NSU 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

453 Nova Southeastern University • Undergraduate Student Catalog • 2014–2015 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS precise Internet content and then critically assessing these findings for value and credibility. Students will also learn about Internet technologies and security, and learn about e-business models. Finally, it will introduce students to design principles for developing usable and accessible Web sites, and allow students to employ tools on how to improve page ranking. Prerequisite: TECH 1110 or TECH 1111 or the Challenge Exam. TECH 3000 Multimedia Design (3 credits) This course offers students literacy in the basic principles of 2-dimension digital multimedia. Students will explore a variety of software applications to create projects and presentations in multiple interfaces including digital photos, animations, sound, video, color and typography, visual culture management, and time-based art. Students will discuss multimedia frontiers, emerging technology, and societal issues including human impact, regulation, copyright, fair use, equity, cost, and universal access. Students should have a working knowledge (point-and- shoot and file transfer) of and access to their own digital cameras, camcorders, microphones, etc. Prerequisite: TECH 1800 or CSIS 1800. TECH 3010 Principles of Web Site Design (3 credits) This course gives students an in-depth understanding of web design techniques, principles and skills for navigation, functional/visual design, digital media incorporation and content development, and includes the ongoing process of web site management. Students gain technical proficiency in programming with HTML, Cascading Style Sheets and JavaScript, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to plan, create, publish and maintain interactive web pages. Projects will focus on effective site structure, page design, consistent layout, internationalization, and the incorporation of forms, images, video, and sound. Prerequisite: TECH 3000. TECH 3022 Integrative Programming and Technologies (3 credits) This course will describe how distributed applications and systems of disparate technologies are integrated so that components and services running on multiple machines communicate with each other. Currently dominant implementation choices will be discussed. Students will learn how to make object-oriented integration architectural and development decisions that will result in secure, scalable and manageable systems. Prerequisite: TECH 2100 or CSIS 2101 or CSIS 2100, TECH 3010, and CSIS 2000. TECH 3810 Computing Platforms (3 credits) This course covers the fundamentals of hardware and software and how they integrate to form a computing platform. Students will learn how to select, deploy, percent) is available for those students who believe they already possess these skills. TECH 1111 Computer Applications (3 credits) This course covers technology survival skills needed for school, work, and life in our information age. Students work for mastery of computer application skills needed today for success in academic coursework and tomorrow for the lifelong learning required in any profession. Students use today’s popular software packages to create real-world documents in word processing, spreadsheets, charting, databases, and web authoring. TECH 1800 Introduction to Information Technology (3 credits) This course introduces students to the discipline of information technology, and provides an overview of the discipline of IT, describes how it relates to other computing disciplines, and instills an IT mindset. The goal is to help students understand the diverse contexts in which IT is used and the challenges inherent in the diffusion of innovative technology. The course will cover pervasive themes, history and application domains. Prerequisites: TECH 1111 or Tech challenge exam. TECH 2100 Introduction to Programming (4 credits) This course introduces students to computer programming using a general purpose programming language. The course will focus on the syntax of the programming language. Topics covered include: syntax, semantics, function definitions, function applications, conditional statements, selection statements, iteration statements, arrays, files, classes, objects, and methods. Prerequisite: MATH 1040. TECH 2130 Business Applications of Microcomputers (3 credits) This course covers the fundamental theories and applications of business programs for microcomputers that are useful in the small- to mid-size business environment. Accounting, relational database management, and information system management programs will be included. This is a computer laboratory course. Prerequisite: TECH 1110 or TECH 1111. TECH 2150 Introduction to Internet Resources (3 credits) In this course, students will discover and explore the internet and a multitude of its resources. Students will examine fundamental concepts and terminology of the Internet, explore a host of multimedia applications used through the Internet, and learn different skills for searching the Web and getting more out of the Internet. Specifically, the course will allow students to briefly examine the history of the Internet, explore its architecture, and become knowledgeable on some of its applications such as the Web, Email and File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Students will develop the skills necessary for searching