LSC 350 Information Architecture and Web Design
This course is designed for students interested in becoming skilled searchers of Internet resources and creative designers of Web sites. It will cover Internet search tools, search engine architecture, search techniques and strategies, evaluation of information resources and applications of information architecture to web site design. Through exercises, discussions, lectures, projects and presentations students will learn the strengths and limitations of search tools and the principles of user-centered Web design. In addition, students will have hands-on practice with web site creation with HTML and Dynamic HTML. They will use HTML editors such as Netscape Composer and Dreamweaver and graphic tools such as GIF Construction Kit and Fireworks to create sites with interactivity. They will also learn the basics of placing databases on the Web.
Cross Listed Courses
LSC 350 & LSC 620