PBDS
502 Workshop in Graphic Communication (3)
A hands-on course intended for students with a limited background in
graphic design. Emphasis on basic strategies for visual problem solving
and on techniques for preparing comprehensive layouts. Laboratory fee
required. Grading: Letter grade only.
PBDS
503 Workshop in Written Communication (3)
A practicum in the skills of writing and research. Instruction will
focus on projects in the student's subject field. Emphasis on the skills
of revising, proofreading, editing, adapting, and translating for different
media and audiences. Recommended for students in all graduate programs
who wish additional work in writing, with permission of the graduate
program director. Grading: Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) or letter grade.
PBDS 504-6 Short Course in Writing (1)
An intensive course meeting three hours per week for five weeks and
focusing on a specialized aspect of professional writing. Content will
vary according to the concurrent interests of faculty and students.
May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Laboratory fee may
be required. Grading: Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) or letter grade.
PBDS 507 Short Course
in Graphics (1)
An intensive course meeting three hours per week for five weeks and
focusing on a specialized aspect of graphic design or graphic production.
Content will vary according to the concurrent interests of faculty and
students. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Laboratory
fee may be required. Grading: Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) or letter grade.
PBDS 510 Workshop
in Digital Video Production (3)
A graduate-level introduction to video production equipment and techniques:
preproduction; studio and location shooting; and editing.
PBDS
511 Paper and Printing (3)
A course dealing with all aspects of the paper and printing industries.
Students will learn about the history of paper making, paper characteristics,
and the effect of ink on various types of paper. Students will also
learn reproduction techniques through the pressroom and bindery.
PBDS
540 Creative Concepts(3)
Exploration of creative processes and strategies for generating effective
visual and verbal ideas. Analysis of creative solutions in various publications
supplements practice in applying problem-solving techniques.
PBDS
600 Media Design (3)
An examination of light, space, motion, and sound: their manipulation
and use in designing intentional communications and their interrelationships
with works and graphics. And an examination of the production process,
from needs assessment and proposal writing to storyboards and finished
program.
PBDS
601 Words & Images: Creative Integration (6)
Theoretical and practical approaches to the interrelationship of writing
and graphics. Analysis of the role of subject, voice, and audience in
determining appropriate visual and verbal forms. Each student works
through a number of design problems in preparation for a culminating
photo essay. Laboratory fee required.
PBDS
603 Editorial Style (3)
Editorial style as a total concept, including the historical context
of the written word; styles and methods of editing; and special skills
such as proofreading, line-by-line editing, reorganizing, rewriting,
working with writers and artists, and editing as management. Each student
becomes the editor of his/her own special project.
PBDS
604 Writing for the Marketplace (3)
Writing for various freelance markets: features and reviews, poetry,
fiction, public relations, and advertising. Analysis of the audiences
to which various publications appeal, development of a proposed publication
aimed at a specific audience. Each student conducts a thorough investigation
of a self-selected market and prepares what is intended to be a publishable
manuscript for that readership.
PBDS
605 Public and Private Languages (3)
An examination of the "private" or specialized languages of
various professions (e.g., science, medicine, education, government,
and politics) and the means by which these languages may be translated
for the public. Each student will investigate through intensive reading,
study, and imitation at least one specialized language and will attempt
to become expert in adapting and/or decoding that language for public
consumption.
PBDS
606 Creating Technical Documents (3)
Writing and design of manuscripts directed to professional and lay audiences,
including technical proposals, manuals, and software documentation.
Emphasis on integration of text with graphics such as charts, graphs,
drawings, and photographs.
PBDS
610 Visual & Verbal Rhetoric (3)
Analysis and evaluation of visual and verbal texts composed in a variety
of media—both traditional and electronic—in the light of
classical and contemporary theories of communication. Completion of
a major project based on substantial primary and secondary research
and tailored for a specific audience.
PBDS
611 The Craft of Popularization (3)
Writing for a popular audience on topics that can be sensitive and/or complex, ranging from race, religion and politics to science, technology, and auto repair. Emphasis is on translating the complicated, the obscure or the risky into prose that is clear, precise, graceful, jargon-free, and understandable by a general audience.
PBDS
620 Creativity: Ways of Seeing (3)
Exploration of the creative process, relationships between written and
visual expression, sources of inspiration, and forms of publishing.
Through a series of weekly projects, design experiments, and innovative
models, students will develop new ways of seeing and deepen their understanding
of creative expression. Team taught by a creative writer and a book
artist or graphic designer, the course offers a collaborative setting
that acknowledges important connections between form and function, materials
and subject, tradition and innovation.
PBDS
621 Workshop in Literary Forms (3)
An intensive workshop in creative writing. Special emphasis on the uses
of poetic and narrative forms. The course revolves around group discussions
and analysis of the student's own writing.
PBDS
622 Fiction Workshop (3)
The uses and values of narrative will be considered in relation to fiction,
poetry, non-fiction prose, and with some reference to advertising and
public relations. Students will employ and analyze, in their own writing
and graphic design, a variety of types of narrative. The course involves,
as well, an understanding of the theory and practice of storytelling.
PBDS
623 Poetry Workshop (3)
A course designed to examine how poetic language achieves its powerful
effects. Students will read and analyze various examples of the lyric,
from the traditional poetic forms to images in advertising and media,
and will also experiment with a range of lyrical forms and styles.
PBDS 624 Workshop
in Novel Writing (3)
A course in the composition of the novel which provides each student
with an opportunity to make significant progress on a novel already
begun or on one that originates in class. Emphasis on the distinctive
features of the novel as a prose form and the special aesthetic problems
confronting the novelist.
PBDS
625 Script Writing (3)
Extensive practice in writing media scripts: dramatic, informational,
and persuasive. The course will emphasize differences between writing
for print and writing for aural and visual media.
PBDS
626 Literary Nonfiction (3)
A course in which students examine and learn to write various kinds
of nonfiction, such as personal essays, travel essays, profiles, culture
criticism, memoirs, and essay reviews. The course will focus on the
use of literary techniques within the context of the form's traditions
and contemporary innovations.
PBDS 627 Memoir Workshop (3)
An opportunity to write memoir. Students read and study memoirs by contemporary
authors to become familiar with the many possibilities available to
writers working in this form. Also focuses on issues relevant to the
writing of memoir, including craft and technique, memory and truth telling,
interior and exterior significance.
PBDS
628 Screenwriting (3)
Intensive writing experience for students interested in writing drama
for television and film. Emphasizes characterization, dialogue, and
plot development, as well as conventions of and script formats for television
and film. Offered in alternate years.
PBDS
635 Communication Theory and Ethics (3)
An examination of the historical development and application of major
theories of communication and of ethical issues raised within the communication
context.
PBDS 639 Video Aesthetics
and Technique (3)
Analysis of the aesthetic variables affecting video programs. Advanced
production projects culminating in a thesis-quality production. Students
will also gain additional experience in working with clients.
Prerequisite: PBDS 510 or permission of instructor.
PBDS
640 Design Principles and Strategies (3)
Exploration through hands-on design projects of the roles of typography,
photography, and illustration in graphic communication. Analysis of
audience, context, goals, market, competition, and technical constraints.
Brainstorming and problem solving in groups and individually. Projects
will be suitable for inclusion in the student's portfolio. Laboratory
fee required.
PBDS
641 Magazine Design (3)
The world of consumer magazines and the design of each part, from cover to classified ads, as well as marketing materials, is explored.
Purpose, philosophy, cover and content design, typography, production,
and other aspects of small press and consumer publications will be covered.
Students design their own publications as a final project. Laboratory fee required.
PBDS
642 Book Design (3)
An exploration of books and book jackets as objects to be planned and
produced, with emphasis on appropriate design choices and creative solutions.
Laboratory fee required.
PBDS
645 Typographic Form and Function (3)
An exploration of the fundamentals of typographic form and function,
beginning with the physical characteristics of type--including form/counterform,
color (grey value), texture, and contrast--and then progressing to the
application of the basic formal principles to more complex problems
of typographic function, such as information hierarchies and creative
expression. Laboratory fee required.
PBDS 649 Designer's Survival Guide (3)
An in depth exploration of the business side of graphic design. Students will be exposed to budget considerations, postal guidelines, and conventional printing constraints to create projects suitable for commercial printing. Students will gain experience in working with clients, utilizing professional design software (outside of class) to execute comprehensive layouts, selecting paper and ink, communicating with vendors using standard printing terminology, and troubleshooting basic pre-press issues. Lab fee required.
PBDS
650 Advanced Graphic Design (3)
Through a series of progressively more sophisticated assignments, students
learn to develop design solutions that resolve a range of problems normally
faced by clients. Projects include institutional and corporate brochures,
identity programs, posters, and a variety of other communications materials.
Laboratory fee required.
PBDS
660 Hypermedia: An Introduction (3)
An introduction to technologies and concepts that underlie document
and information design for the World Wide Web. Students become familiar
with client/server computing and acquire proficiency in Hypertext Markup
Language by developing code directly, Without the use of simplified
editing tools. Historical and critical readings explore the social context
of the Web and other hypermedia systems. Projects introduce students
to current development and production practices.
PBDS 671 Advanced
Motion Graphics (3)
After examining ways that motion graphics—logos, titles, etc.—differ
from static graphics and after learning various tools and techniques
for animating graphics, students will conceptualize, storyboard, and
produce motion graphics for video and other electronic applications.
Prerequisites: PBDS 510/Workshop in Digital Video, PBDS45/Typographic
form & Function, and competency with page layout and image manipulation
software (check with program director for current list of acceptable
software). Lab fee required.
Prerequisite: PBDS 510 and PBDS 645 or permission of instructor.
PBDS
680 Image Making (3)
An overview of how to create and implement appropriate marketing and
communications plans for non-profit organizations. Emphasis on research
techniques, concept development, and copy writing for brochures, films,
and reports. Other areas covered include writing proposals, making oral
presentations, and working with designers, artists, and clients.
PBDS
690 Research: A Writing Tool (3)
A course in which students learn to brainstorm research strategies,
conduct interviews, use libraries and archives, exploit computer data
bases, plan field trips, and place their own eyes, ears, and emotions
in the service of their writing.
PBDS
691 Art of the Interview (3)
A face-to-face interview is essential for journalists, authors of books and articles dealing with current affairs and real-life issues, documentary filmmakers and even for PR writers. In all these fields, you often need to gather information directly from people - orally. This course will address how to research an interview, what to expect from an interview, how to conduct an interview, the ethics of an interview, and how to distill information from an interview and write it up in a coherent, compelling fashion.
PBDS
700 Publications Management (3)
A consideration of the skills and concepts necessary for the competent
management of a publications enterprise: cost analysis procedures, contract
and copyright law, organization of publication staffs. Experts in these
areas will be brought into the course as lecturers. Laboratory fee required.
PBDS 701 Media Management
(3)
An examination of the skills and concepts necessary for the competent
management of a communication enterprise, including cost analysis procedures,
contract and copyright law, personnel and management principles, and
proposal writing and bidding.
PBDS
704 Copyright and Publishing (3)
An introduction to media law, particularly as it relates to the field
of publications. Provides a broad historical and theoretical overview,
and requires students to apply legal theory through the use of case
studies and examples drawn from the business of media. Explores the
impact of technology on the evolution of media law and considers ethical
issues currently faced by professionals in publications and communications.
PBDS
705/MGMT797 Design-Business Link (3)
By creating partnerships between small teams of students and existing
non-profit organizations in Baltimore, as well as relying on case histories
and class discussions, this course examines the unique role of design
as a competitive business strategy, with an emphasis on the many ways
that designers and business people working together can realize the
synergies that successful design brings to any enterprise.
PBDS 706 The Business
of Graphic Design (3)
Subtitled "Mind Your Own Business," this course ranges from cold call
to final billing, through the daily triumphs and travails of running
a graphic design business. Topics include getting started, considering
partners, finding and managing clients, writing proposals, making presentations,
account management, crisis management, print and production management,
cash management, legal issues, and how to say no.
PBDS 708 Promotional
Strategies (3)
The creation and implementation of successful advertising and promotion
campaigns. Emphasis on researching markets, defining target audiences,
and determining the appropriate media for reaching those audiences.
Working individually and in teams, students develop written and oral
presentations.
PBDS
710 History of Print (3)
A survey of the evolution of newspapers, periodicals, and the publishing
industry, focusing on technological developments, major innovations,
legal and ethical issues, and societal impact. Students will analyze
and discuss material drawn from a broad range of sources and consider
the ways print creates a unique culture and both establishes and reflects
a network of values critical to a technological society.
PBDS
711 History of Communication (3)
Technological developments that moved human communication from the primitive
to the sophisticated process it is today. The course will focus on the
impact of each new technology on institutions and society.
PBDS
712 History of Graphic Design (3)
A survey of design from the Renaissance to modern times, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Intended to give students a background of visual
solutions upon which they may draw to solve their own design problems
in the publications profession.
PBDS
713 Language, Thought, & Meaning(3)
The structural principles and cognitive processes underlying written
discourse, with special attention to contemporary theories of language
behavior.
PBDS
714 Myth, Symbol, Sign (3)
Myths, symbols, and signs as forms of symbolic and semiotic expression
in communication. The uses of language, its figures and format, of art
and illusion, of archetype and mythmaking in professional creativity.
Special attention to application in current projects in writing and
graphic design.
PBDS
715 Modern and Postmodern: Aesthetic Backgrounds (3)
An exploration of major twentieth-century aesthetic movements through
an in-depth consideration of particular texts (drawn from writing, art,
and film) and the critical theory related to them. This course is intended
to give students a background of contemporary verbal and visual approaches
on which to draw in developing their own solutions to problems of writing
and design.
PBDS 716 Propaganda
and Persuasion (3)
Exploration of the distinction between propaganda and various forms
of persuasion in the private sector (advertising, public relations,
corporate relations, etc.). Case studies of the styles and symbols,
both visual and verbal, used in successful campaigns. Hands-on practice
in developing and executing persuasive strategies. Laboratory fee required.
PBDS
717 Perception and Meaning (3)
A study, both theoretical and practical, of the angle of vision in selected
literary and visual texts: how point of view and perspective work as
structuring devices in writing and design. Students will analyze a variety
of models and will develop a project demonstrating a particular, self-selected
point of view.
PBDS
718 Imitation and Creativity (3)
The distinction between imitation and invention, between "individual
talent" of the writer, artist, or designer and the "tradition"
out of which he/she comes. Individual projects will move from specific
received traditions to innovative forms.
PBDS 719 Imaging Information
and Ideas (3)
An examination of some of the hidden assumptions in our understanding
of the relationship between images and words. Through readings in the
psychology and physiology of perception, as well as analyses of the
semiotics of the graphic system, students explore the world of informational
and illustrative graphics. In addition to writing a traditional analytic
essay, students design informational and explanatory graphic displays.
PBDS
720 The Digital Economy (3)
The impact of the digital revolution in a number of areas-how we make
a living, how we govern ourselves, and how we create values for ourselves.
The course has two goals: to provide students with an understanding
of the way the digital economy creates a unique business culture and
establishes (and reflects) a network of new economic values; and to
prepare students to effectively invest their time, talent, and imagination
in the new culture and economy of digital technology.
PBDS
721 Gifts of the Goddess (3)
Holding mythic and symbolic meaning, the concept of the goddess is re-emerging
today in writing, design, film, and advertising. Considers history,
symbolism, and contemporary significance, as well as the overall importance
of mythic theory.
PBDS 723 Theory of
Visual Communication (3)
This course will examine the fundamental characteristics that differentiate
visual images from other modes of communication. It will consider
ways that visual elements convey meaning in isolation and in combination.
Students will study real world cases to better understand how theoretical
concepts and constructs are used to solve communication problems.
PBDS
735 Portfolio(3)
Using work produced in the program, students will produce a substantial
professional portfolio. This is a capstone course for the MA program
and in it students will produce a portfolio, a professional résumé,
a self-identity package, and at least one new piece. The original project
will address a theme assigned by the faculty and may take any form
in any medium. At the conclusion of the course all themed projects
will be entered into a final competition that is ultimately evaluated
by outside judges. Laboratory fee required. This course is to be taken, along with Seminar in Publications Design, in the final semester in the program. Offered only in the Spring.
PBDS 740 Seminar in Publications Design (3)
The culminating course in the Master's Program in Publications Design tests and stretches all knowledge and skills Pub Design students have been learning up to this point. Seminar requires students to conceive a solution to a particular communications problem, and then, working in teams, analyze its audience(s), develop a plan for making it public, via print and/or other media, and design and write a prototype. To be taken, along with Portfolio, in the final semester in the program. Offered only in the Spring.
PBDS
750 Writing: Special Topics (3)
Intensive exploration of topics in writing of mutual interest to students
and faculty. Content will vary according to the concurrent interests
of faculty and students. The topic to be studied will appear under that
name in the schedule of classes booklet. Course may be repeated for
credit when topic changes. Laboratory fee may be required.
PBDS
751 Graphic Design: Special Topics (3)
Intensive exploration of topics in graphic design of mutual interest
to students and faculty. Content will vary according to the concurrent
interests of faculty and students. The topic to be studied will appear
under that name in the schedule of classes booklet. Course may be repeated
for credit when topic changes. Laboratory fee may be required.
PBDS 752 Creative
Writing: Special Topics (3)
Intensive exploration of topics in creative writing of special interest
to faculty and students. Content will vary according to specific interests
and trends in creative writing. Some possible topics are narrative poetry,
gothic or romance novels and stories, detective and mystery fiction,
marketing small press books, etc. The topic to be studied will appear
under that name in the schedule of classes booklet. Course may be repeated
for credit when topic changes. Laboratory fee may be required.
PBDS 753 Media: Special
Topics (3)
Intensive exploration of topics in communication and media of mutual
interest to student and faculty. Content will vary according to specific
interests and trends in communication. The topic to be studied will
appear under that name in the course schedule booklet. Course may be
repeated for credit when topic changes. Laboratory fee may be required.
PBDS
754 Business Practices: Special Topics (3)
Intensive exploration of topics in the business of a publications enterprise
that are of special interest to current faculty and students. Possible
topics include the management of a publications department, a design
studio, or a magazine; market research; marketing; and legal issues
in publications. The topic to be studied will appear under that name
in the course schedule booklet. Course may be repeated for credit when
topic changes. Laboratory fee may be required.
PBDS
755 Backgrounds and Ideas: Special Topics (3)
PBDS 775 Internship
(3-6)
Direct experience working with a publications staff. Internship
opportunities will include working with private advertising and public
relations firms, non-profit agencies at the federal and state levels,
or private business and professional agencies which maintain publications
staffs. Permission of the program director is required. Laboratory fee
may be required. Eligible for continuing studies (CS) grade.
PBDS 779 Independent
Study (1-3)
Research or problem-solving project in some aspect of publications
design. Topics and number of credits vary with individual student interests.
Permission of program director required. Laboratory fee may be required.
Eligible for continuing studies (CS) grade.
PBDS 780 Literary Publications (3)
A hands-on course in which students serve as editors and designers
as well as writers, as they produce a variety of small literary publications.
This course also introduces students to book arts, teaching book structure,
construction, and binding.
PBDS 781 Getting Published: Electronic (3)
An exploration of ways for creative writers to write and publish on
the web. Students will analyze electronic literary publications, write
and produce their own literary web publications, and gain an understanding
of the opportunities available to them in electronic publishing.
PBDS 782 Creating The Journal
(3)
An exploration of processes involved in creating a print journal:
from choosing manuscripts to designing and publication. As a result
of participating in the editing process, students gain insight into
their own writing, develop their own aesthetic, and see how editors
make selections.
PBDS 783 Getting Published: Print (3)
How to place creative writing for publication. Topics range from writing
cover letter to finding agents to handling rejection. Students work
independently, analyzing current print and on-line publications, and
develop an extensive and annotated list of appropriate places for their
work to appear. Before manuscripts are submitted for publication, they
are critiqued by the class.
PBDS
785 Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
An opportunity to focus intensively on creative writing in a particular
genre. Students may revise and edit previously written work, as well
as create new work, aimed at publication. In addition to expanding and
refining their own work, students develop an individualized reading
list and write a substantial essay focusing on another writer's work
or on a topic related to their interests and concerns as writers.
PBDS
786 Experimental Forms (3)
An examination of selected works that challenge our conventional assumptions
about language and form. Emphasis on new forms that reimagine traditional
genres of writing and blur the boundaries between poetry, fiction,
and nonfiction. Students will explore possibilities for appropriating
and subverting uses of language, as well as mixing and creating new
forms in their own writing.
PBDS
787 Seminar in Literature & Writing (3)
Combining traditional scholarship and creative writing, the course begins
with a close study of a seminal literary work or group of works, to
be chosen by the instructor. Students explore the nature of these texts
per se and how they relate both to current and past literature and to
the students' own work. A final written project integrates original
research and the creative interpretation of the ideas developed from
reading and discussion.
PBDS 789 Creative Thesis
(3-6)
An independent project, closely supervised by a faculty advisor.
The thesis will consist of a substantial body of creative writing (a
volume of poems, a collection of stories or other prose, a novel), as
well as the design for the cover, title page, and one inside spread.
The finished work will be reviewed by a faculty committee. Permission
of the program director is required. Laboratory fee required. Grading:
Pass/Fail. Eligible for continuing studies (CS) grade.
PBDS
795 Seminar in Creative Writing and Publishing (6)
The capstone course for the specialization in Creative Writing and Publishing.
Entering the course with a completed or nearly completed manuscript written while
in the program, students revise, design, and produce a publication consisting
of their own original work. In a seminar setting, they act as peer advisers to
one another and are responsible for providing in-depth critiques of each other's
work. Team taught by a creative writer and a book artist or graphic designer,
the course revisits and re-examines concepts introduced in earlier courses.
PBDS 797 Integrated
Design Thesis (3)
An independent and original design project supervised by a faculty
member. This work should reflect an understanding of graphic design
principles and demonstrate excellence in conceptualizing and executing
design solutions to communication problems. Finished work will be reviewed
by a faculty committee. Prerequisites: Approval by the program director
of the topic prior to registering. Pass/Fail grading.
PBDS 810 Pro Seminar
(3)
This course is an integrating experience designed to provide
DCD students with the opportunity to discuss and probe the broader aspects
of communication. During the course, students will develop and sharpen
their DCD project ideas and do supporting research. Required of all
DCD students prior to taking the Qualifying Examination.
PBDS 850 Advanced Workshop:
Writing (3)
Organized around projects initiated by students in the doctoral
program. Work is independently developed but critiqued by the class,
the instructor, and outside professionals. Course may be repeated for
credit only with the approval of the instructor and the director of
the doctoral program.
PBDS 851 Advanced Workshop:
Design (3)
Organized around projects initiated by students in the doctoral
program. Work is independently developed but critiqued by the class,
the instructor, and outside professionals. Course may be repeated for
credit only with the approval of the instructor and the director of
the doctoral program. Lab fee required.
PBDS 853 Advanced Workshop:
Videography (3)
Organized around projects initiated by students in the doctoral
program. Work is independently developed but critiqued by the class,
the instructor, and outside professionals. Course may be repeated for
credit only with the approval of the instructor and the director of
the doctoral program. Lab fee required.
PBDS 854 Advanced Workshop:
Publishing (3)
Organized around projects initiated by students in the doctoral
program. Work is independently developed but critiqued by the class,
the instructor, and outside professionals. Course may be repeated for
credit only with the approval of the instructor and the director of
the doctoral program. Lab fee required.
PBDS 856 Advanced Workshop:
Hypermedia (3)
Organized around projects initiated by students in the doctoral
program. Work is independently developed but critiqued by the class,
the instructor, and outside professionals. Course may be repeated for
credit only with the approval of the instructor and the director of
the doctoral program. Lab fee required.
PBDS
899 DCD Project (1-6)
Research and work connected to the doctoral project under
the direction of a faculty advisor. A minimum of six semester hours
is required for the DCD degree.
IDIA Electives
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IDIA 619 Interactive Multimedia (3)
A practical and theoretical introduction to genres, strategies and techniques for producing multimedia content for the Internet. Students examine existing multimedia content while developing creative skills in one or more standard authoring systems. Background readings provide theoretical context for development of individual projects. Laboratory
fee required.
Prerequisite: PBDS 660 or passing score on the Hypermedia Proficiency Exam.
IDIA 612 Interaction and Interface Design (3)
Explores electronic publication environments as fluid spaces where interactions among people, machines and media (words, images, sounds, video, animations, simulations) must be structured for the unforeseen. The course focuses on the planning, analyzing, prototyping and integrating interaction design with interface design. Laboratory
fee required.
Prerequisite: PBDS 660 or passing score on the Hypermedia Proficiency Exam.
IDIA 616 Hypermedia Production (3)
Hands-on investigation of strategies and problem-solving techniques involved in the production of practical interactive publications. Students work intensively on a major electronic publishing project. Laboratory
fee required.
Prerequisite: PBDS 660 or passing score on the Hypermedia Proficiency Exam.
IDIA 618 Dynamic Web Sites (3)
Familiarizes students with the basic concepts and vocabulary of Web site programming, including application scripting, database management, object-oriented programming and full-lifestyle software development. It provides students with the fundamental skills required to develop and maintain a dynamic data-driven Web site. Each student will develop a complete Web site using a simple text editor to create and manipulate relational data, learn a middle-ware markup language to store an retrieve data and control the rules of interaction, and write HTML to format data and control display. Laboratory
fee required.
Prerequisite: PBDS 660 or passing score on the Hypermedia Proficiency Exam.
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