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COQUITLAM COLLEGE

COURSE NUMBER: CSCI 165-3

TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA AND THE INTERNET

DESCRIPTION:

This course is an elementary introduction to the Internet and multimedia. Students will study the fundamental concepts and terminology of the Internet, examine a variety of multimedia used by the Internet, and acquire elementary programming skills to generate dynamic web pages. There are no prerequisites for this course; no prior computer science background is required, but students should have ready Internet access. This course is offered in-class, and by distance education.

PREREQUISITES/COREQUISITES:

None

TEXTBOOK:

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python,
by Jeffrey Elkner, Allen B. Downey and Chris Meyers, Second Edition, 2007
This text can be freely downloaded.
 
 

RECOMMENDED BOOK:

Tomorrow's Technology and You

by George Beekman and Michael J. Quinn, Eighth Edition, 2008

Publishers: Pearson / Prentice Hall

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-229720-2

ISBN-10:        0-13-229720-5

REFERENCE BOOKS:

The Internet Book (3rd Edition), Douglas E. Comer, Prentice-Hall, 2000

Designing with Web Standards, Jeffrey Zeldman, Pearson Education, 2003

The Non-Designer's Design Book, Robin Williams, Peachpit Press, 2004

DURATION:

13 weeks, 3 hours/week.

TOPICS:

Internet Fundamentals

The World Wide Web

Graphics, Digital Media and Multimedia

XHTML

Cascading Style Sheets

Programming in Python

Internet Programming

EVALUATION:

Quizzes 10%

Assignments 20%

Midterm Exam 30%

Final Exam 40%

Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams

in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C or better).