 20
Week of Feb. 27
Week of Mar. 6
Week of Mar. 13
Week of Mar. 20
Week of Mar. 27
Week of Apr. 3
Week of Apr. 10
Week of Apr. 17
Week of Apr. 24
Week of May 1
Course Requirements Overview
Lecture 1 – Internet and Web Design Principles
Lab Project 1
Lab Project 2
Lab Projects completion date
Lecture 2 – Web Editing Methods
Lab Project 3 and 4
Midterm Exam
Lecture 3 – Application Design Tools (FrontPage)
Spring Break
Lab Projects completion date
Lab Project 5
Lab Project 6
Lab Project 7
Lab Projects continued
Lab Project completion date
Final Exams
Methods of Evaluation:
Exams
20% (100 Points)
Projects
80% (400 Points)
Grading Scale:
A - 90-100
B - 80 - 89
C - 70 - 79
D - 60 - 69
F - 59 or below
Exams: Exams will be comprehensive and practical. The object of an exam is to grade
your performance applying techniques and skills learned in the classroom and in the lab.
Makeups for exams are at the instructor’s discretion. If you miss an exam the final exam
may be counted twice to replace your missed midterm. There will be two exams worth
50 points each for a total of 100 points. Your exams will be worth 20% of your final
grade.
Projects: All projects are due on the due date and late projects, if accepted, will have
points deducted. If teams are used, then the team members will participate in the grading
of each team member on team projects. All projects must be turned in. If a
student/team fails to turn in any project then the students’ final grade will be
lowered one full letter grade for each missing project since all projects are required
to pass this class. Your total points for projects will equal 400 points and are worth 80%
of your final grade.
ADA Accommodation: Any student who has a disability that may prevent him or her
from fully demonstrating his or her abilities should contact Academic Support Services at
329-7471 so that accommodations can be made to ensure full participation and
facilitation of your educational opportunities.
Plagiarism: Any student that cheats on a test or a project assignment will receive an “F”
for the course. Copying another student’s work constitutes cheating. Students who are
party to academic dishonesty as defined in the University Bulletin will be referred to the
Academic Standards Board for appropriate action.