LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
MAC172: WEB DEVELOPMENT I
3 credits (2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab)
Pre/corequisite: MAC101
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to concepts and tools for creating front end web pages using
HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JavaScript libraries. Students will be introduced to common industry
approaches and practices; they will work in teams to create websites using version control tools.
Students will visit websites such as online newspapers, academic journals and cultural exhibitions;
which will allow them to explore perspectives, share insights and communicate ideas on a global
scale.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
This course will be used to assess global learning competency and written communication ability.
TEXTBOOK:
1. Programming the World Wide Web – Robert W. Sebesta, 8th edition, Pearson, 2014, ISBN -
0133775984
2. HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites – Jon Duckett, 1st edition, John Wiley & Sons,
2011, ISBN – 1118008189
3. JavaScript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development – Jon Duckett, 1st edition,
John Wiley & Sons, 2014, ISBN - 1118531647
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
1. Introduce students to fundamentals of web development.
2. Introduce students to HTML and its features.
3. Introduce students to cascading style sheets (CSS).
4. Introduce students to JavaScript, and familiarize them with its syntax, primitives, operations
and expressions.
5. Familiarize students with basic control statements, object creation, arrays and functions.
6. Enable students to use JavaScript to access elements and handle web page events.
7. Enable students to create dynamic documents and web pages using JavaScript and its libraries.
8. Familiarize students with version control and content management systems.
9. Enable students to understand the use of websites in analyzing global trends.
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify different layers and tools required for web development.
2. Illustrate use of various HTML tags to create static web pages.
3. Identify different styles for HTML tags and use CSS to design HTML pages.
4. Describe and explain Java Script syntax and write JavaScript code to perform basic operations
on web page.
