Next Semester's Courses

COMP 10500-Introduction to Web Site Development LA, NS

3 CREDITS

INSTRUCTORS:

01, Paul Dickson, Williams 401A, X43602, pdickson@ithaca.edua            

02-04: Staff            

ENROLLMENT: 30 per section

STUDENTS: Students with some basic knowledge of how to use a computer. Prior experience using Microsoft Windows or the Mac OS is expected. Students who have completed or are taking COMP-20500 may not receive credit for this course. Students may not receive credit for both this course and MGMT-26000.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduction to the Internet, web browsers and web development software tools. Students study web-page design techniques and concepts and use these to develop web pages with basic HTML and more advanced features such as tables, forms, and style sheets. The basics of storing and displaying graphics and creating images for the web are also studied. The use of scripting languages such as JavaScript is introduced.

COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lectures, tutorials/labs, and projects.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Homework and topic quizzes, labs/tutorials, projects, class participation, and final exam.

 

COMP 10600-Introduction to Multimedia Programming LA, NS

3 CREDITS

INSTRUCTORS:

01-02, Dick Cowan, Williams 321C, X274-7054, rcowan@ithaca.edu

03, Sharon Stansfield, Williams 401E, X43630, sstansfield@ithaca.edu  

ENROLLMENT: 30 per section

PREREQUISITES: Familiarity with computers assumed.

STUDENTS: Students with some basic knowledge of how to use a computer. Prior experience using Microsoft Windows or the Mac OS is expected.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The focus of this course is to learn how to digitally create and manipulate various forms of media, such as images, drawing and animation, sound, movies and games. 

COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Labs, quizzes, and a series of projects, including a large final project.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: quizzes, projects, and labs.

 

COMP 10700-01 Introduction to 2D Game Development LA, NS, 2b

4 CREDITS

01: Staff

ENROLLMENT: 30 per section.

PREREQUISITES: Familiarity with computers assumed.

STUDENTS: Experience using Windows or the MacOS is expected.  No previous programming experience is required.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: An introduction to the various types of games (advergames, serious games, entertainment games, etc.) and to the design, development, and implementation of two-dimensional (2D) games. Topics to be covered will include principles of designing games and the computational methods and tools used to create game content. Concepts will be put into practice as students design and develop their own 2D games.

COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lectures, Labs, projects, and weekly quizzes

COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Labs, projects, and quizzes.

 

COMP 11000-all Computers and Information Technologies LA, NS 2b

3 CREDITS

01-07:  Staff

ENROLLMENT: 30 per section

STUDENTS: This course is appropriate for any student wishing to comfortably and effectively use a computer and information technology tools. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: HLTH 13901, EXSS 13900. Students who have already taken COMP 20100 cannot receive credit for this course.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The primary goal of this course is the development of the basic skills needed to effectively use a computer for personal and professional productivity. Through many hands-on computer labs and projects, students will develop some expertise in the use of a computer and the major software tools used to organize access and manipulate information: primarily, database management systems (ACCESS) and spreadsheets (Excel) and secondarily, operating environments (Windows), slide presentations (PowerPoint) and Web Pages (HTML).  To provide a stronger understanding of computers and information systems, this course also presents an introduction to the components of a computer system, and to social and ethical issues relevant to life in the information age.

COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lectures, tutorials, exercises, projects, quizzes, and two exams. Homework will include tutorials, exercises, and completing projects.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Quizzes, lab modules, projects, and exams.

 

COMP 12400-Geographical Information Systems LA, NS

3 CREDITS

01:  Ali Erkan, Williams 401B, X 4-1764, aerkan@ithaca.edu

ENROLLMENT: 25 per section

STUDENTS: Students with some basic knowledge of how to use a computer. Prior experience using Microsoft Windows or the Mac OS is expected.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Exploration of analytical and computational concepts and skills necessary to create, manipulate, analyze, visualize, and manage computerized maps. Skill-development with multiple tools, each subsequently getting more powerful than the one covered before: Google Maps/Earth, Google Fusion Tables, GisCloud, and Quantum GIS. Technical material balanced with a general treatment of how one stores and uses data+information. Course deliverables based mostly on projects. Instruction based on hands-on learning.

COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lectures, homework, exercises, projects, quizzes, and exams.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Projects and exams.

 

COMP 17100-all Principles of Computing Science I  LA, NS 2b

4 CREDITS

01, Paul Dickson, Williams 401A, X43602, pdickson@ithaca.edua 

02: Staff

ENROLLMENT: 25 per section

STUDENTS: Experience using Windows or the MacOS is expected.  No previous programming experience is required. The course is particularly suited to students wishing to learn how to maximize their ability to utilize a computer to solve problems.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is an introductory course in computational problem solving and computer programming. The course will focus on both imperative and object-oriented design paradigms for effectively solving problems using a computer. The course will include, but will not be limited to, the definition and use of values, variables, objects, standard control structures (e.g., if-else statements, for-loops), and analyzing problems and designing suitable solutions.

COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: 3 lectures per week and one 2 hour lab per week.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: There will be weekly lab assignments, several programming problems to code and test, as well as weekly quizzes and a final exam.

 

COMP 17200-01  Principles of Computing Science II  NS 2b

4 CREDITS

INSTRUCTOR:  Doug Turnbull, Williams 321E, X45743, dturnbull@ithaca.edu

ENROLLMENT: 25 per section

PREREQUISITES: Comp 17100

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  This course will strengthen skills in design, programming and testing of software with an emphasis on the Object-Oriented programming paradigm. Topics will include classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, image processing (2D arrays) and graphical user interface programming.

COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: The course will be a combination of lectures, in-class exercises, and labs, with a strong hands-on approach.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Homework assignments, projects, weekly quizzes, and a final exam.

 

COMP 20500-01 Advanced Web Programming LA, NS

4 CREDITS

INSTRUCTOR:  Doug Turnbull, Williams 321E, X45743, dturnbull@ithaca.edu

ENROLLMENT: 30

PREREQUISITES: COMP-17100

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces web site development and extends these concepts to include interactivity and dynamic web pages. Both client side (e.g., programs in the browser) technologies like JavaScript and server side (e.g., programs on the web server) like PHP are covered in the course. The course begins by extending HTML to XHTML and reviewing cascading style sheets (CSS).  It then covers dynamic web pages (i.e., web pages that change in response to user input) via JavaScript. The course then discusses server-side programming with PHP. Server-side programming allows designers to gather information from web pages and either store it or use it to create new dynamic web pages. Database concepts and the SQL programming language are covered so that students understand how to connect databases to a web application. The course also covers various advanced web programming topics like HTTP, AJAX, HTML5, web security, etc.

COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Four lectures per week.  Some classes will be used to review student work.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: One problem set per week (usually implementing a web technology).  Two exams will be given during the semester. One large term project (done in teams) must be completed over the semester. This project will consist of designing and implementing a large interactive web site. There will be a final presentation of the project during finals week. 

 

COMP 22000-01 Introduction to Data Structures LA, NS

4 CREDITS

INSTRUCTOR: Staff

ENROLLMENT: 25 per section

PREREQUISITES: COMP 17200; COMP 11500 or MATH 11100 (may be taken concurrently)

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course covers basic data structures, including stacks, queues, trees, and graphs. Fundamental algorithmic techniques, such as sorting and searching, are also covered.

COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture & labs

COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: One problem set per week (usually implementing a data structure).  Two exams will be given during the semester. Several mid-sized projects will be completed over the semester.  There will be a final presentation of the project during the last week of classes.

 

COMP 22500-01 HCI User Interface Design and Development  LA, NS

4 CREDITS

INSTRUCTOR: Staff

ENROLLMENT: 25

PREREQUISITES: COMP 17200

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course presents the fundamental concepts of design, prototyping, evaluation, and implementation of user interfaces (UIs). Topics of study include the phases of interface design, product prototyping, interface design principles, and user testing.  Principles of human perception and cognition are covered in terms of how they apply to user interface design.

COURSE FORMAT/STYLE:  Lectures. labs, and class discussion

COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: In-class and homework assignments, major team project and presentation, quizzes, midterm and final exam.