Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

Computer Science (continued)
420-213-LA
Web Publishing
(Concentration course for Computer Science students
only)
This course builds on the topics covered in Web Design
course. Students will continue to learn more HTML5 and
CSS3 skills and use them to create functional, as well as
visually appealing Web pages for various screen sizes and
devices. Students will develop multi-page, professionalquality,
on-line web sites, by incorporating new skills
such as developing pages from templates, using tables
for displaying of data, collecting data from users using
forms, image optimization and animation. Web design
best practices, accessibility standards, search engine
optimization, e-commerce issues, web-hosting, and the
roles involved in large-scale project development will be
explored. Web multimedia and interactivity techniques
will be added to pages through CSS properties and HTML
audio and video elements. A brief look at JavaScript for
client-side scripting will also be included in order to
introduce another means of providing interactivity to a
web page. Building web pages that will work in current
as well as future browsers will be emphasized.
Lab: 4 hrs/week Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: 420-113
420-214-LA
Operating System
(Concentration course for Computer Science students
only)
The course provides students with an introduction to
administering the Linux Operating Environment, and the
essential tools to be able to perform system
administration tasks. The course describes how to install
and manage the Linux system software, how to manage
devices such as disk drives and printers, how to manage
the Linux boot process, how to provide system security
and perform file system backups and restores. Students
are taught how to maintain Linux systems, configure and
troubleshoot the network file system, and configure the
network information system environment.
4 hours/week Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: 420-111
420-311-LA
Interface Design
(Concentration course for Computer Science students
only)
Building on the principles learned in tools for Web
Publishing, students will learn to manipulate graphics
and text in more sophisticated ways for use in form
layout as well as multimedia. An emphasis will be placed
on techniques in interactive design concepts to create
cross‐platform, low‐bandwidth animations utilizing a
vector based application. The course looks at the
development of well‐designed architectures and
coherent interfaces for multimedia, and emphasizes how
user‐centered design can shape information to meet
audience needs. Organizational schemes, navigational
structures, modular layout, principles of interface design,
and usability approaches will all be examined. This
course will also introduce students to Javascript
programming.
3 hours/week Units: 1.66
Prerequisite: 420-213
420-312-LA
Database Fundamentals
(Concentration course for Computer Science students
only)
This course introduces students to basic database
modeling, design, and implementation concepts and
techniques. Entity‐Relationship (E‐R) modeling
methodology is described in detail and students learn
how to model information requirements and develop
conceptual models from user specifications. Relational
database theory is presented including the description of
the relational model and theory of Normal Forms.
Transformations techniques between the E‐R and
relational models are described. Database programming
using SQL is introduced in lectures and supported by
practical exercises using ORACLE (a relational DBMS). In
addition, students learn to create PL/SQL blocks of
application code that can be shared by multiple forms,
reports, and data management applications.
5 hours/week Units: 2.66
Prerequisite: 420-212