Apply specific methods and techniques to evaluate commercial web sites. Improve presentation skills such as doing presentations and consulting. The course is structured around a combination of class lectures, discussions, web site demonstrations, assignments, presentations and a term project. Students are expected to attend all classes, read the assigned readings before the lectures, do the homeworks and participate in class. Grading The course requirements include several assignments, an exam and a term paper.
Homeworks are to be submitted at the beginning of the class.
All homeworks are to be typed, double-spaced, and stapled if more than one page is required. Failure to meet these standards will result in points being deducted. The exam will consist of short questions and essays. Makeup examinations will be provided only under exceptional circumstances and when students notify the professor before the exam. An integral part of this course is individual term project.