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Postgraduate Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)
Module COMP50515: WEB TECHNOLOGY
Department: Computer Science
COMP50515: WEB TECHNOLOGY
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 4 | 15 | Available in 2007/2008 | Durham |
Pre-requisites
- None.
Corequisites
- None.
Excluded Combinations
- None.
Aims
- This module provides an in depth understanding (and application via laboratory work) of a range of important web technologies. Although the technologies themselves are constantly and rapidly evolving, the underlying principles remain, so the module will cover both principles, and their illustration using current examples.
Content
- Technologies. Server side programs, Common Gateway Interface, scripts (e.g. Perl), applets, PHP, servlets. TCP/IP, HTML, DNS, ASP, Active-X. Protocols
- Web-engineering and middleware
- Information provision: document generation, site management, content management
- Security. Execution models, protection of resources, encryption and authentication
- Information retrieval. Searching and indexing
- Agent-based systems. Agent environments, cooperative agents, secure transactions, intelligent agents
- Knowledge management. Intranets as knowledge management systems
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
- Specialist knowledge: technolgies; security; information retrieval theory; agent-based systems
- Practical design skills: experience with subset of technology; site implementation
- Management: site and content management; system design
- Design integration: selection and use of appropriate technologies to support conceptual models (e.g. agents)
- The engineering of software systems: the lifecycle approach for the module laboratory assignment
- Professional skills: module assignments, and the project for database design case study
Subject-specific Skills
Key Skills
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- The module comprises 1 week's intensive directed reading and laboratory exercises; 5 days of lectures, tutorial, and reading and two weeks undertaking a major assignment. The overall workload conforms to the standard SLAT requirement of 150 hours equivalent to 15 credits.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 10 | 2 per day in week 2 | 1 hour | 10 | |
| Tutorials | 4 | weekly | 1 hour | 4 | |
| Practical | 5 | daily in week 1 | 6 hours | 30 | |
| Laboratory | 10 | daily in weeks 3,4 | 6 hours | 60 | |
| Preparation and Reading | 46 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory report | 100% | Laboratory report | 100% |
Formative Assessment
Staged written feedback of laboratory and practical work by staff/demonstrators.
Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods
and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative
assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress
procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be
required to leave the University.