CMSY129 Principles of the Internet

This course introduces the student to Internet history, structure, and basic functions and issues. Students will work in a lab setting online and will access Internet software and carry out basic functions including searches and data transfer.CMSY129 will be taught entirely online. To enroll, you must have a basic understanding of and access to the Internet, www browsing capability, and an electronic mail account.

The course will include:

Week 1:
Introductions, Email Attachment, and Internet Basics
January 1 - January 4, 2002

Week 2:
Mailing Lists and Newsgroups
January 5 - January 11, 2002

Week 3:
Search Engines
January 12 - January 18, 2002

Week 4:
Internet Utilities and Hypermedia
January 19 - January 25, 2002

Week 5:
HTML
January 26 - February 1, 2002

There are two textbooks for this class that you
may want to refer to; otherwise all information
is provided on the web.

Textbooks: (optional)

Internet and the World Wide Web Simplified
by Ruth Maran, IDG Books

Creating Web Pages with HTML  Simplified
by Ruth Maran, IDG Books

Available from HCC's Online Bookstore

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