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WEB200 » Syllabus

Class: Theory of Web Design
Quarter: Spring 2017
Time: M/W from 3:00pm to 4:50pm in room BE3156
Credits: 4.0
Class Hours: 44
Type of Course: Workforce Education Preparatory
Length of Course: 11 weeks
Prerequisite: WEB120 (or concurrent enrollment)

Course Description:

This course gives an overview of the basic principles and practices of professional website design, including site structure, page layout, navigation, color theory, typography and best coding practices.

Course Goals:

The students will design and develop a website for a small to medium sized business while focusing on site structure, page layout, navigation, color theory, typography and best coding practices. This class will provide the student with a case study and website portfolio piece to present to potential employers.

Course Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of WEB200, the student will be able to:

• Develop a successful underlying structure of a website
• Create a solid navigational foundation for a website
• Design readable pages with appropriate content layout
• Create aesthetically pleasing website designs via the use of typography, color theory and imagery
• Use the latest HTML, CSS & PHP standards to build a successful protosite

Required Text:

• Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition), by Steve Krug

Recommended Text:

• The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web, by Dave Shea & Molly E. Holzschlag
• Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design, by Andy Clarke & Molly E. Holzschlag

Supplemental Text:

• Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media, by Jim Krause
• The Web Designer’s Idea Book: The Ultimate Guide To Themes, Trends & Styles In Website Design, by Patrick McNeil
• HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling, Paul Haine
• CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions, Andy Budd, Simon Collison, Cameron Moll
• PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy, by David Powers
• Programming PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe, Peter MacIntyre
• Introducing HTML5, by Bruce Lawson, Remy Sharp
• Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte, by Ethan Marcotte

Evaluation Methods:

Your final grade will be a culmination of your Class Assignments:

• Assignments will create an overall Class Project to be presented at the end of the quarter
• Assignments require critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Assignments will be “due” according to the class Schedule (Winter) or Schedule (Spring)*
• Students are responsible for assignment information on assignment pages
• Students are also responsible for assignment information given in class
• Assignments will be marked down 25% for every week they are late

*Students must check the schedule before asking the instructor, “When is this due?”

Code of Ethics:

All downloads provided by this site are the intellectual property of the respected author(s) and are available for example and resource purposes only. Students are expected to create their own design and production work and write their own code. Turning in downloaded and or copied and pasted code as your own assignment work is considered to be plagiarism and is subject to disciplinary action by the college.

Student Conduct:

It is the intention of SCCC to provide both a safe and nurturing environment for students, faculty and staff. To maintain and promote that environment, the college subscribes to a specific code of conduct, which is in accord with the Washington Administrative Code for all public institutions.

ADA Statement:

Students with documented disabilities requesting class accommodations, requiring special arrangements in case of building evacuation, or have emergency medical information the instructor should know about are asked to contact the disability support services office (DSS) in Rm. 1112. Once the disability is verified with DSS you will be given a letter of accommodation that should be to handed to your instructor.