Syllabus
(Revised May 28, 2002)
Cyberlife, MISM 3325
6 – 10:10 p.m., Room
101
Instructor: Tommy J. Thompson
Division
of Business Syllabi
A.
Catalog Description
This class examines the
Internet by introducing students to some its major components: e-mail, FTP, and
the World Wide Web. Students are
required to create their own web sites, search the World Wide Web to find
information on Internet issues, and understand the ramifications of the
Internet on their personal and professional lives. Prerequisite: COSC 1300, or MISM 3311, or MISM 3303.
B.
Textbooks
The Internet, 3rd
Edition, by
Gary P. Schneider and Jessica Evans, Course Technology, Thomson Learning,
Boston, Massachusetts, Ó2002.
C. Course Outline
The class will consist of lecture,
discussion, and exercises in class. The
student will be expected to devote sufficient time outside the classroom to
read the assigned text, prepare and submit all required assignments in a timely
manner, and to prepare a web page meeting all requirements which will include
learning and practicing the source code statements of hypertext markup
language.
D.
Requirements for
Undergraduate Credit
The final course grade will
be determined using a 1,000 point grading system. There is no rounding up or down in this grading system. Grades are not rounded. For example, 899.99 points equates to a
B. The value for each graded segment is
listed below.
|
Quiz (1) |
25 pt. |
A = 900 - 1000 |
|
Oral Presentation (1) |
25 pt. |
B = 800 - 899 |
|
Research web report |
250 pt. |
C = 700 - 799 |
|
Create/publish Web pages |
250 pt. |
D = 600 - 699 |
|
Mid-term Exam |
200 pt. |
F = below 600 |
|
Final Exam |
250 pt. |
|
The quiz will be done in class.
It will be on the class web site for that one class period only. There will be no make-up if you miss the
quiz. Since due dates are considered
the last possible date for submission, no work submitted after the
published due date will be accepted for grade. Students may submit assignments as soon as they are completed.
E. Methods for Assessing Outcomes
Upon completion of this
course, students will have developed an understanding of the uses, development,
implementation and management of various web sites for both personal and
business use. The student will understand
how a business can achieve a competitive advantage through the proper use and
understanding of the World Wide Web and the effective use of electronic mail.
Student progress will be
measured by administering tests, a web research paper, and a web assignment to
be published on the World Wide Web.
During this course, students
are expected to attend all classes and to be on time. Students are responsible for all assignments and lecture
material including material missed during any absences. Students are expected to makeup any missed
work due an absence or tardiness. If
you are absent on the evening of a test, the make-up test must be taken in the
main office. To take a missed test,
schedule a time through the main office (826-7595). Unless you have made prior
arrangements with the instructor, tests
not taken by the next scheduled class meeting will receive a grade of
zero. Making prior arrangements doe not mean just leaving a phone voice
mail message. The lab is open
for use 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Students must vacant the lab no later than 5 p.m. so as not to
interfere with the evening computer classes.
Students may not assume that an assignment has been submitted by merely
typing it or loading it onto a lab computer.
Work conflicts, family emergencies, military TDY, and sudden changes in
your scheduled work hours are not considered an excuse for failure to submit
your assignments on time.
Attendance will be taken via
the Internet starting the second week of class. Submission of your attendance using the form provided on the
class web site is considered a part of the grading process. Therefore, failure to send your attendance
from a lab computer may not only result in you being counted as absent, but can
have a negative impact on your course grade as well. This is a class on using the Internet; it is not a class that you take
via the Internet. You are
expected to attend all class meetings.
Any student who misses 25 percent or more of the regularly scheduled
class meetings will receive de of F in this course. The university attendance policy can be found on page 77 of the
2001-2002 academic catalog. If you do
not have a catalog, you may obtain one through the main office. The attendance policy was also part of your
new student orientation, which you were required to take. To summarize, the attendance policy states
that any student who misses 25 percent (three classes for the San Antonio
Campus) or more of a term will receive a grade of F. The university has a very liberal drop policy, especially for
military TDY and medical exigency reasons.
These policies can be found on page 35-36 of the academic catalog. Since the semesters are only eleven weeks in
duration, the university does not differentiate between excused and unexcused
absences. Three late arrivals, early
departures, or combination of the two may be counted as an absence.
F. Supplementary Materials
The software available for
your use on the lab computers includes Netscape Communicator, Microsoft's
Internet Explorer, and Microsoft WordÒ. Personal software may not be loaded onto the lab computers. You may want to obtain a floppy disk to
provide for mobility of your work from lab to home etc. I recommend that if you plan to work on the
web page design from home that you use Netscape Communicator 4.6 or later
version. You may download it free of
charge as a student directly from Netscape.
Microsoft’s FrontPage software may not be used in this class.
All written assignments will
be evaluated according to The Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association, Fifth Edition, ã2001, by the American
Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Copies of this manual are available in the university bookstore for
purchase and on a temporary loan basis.
You may find it helpful to
obtain a copy of Special Edition
Using HTML 4, Sixth Edition, by Molly E. Holzschlag, Que Corporation,
Macmillan Computer Publishing, Indianapolis, Indiana, Ó2000.
This book serves as a reference manual for learning how to program a web
site. If you plan to do web design work
I would definitely recommend you purchase this book. Also its companion book, Special Edition Using JavaScript,
Second Edition, by Andrew Wooldridge and Mike Morgan, Que Corporation,
Macmillan Computer Publishing, Indianapolis, Indiana, Ó1997, will be very useful as a reference
tool.
Additional research
resources are available through the university’s web site at http://www.sa.wbu.edu. The web site for the class is http://satx.wbu.edu/Tommy.Thompson/mism3325,
which will be activated when the semester starts.
G. Method of Instruction
The course will consist of
eleven classes, each class meeting one night a week for four hours. Each class will consist of a lecture
followed by lab time. Students will be
required to take a quiz, two tests, prepare one web research paper, and one web
page design that will be published on the World Wide Web.
H. Bibliography
The university provides
students with a handout listing available research facilities and libraries in
the San Antonio area. The San Antonio
Center provides access to the Internet through the lab computers. You may connect to the Harrington Library
Facilities through the Internet. Refer to the attached sheet for additional
resources. You may also want to copy
the URL addresses for the research facilities listed on our web site for use at
home or the office.
I. Schedule of Assignments
See
the attached schedule for a weekly listing of assignments and tests.
My
office hours are by appointment Monday through Friday. Call 826-7595 ext. 225 to arrange an
appointment.
You
may leave a voice mail message for me after normal office hours. My e-mail address is
t-thom@wbu.edu.
J. Provision for Handicapped Students
It is university policy that no otherwise qualified disabled person be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the University. Any student, who because of a disabling condition may require some special arrangement to meet course requirements, should contact the instructor on the first day of class to make the necessary accommodations.
K. Supplemental Instructions
The web research paper will
be evaluated in accordance with the guidelines established in the APA Manual. The following additional instructions are provided for clarity. Papers must be typed. Papers must be
double-spaced. Papers must be left
justified. Papers must contain a title page listing your name, class
number, day your class meets, and the topic of your paper; a written narrative not to exceed two pages
addressing your favorite search engine and why you consider it your favorite,
the body of the paper consisting of the twenty-five
(one-page) printouts from your web research; a reference list indicating all complete web addresses you used in
your assembled paper, and lastly a printout
of the grade sheet for your research project from the class web site
(available on the class web site). Your paper must be assembled in the
sequence listed: title page, written narrative, 25 printouts in the order
listed, reference list, and the grade sheet. Refer to your class web
site for the correct method to cite a web reference. Prepare your reference list in the sequence
given for each assignment rather than alphabetical order. Pay particular attention to how you cite
your references. The URL you list must
be complete. Each reference must
show the complete URL to include the exact web page you are referencing,
not just the primary domain. If you
merely refer to the URL printed on your web page printouts they most likely will
be incomplete, since they often truncate the URL for space. If you cannot type the URL as written on the
location line of your browser and reach the web site, then it is probably
incorrectly written. The same attention
should be paid to typos on your part.
Papers must be stapled in the upper left corner (no folders or binders
etc.). A heavy-duty stapler is
available in the office, if needed. The
assembled paper must contain at least twenty-five
references from the Internet, each corresponding to an attached printed web
page. Do not submit the assembled
paper until it is completely finished. Submit only the one page of the reference
that contains the required research item, photo, or topic, even if the web
page you referenced prints as multiple pages.
Using an ink pen, write your
name on each page and number each page consecutively top to bottom starting
with the title page on top as # or # pages (example: Tom Thompson, 1 of 30
pages). Place this identification on
the bottom of each page.
Your web page design must
contain a minimum of three separate
pages, with link to each page; either a frameset and at least two frames or a JavaScript; a table; a graphic image; a form; and it must be correctly
published in the directory established for you on the web server. The grade sheet used is available on the
class web site.
Class
meeting and examination schedule.
(Refer to Appendices A, B, C, D and F
in the back of your text for assistance in creating a web page.)
Week
1 – May 30
Lecture covers
chapter 1. Introduction to the
worldwide web, http, TCP/IP, domains, URL, topologies, web browsers, history of
the Internet, and how it all works together.
Assignment of projects and paper.
Week
2 – June 6
Lecture covers
chapter 2, and addresses connecting to the Internet, types of service, ADSL,
ISDN, TELNET, ftp. Students will be issued his or her user ID
and password for accessing the server this evening.
Lecture covers
chapter 3, and addresses E-mail and communicating via the Internet. Students will compose, send, receive, reply,
and forward e-mail messages, and learns how to use the address book. Students
will also learn about bookmarks or favorites.
Students must have decided on the
theme for their web site design by this evening.
Week
4 – June 20
Lecture covers
chapter 4, and addresses the use of search engines, web browsers, HTML, URL,
and discussion on copyrights and the web.
Week
5 – June 27
Lecture covers
chapters 5 and 6, and addresses HTML coding and the creation of the student's
web page. It also covers browsers, URL,
security, forms, and safeguarding of information on the web. Students will also learn the difference
between Intranet and Internet. A quiz (25 pt. of final grade) will be given
via the web site this evening. There is
no make-up for a missed quiz.
Week
6 – July 4 (Class will not meet, but
the mid-term exam is scheduled via the web starting this
evening.)
Beginning with
this evening, the Mid-term exam (200 pt. of final grade) covering everything
addressed in weeks one through five will be available on the class web
site. It will remain on the class web
page until the following class meeting.
The test must be answered, submitted, and graded through the class web
site.
Week
7 – July 11
All mid-term
exams must be submitted by the beginning of this class period. Lecture covers chapter 7. Lecture addresses
HTML programming, use of databases, JavaScript’s, client side scripts, server
side scripts, and background designs and colors. Student lab time to work on
web research paper and web page design.
Week
8 – July 18
Lecture covers
chapter 8. Lecture will cover creation
of framesets and frames. Student lab
time to work on web research paper and web page design.
Week
9 – July 25
Short lecture
covers chapter 9, Advanced web design.
Student lab time to work on web research paper and web page design. Your web research paper is due by the end
of this class period (250 pt. of final grade). No extensions will be
granted, even if you are absent.
Week
10 – August 1
Short lecture
covers chapter 10, E-Commerce. Students
will present a short oral
presentation (25 pt. of final grade) to the class addressing their web site, to
include the subject or theme, reason for choosing that theme, any difficulties
encountered and techniques used to overcome those problems, and any other
pertinent information you wish to share with the class concerning your
project. Last date to publish your
web page design and receive a grade (250 pt. of final grade). No
extensions will be granted, even if you are absent. Your user ID and password will be deleted
from the server at the end of this class period.
Week
11 – August 8
Comprehensive in class written final
exam (250
pt. of final grade) covering everything
addressed during the class from week one through the end of the course. Make up final exams will be given for
medical emergencies and unscheduled military deployments if you make
arrangements with the instructor. Incomplete grades will not be given except
for medical emergencies.
Final
exam and course grades will be e-mailed to you at the e-mail address you
provided me through the class web site.
If you do not choose to provide an e-mail address to me, you will
receive your official grade approximately three weeks into the following
term. No grades will be given out over
the phone or via the mail. If you do
not have a personal e-mail address you may establish one through any number of
services such as Hotmail.
Web research paper special instructions.
You are planning to take a vacation,
and you have decided to use the Internet to assist you in planning your
trip. You are considering four
locations for your vacation, the East Coast of the United States, the West
Coast of the United States, Italy, or a vacation in pursuit of your hobby --
studying volcanoes. Select one of the
four trips mentioned. Using the list
provided for each trip, find each of the listed items through the Internet.
Refer to paragraph K of the syllabus for detailed instructions
concerning your paper.
East Coast of the United States
Vacation
1.
Determine the airline
fare from San Antonio to Washington
D.C.
2.
You want to visit the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to
see the Spirit of St. Louis. Print out a photo of the plane.
3.
You want to visit the nation's capitol and want a photo
of it.
4.
You want a photo
of the Washington Monument.
5.
You are interested in history, and would like to see the Letter of Resignation signed by
President Richard M. Nixon. You want a photo of the letter in National
Archives.
6.
You would like a photo
of the Jefferson Memorial.
7.
You want a photo
of the Speaker of the House.
8.
You want to obtain a rental car while on your trip. Printout the rates of a rental car to be picked up in Washington D.C. and dropped
off in New York City
9.
You plan to visit Arlington National Cemetery and want a photo of Iwo Jima Memorial.
10.
While at the cemetery, you would like a photo of the Eternal Flame
marking President John F. Kennedy’s gravesite.
11.
To get to New York City, you need a road map. Print out a map
from Washington DC to New York City.
12.
You want to travel to New York City. While driving up I-95, you plan to stop in
Philadelphia and see the Liberty Bell. You want a photo of the bell.
13.
In New York City, you want a photo of the famous Empire
State Building.
14.
You want to attend a Broadway
play. Print an advertisement of a current play.
15.
You are interested in bridges, and would like a photo of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
16.
You plan a short day excursion up the Hudson River to the
United States Military Academy at West Point, and want a photo of the Cadet Chapel.
17.
On your trip up the Hudson River, you visit Tarrytown, New
York and see first hand the area used in the story Legend of Sleepy
Hollow. Printout information on the area of Tarrytown.
18.
Back in the city, you plan to visit the Statue of Liberty
and would like tour information, fees,
and hours of operation.
19.
You want to visit Coney Island and ride the famous
Cyclone. Printout a photo of the Cyclone.
20.
A trip to New York City has to include a visit to Central
Park. However you are interested in the
history of the park. Printout the history of the park.
21.
Through 25 Select
five additional web sites in either New York City, Washington DC or within
twenty-five miles of that vicinity.
Include a photo, a history note, or the exhibit fees and hours.
Volcano Journey
1.
You have decided to use a rental car for the first portion
of your journey. This first leg will
take you from San Antonio to New Mexico, to Arizona, to Oregon, to Washington,
to Alaska. Printout the rental car fees for such a trip
using unlimited mileage. Choose any
rental agency you would like.
2.
You would also like to printout a map of the route to take from San Antonio to New Mexico and on to
Arizona.
3.
First stop, the Capulin volcano in New Mexico. You would like a printout of the history of the volcano.
4.
Next is Sunset crater near Flagstaff, Arizona. You would like a photo of the Bonito Lava
flow.
5.
It is on to Oregon where you would like to have a map of the Axial Volcano.
6.
You would like USGS
new hazard assessment for Crater Lake Oregon.
7.
Next you go to Mt. St. Helens. You want a photo of the
May 18, 1980 eruption.
8.
While in that part of the United States, you would to like
to eat dinner in the famous Hobo Inn located around Mount Rainier. You need the phone number to the Hobo Inn.
9.
You decide to drive to Alaska and visit Mt. Akutan. You would like a text printout of the volcanic activity from 1790 to present.
10.
Next you decide to fly to Hawaii. Determine the airfare from
Alaska to Hawaii.
11.
In Hawaii you want a history
of the eruptions of Kilauea.
12.
Leaving Hawaii, you go to the Philippines. You want to review first hand the eruption
of Mt. Pinatubo. You would a photo of the June 12, 1991 eruption.
13.
While in the Philippines you decide to visit the Taal
Volcano, but you need a map of the
location of the volcano.
14.
You decide to take some time out to do some much-needed
research in Philippines. You visit the
Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City.
You would like a printout of the
university's home page.
15.
You take a trip to the Lampung Province in the Sunda Strait
between Java and Sumatera Island, and visit the Krakatau Volcano. You would like a photo of the Krakatau Monument at Teluk Betung.
16.
It is on to Mexico City and Mt. Popocatepetl. You would like a photo of the volcano and a listing of the September 23, 1998 activity.
17.
You take a short flight to the West Indies and visit
Montserrat. You would especially like a
photo of the pyroclastic flows.
18.
Next you fly to Sicily, where you visit Mount Etna. You would a photo of the August 1997 eruption.
19.
You are off to Greece to visit the Santo Volcano, Fira
Santorini, Greece. You want to use a
particular travel agency to see the volcano and therefore need the phone number of the Santo Volcano Travel
Agency.
20.
Next you are off to Russia to visit the Bezymianny Volcano
in Kamchatka. However, you want a
printout of the conversion rate of
the Rouble (or Ruble, depending on which dictionary you use) to the US dollar.
21.
Through 25. Select five additional web sites within
twenty-five miles of any location visited.
Include a photo, a history note, or the exhibit fees and hours.
Italian Vacation
1.
Determine the airfare
from New York City to Rome, Italy.
2.
Since you will have to use Italian Lira, you want to check on the conversion
rate to the US dollar.
3.
While in Rome, you want to see the Catacombs of Saint
Callixtus. You want a photo of the tomb.
4.
You want to visit the Vatican and see the Sistine Chapel. You want a photo of the ceiling.
5.
You have heard of the Trevi
Fountain and would like a photo
of it.
6.
You plan on seeing the Roman Colosseo (coliseum) and the
Roman forum and would like a photo
of either of these places or both
together.
7.
You have heard of Michelangelo's First Pietà in Saint Peter's Basilica. You would like a photo
of the sculpture. (There were four pieta altogether, so don't get
confused. One is in Rome, one in Milan,
and two in Florence).
8.
You take a weekend excursion to visit the ruins of Pompeii,
and want a photo of the streets of Pompeii.
9.
While in the area, you visit the Island of Capri, and want
the phone number and address of the Quisisana and Grand Hotel.
10.
While in the area, you visit Sicily, and would like an article on the town of Marsala, Sicily.
11.
You return through Rome and head up the coast to Pisa. You would like a photo of the leaning tower
(the bell tower) of Pisa.
12.
Next you go to Florence and visit the famed Uffizi
Museum. You want to view a photo of Michelangelo's the "Holy
Family".
13.
You want to visit The Santa
Croce Church and would like a photo
of the church.
14.
Just outside Florence, you take in the ancient city of San Gimignano, the city of towers. You would like a photo of the city.
15.
Next you head north to Venice, where you plan to visit St.
Mark's Square and would like a photo of
the square.
16.
You have heard stories about the Bridge of Sighs, and you want a photo of the bridge.
17.
You also want to visit the Island of Burano and see lace
being made. You would like of photo of art of lace making on Burano.
18.
A visit to Venice would not be complete without a gondola ride. You certainly want a photo
of this.
19.
Leaving Venice, you decide to visit Verona and you want a photo of the balcony where Juliet stood
as Romeo spoke to her.
20.
You continue on to Milan, where you take in Leonardo da
Vinci's, "The Last Supper". You want a photo of the fresco.
21.
through 25. You
select five additional web sites in Rome, Sicily, Venice, Florence, Milan, or
within twenty-five miles of those vicinities.
Include a photo, a history note, or the exhibit fees and hours.
West Coast of the United States
Vacation
1.
Determine the airfare
for a trip from San Antonio, Texas to
Los Angeles, California; and
returning from San Francisco, California
to San Antonio, Texas.
2.
Determine the rental
car rates for one-week, with a pickup in Los Angeles and a drop-off in San
Francisco.
3.
Printout a map
that includes Los Angeles, Death Valley,
Yosemite, San Francisco, and Monterey.
4.
You start by flying to Los Angeles. You visit the RMS Queen Mary and would like photo of the ship.
5.
Next you take a short trip and visit San Juan Capistrano,
and want a web page that addresses
the Swallows of San Juan Capistrano.
6.
You visit Disneyland,
and want a page listing the Indiana
Jones attraction.
7.
Next you drive to Los Angeles, and visit the famous corner of Hollywood and Vine. You want a photo of the intersection of those two streets.
8.
Not far away, you visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame. You want a photo of the first movie
star placing a star on the walk
in 1960.
9.
Next you drive to Death Valley, and want the telephone number and address of the Death Valley National Park.
10.
You head to Yosemite National Park, and want a photo of either El Capitan or Bridal Vail
Falls.
11.
Next you head for San Francisco. No trip to that city would be complete without a visit to the Golden Gate Bridge. You want the statistics of the bridge.
12.
Interested in history, you want a photo of the 1906 earthquake
that destroyed much of San Francisco.
13.
You also want a photo
of a cable car in San Francisco.
14.
You take a cable car to the end of the line at Fisherman’s
Wharf to feast on some Boudin’s
Sourdough Bread. You want the address.
15.
You want a photo
of the lighthouse on Alcatraz Island.
16.
Next you take a short excursion south to Monterey,
California. You want a photo of the Pebble Beach golf course.
17.
In Monterey you visit the site of Cannery-Row, and you want a printout
of the history.
18.
You visit the seashore and want a photo of the Sea Otters
at Monterey.
19.
Next you want information
on the frog-jumping contest at the Calaveras County Fair.
20.
You plan to end your vacation by taking a short trip north
along the coastal highway to get a photo
of the giant trees in the Armstrong
Redwoods State Reserve.
21.
through 25. You
select five additional web sites in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Death Valley,
Monterey, or within twenty-five miles of those vicinities. Include a photo, a history note, or the
exhibit fees and hours.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Students are encouraged to use the Internet’s search tools to improve information gathering and provide a broader array of up-to-date sources. The World Wide Web is a section of the Internet that offers easy access to text, graphics, and other multimedia resources. Some of the major search engines are:
Altavista (http://www.altavista.digital.com)
Argus (http://www.clearinghouse.net)
DejaNews (http://www.dejanews.com)
Excite (http://www.excite.com)
HotBot (http://www.hotbot.com)
Infoseek (http://www.infoseek.com)
Lycos (http://www.lycos.com)
Magellan (http://www.mckinley.com)
MetaCrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com)
Switchboard (http://www.switchboard.com)
Webcrawler (http://www.webcrawler.com)
Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com)