This course will be team taught. For questions about the overall course,
contact the coordinator,
Dr. Jeanette Allen, (404) 223-7623, ACC 215, office hours MWF
at 11:00 a.m. to noon or 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
| Dr. Peterson |
Jan 11: |
history |
| Holiday |
Jan 18: |
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday |
| Dr. Peterson |
Jan 25: |
TCP/IP (addresses/domains, whitepages, finding people) |
| Dr. Peterson |
Feb 1: |
mail/news (attachments, netiquette, mailing lists) |
| Dr. Anderson |
Feb 8: |
www |
| Dr. Anderson |
Feb 15: |
browser (bookmarks/mail/graphics off and on) |
| Dr. Anderson |
Feb 22: |
search engines |
| Dr. Anderson |
Mar 1: |
refining search |
| Dr. Allen |
Mar 8: |
Galileo (other libraries and databases) |
| Holiday |
Mar 15: |
Spring Break |
| Dr. Allen |
Mar 22: |
file formats (on line journals) |
| Dr. Lawrence |
Mar 29: |
web authoring |
| Dr. Lawrence |
Apr 5: |
web authoring |
| Dr. Hardnett |
Apr 12: |
lynx, opera |
| Dr. Hardnett |
Apr 19: |
ftp, java applets |
| Dr. Hardnett |
Apr 26: |
legal and social issues (intellectual property, privacy) |
The purpose of this course is to give students from diverse science
disciplines an understanding of how the Internet works, what the
World Wide Web is, and the ways that people can communicate via
the Internet and the Web. In particular, this course focuses on
tools which can be used to find and disseminate information for
scholarly research.
This is a 1 credit hour course. It meets once a week. It is being offered
pass/fail only.
The objectives of the course are to:
- Learn the history of the Internet.
- Learn to use basic communication tools such as electronic mail and news.
- Learn to find information using archie, gopher, and wais.
- Learn to transfer information using ftp.
- Learn the history of the World Wide Web.
- Learn about hypertext and the Hypertext Markup Language.
- Learn to use browsers for information foraging.
- Learn how to search on a topics using various web search engines
- Learn to use on-line catalogues such as GALILEO and the online Library of Congress
- Learn about accessing and using non-text materials, such as
graphics, video, and audio.
- Learn about creating interactive pages using Java.
Upon completion of this course, the student should
- know some of the history of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
- be able to communicate using electronic mail and news.
- be able to find information using web tools wais.
- be able to transfer information using ftp.
- understand what hypertext and HTML are.
- be able to use browsers for information foraging.
- be able to search on a topics using various web search engines
- be able to use on-line catalogues such as GALILEO and the online Library of Congress
- be able to access and use non-text materials, such as
graphics, video, and audio.
- understand the usefulness of Java.
- write a research paper based on Internet sources, correctly
citing materials obtained over the web.
- Supplementary Materials: Some materials will be handed out in class,
but each student will need some 3.5 inch disks.
- Late Policy:
No makeups will be given
except by PRIOR agreement with the instructor who assigned it.
Any assignments turned in late will be be counted off
10% per day, with the exception of the web document which is the
last deliverable of the course project. The web document must be turned in by
the due date or receive a zero.
- Snow Policy: If for any reason a class is not held at the
assigned time, anything scheduled for that day is automatically
rescheduled for the next scheduled class period. Any projects, assignments,
or homeworks due on a missed day become
due at the next scheduled class period. Similarly, any tests scheduled
for a class period which is not held at the assigned time will be
given at the next scheduled class period.
- Accommodation: If you have a learning disability or any other
special need, please contact the coordinator and we can discuss it.
Instruction will consist of classroom lectures, demonstrations,
activities, and assignments.
Internet Research Companion: Making the right connections
and discoveries by Geoffrey McKim. QUE Educational Training, 1996.
Netscape Navigator: Surfing the Web and Exploring
the Internet, by Bryan Pfaffenberger
Exploring the Internet, by Clive Sanford, Irwin, 1995
Students are required to be present and on time for each class and are
responsible for all material covered in class whether they are present
or absent. The coordinator may withdraw students with excessive unexcused
absences.
At Spelman College, academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to
submitting work that is not one's own, cheating on quizzes, tests, mid-term
and final examinations, and plagiarism. Academic dishonesty will not be
tolerated and will be dealt with in accordance with the policy on academic
honesty in the Spelman College catalog. For the first offense of academic
dishonesty, the student will receive a grade of F for the course.
The project is worth 40%.
This includes choosing a topic (5%),
finding resources (5%),
creating an annotated bibliography (10%),
and authoring a web document (20%),
The remaining 60% of the course is divided into 5 units, each worth
12%. For each unit, instructors will assign homework or quizzes as
appropriate.
Spelman College discourages extra credit assignments.
All returned graded work must be retained by the student in case
there is any question about grading.
In addition to the rules explicitly stated in this syllabus,
students shall be governed by the rules of Spelman College; therefore it is
the student's responsibility to become familiar with the rules and regulations
of the College.
Scott D. Anderson
12/29/1998