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ITD 110 - Web Page Design I
Stresses a working knowledge of web site designs, construction, and management using HTML or XHTML. Includes headings, lists, links, images, image maps, tables, forms, and frames.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 111 - Web Design for Personal Use
Creates web pages for personal use with a GUI web editor. Creates static and dynamic pages utilizing the basics of web design, links, tables, layout, and cascading style sheets, scan and edit graphics. Designed for non-IT professionals who may have a role in the design, content or implementation of web sites.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: May be determined by local college.
3 credits
ITD 112 - Designing Web Page Graphics
Explores the creation of digital graphics for web design. Includes basic design elements such as color and layout will be explored utilizing a computer graphics program(s).
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 115 - Web Page Design and Site Management
Explores fundamentals of creating web pages and site management with web editing software. Students will learn techniques of web page design as well as managing the resources required to author and maintain a web site.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4-5 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 120 - Design Concepts for Mobile Applications
Provides skills for designing both Web-based and stand-alone applications for wireless devices. Details discussions of the needs for applications including mobile phones and a range of rich hand-held devices such as PDA's. Emphasizes the importance of usability, accessibility, optimization and performance to create fast-loading business enterprise applications and games.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 130 - Database Fundamentals
Introduces the student to Relational Database and Relational Database theory. Includes planning, defining and using a database; table design, linking, and normalization; types of databases, database description and definition.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 132 - Structured Query Language
Incorporates a working introduction to commands, functions and operators used in SQL for extracting data from standard databases.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 134 - PL/SQL Programming
Presents a working introduction to PL/SQL programming with the Oracle RDBMS environment. Includes PL/SQL fundamentals of block program structure, variables, cursors and exceptions, and creation of program units of procedures, functions, triggers and packages.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 136 - Database Management Software
Covers an introduction to relational database theory and how to administer and query databases using multiple commercial database systems.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 195 - Topics In
Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.
May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
ITD 210 - Web Page Design II
Incorporates advanced techniques in web site planning, design, usability, accessibility, advanced site management, and maintenance utilizing web editor software(s).
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 212 - Interactive Web Design
Provides techniques in interactive design concepts to create cross-platform, low-bandwidth animations utilizing a vector based application. Emphasizes the importance of usability, accessibility, optimization and performance.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 220 - E-Commerce Administration
Emphasizes techniques to plan and to design a platform- independent commerce Web site. Focuses on web business strategies, and the hardware and software tools necessary for Internet commerce, including comparison and selection of commerce architecture, installation and configuration, security considerations, and planning of a complete business-to-consumer and a business-to-business site.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 250 - Database Architecture and Administration
Involves in-depth instruction about the underlying architecture of databases and the handling of database administration.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 251 - Database System Development
Provides the student the opportunity to solve a business problem from identification of the problem through the logical design and implementation on a database. Makes use of the knowledge that was gained in the prerequisite courses.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 256 - Advanced Database Management
Focuses in-depth instruction in the handling of critical tasks of planning and implementing large databases. Includes an introduction to concepts of advanced data warehousing and database configuration.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
ITD 260 - Data Modeling and Design
Introduces life cycle application development methodologies in a systematic approach to developing relational databases and designing applications. Presents content introducing functional and business process modeling, using modeling information to produce application designs, analyzing data requirements as entities, attributes, and relationships and map an entity relationship diagram to an initial database design. Identifies the available automated development tools and utilizes Oracle Developer software to perform practical applications of these concepts.
Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: Oracle or SQL programming including DDL, DML, transaction control & queries with SELECT statement and some exposure to procedural language programming.
3-4 credits
ITD 295 - Topics In
Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.
May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
ITD 296 - On-Site Training
Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in selected businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college.
Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits