CISC 3300: Internet and Web Programming

What's this course about? This page also gives information about

• security issues,
• Unix tutorials,
• setting up your own web pages,
• learning HTML,
• learning emacs.

Instructor information

Faculty: Dr. A. G. Werschulz

• Office: Rm 815D.
• Phone: (212) 636-6325

Class meetings: Thursdays, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., in Room 413.

Office hours:

• Mondays: 11:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.
• Tuesdays: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Thursdays: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Class email list: netwebprog@dsm.fordham.edu. This can be used for both announcements and discussion.

Text and Readings

Grading

• programming assignments: 50%, each graded according to the following standards
  
  

  Correctness	60%
  Quality of user interface	20%
  Overall style of program	20%

  
  
• one midterm exam: 25%
• one final project: 25%

Protocol

• Examinations: There will be one midterm exam, which will be held on Thursday, October 15, during the first part of the usual class session.
• Homeworks: Programming assignments (as announced in class, and on the class website). So far, we have assigned the following:
  • Project 1: A Payroll Calculator
  • Project 2: Frank's Eclectic Grocery
  • Project 3: The WalkOverYa BankCenter
  • Project 4: A Cookie-Based Registration System
• Final project: Rather than a final exam, there will be a final project. It will be graded according to the grading standards of the homework programming assignments. It will be due on Thursday, December 17, at 6:00 pm (which would have been the time of the final exam).

Additional Remarks

• You should read the following documents:
  • Mission statement (what this course is about). This also has a discussion about security issues, with which you definitely need to be familiar. It also briefly discusses the setup of web pages on the computer systems run by the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.
  • Cheating policy
  • Makeup exam policy
• You are encouraged to download class notes from this website. Please note that these are not at all fancily formatted, but you might find them useful.
• You may examine the example programs contained in the text. This directory is organinized by chapters. Feel free to download them and run them.
• If you believe that you have a disabling condition that may interfere with your ability to participate in the activities, coursework, or assessment of the object of this course, you may be entitled to accommodations. If so, please schedule an appointment to speak with me immediately or you may go to the Office of Disability Services (LL207, x6282). Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, all students, with or without disabilities, are entitled to equal access to the programs and activities of Fordham University.
  

Last modified: Thu Nov 12 12:43:18 2009