Courses Regularly Taught

Courses Regularly Taught/ Course Syllabi

This course is designed to teach students the concepts and techniques used in creating interactive and dynamic Client/Server Web Applications using HTML, Cascaded Styling Sheets, Scripting Languages: JavaScript and PHP.
This is one the courses that I regularly teach each Fall Semester since I first developed the course.

I first developed this course to be one of the requirements for the New "Web Master" Curriculum to be offered through CIS/Telecom Dept. starting in the academic year 2001-2002. The course was originally named BD158 Principles of Web Programming and it included HTML and VB Script.

I revised the content of the course to include, HTML VB Script and Perl, as part of as part the New "Web Programming" Curriculum which I developed to be offered to start in the academic year 2005-2006. The course code and title became CISW101 Principles of Web Programming.

I revised the course to include HTML, VB Script, and JavaScript, as part of Revised "Web Programming" Curriculum to be offered in the academic year 2007-2008. The course code and title became CISW101 Principles of Internet Programming.

Finally, I revised the course to include HTML, JavaScript and PHP as part of Revised "Web Programming" Curriculum to offered in string in academic year 2010-2011. The course code and title became CISW101 Web Scripting Languages.

Currently, this course is one of the required courses in Web Programming Curriculum, and Web Design, New Media Curriculum.

The following highlighted items provide a copy of my course syllabus for CISW101 Web Scripting Languages, as well as the master course syllabus for this course, using the acceptable format at the Business and Technology Division:

2. CISW210 E-Commerce Applications:

This course is designed to focus on the essential aspects of E-Commerce software development tools. Topics include standard features of E-Commerce software; common data and software threats; E-Commerce security through the use of encryption and secure protocols and methods; electronic payment systems; as well as cultural and ethical issues. Students learn how to convert a conventional business to an E-Business using popular E-Commerce development software and tools.

Due to the nature of this course, it is offered only online. This is one of the courses that I regularly have taught in Fall and Spring Semester(s), since I first developed the course.

Currently, this course is one of the required courses in Web Programming Curriculum, and Web Design, New Media curriculum.

The following highlighted items provide a copy of my course syllabus for CISW210 E-Commerce Applications, as well as the master course syllabus for this course, using the acceptable format at the Business and Technology Division:

I first developed this course as one of the required new courses for new "Webmaster" curriculum to be offered through CIS/Telecom Dept starting in the academic year 2001-2002. The course was originally named BD182 E-Commerce Applications.

I revised the content of the course to include E-Commerce Application Development using website software development tools by the Web Hosting companies, as part of new "Web Programming" curriculum which I developed to be offered through CIS/Telecom Dept. starting in the academic year 2005-2006. The course code and title became CISW210 E-Commerce Applications.

I revised the course to include Web 2.0 Technology (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) as part of the Revised Web Programming Curriculum in 2007-2008. The course code and title remained as CISW210 E-Commerce Applications.

3. CIST100 Introduction to Information Technology:

This course is designed to introduce students to personal computers. Topics include basic concepts of computer operations, storage media, software categories, Windows operating system, computer communication devices, and the Internet. The course also includes an introduction to Microsoft Office 2010 Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.

I first developed this course as one of the required new courses for the new "Telecommunications" curriculum to be offered through CIS/Telecom Dept starting in the academic year 1986-1987. The course was originally named BD150 Introduction to Computers. This was the first course using microcomputer offered through CCBC.

I revised the content of the course to include software productivity tools (Easy Writer, Lotus 123, dBase II) as part of new "CIS/Telecom" curriculum which I developed to be offered through CIS/Telecom Dept. starting in the academic year 1990-1992. The course code and title remained the same.

I revised the course to include Microsoft Office as part of the Revised Web Programming Curriculum in 1996-1997. The course code and title became BD150 Introduction to Information Technology.

I revised the course to include computer-aided instruction software (SAM) to teach software productivity tools as part of new "Web Programming" curriculum which I developed to be offered through CIS/Telecom Dept. starting in the academic year 2005-2006.

Standardization across sections of CIST100 Intro to Information Technology was introduced in the academic year 2008-2009. The revisions to this course were completed by Doug Lauffer a CIS/Telcom faculty. Currently, this course is used as a General Education for all the majors offered through CCBC.

The following highlighted items provide a copy of my course syllabus for CIST100 Introduction to Information Technology, as well as the master course syllabus for this course, using the acceptable format at the Business and Technology Division:

4. CISW205 Programming in C#:

This is a course to introduce students to computer programming. Using C# based language in a Visual Studio.NET programming environment, students will write programs that run in Console, Web, or Graphical User Interfaces

This course was developed by Lorraine Rorick a CIS/Telecom faculty as part of revised "Web Programming" curriculum to be offered through CIS/Telecom Dept starting in the academic year 2007-2008.
The current version includes revisions that I have made to only the Texts, Methods of Evaluation, and Faculty sections of this course syllabus.

The following highlighted items provide a copy of my course syllabus for CISW205 Programming in C#, as well as the master course syllabus for this course, using the acceptable format at the Business and Technology Division: