Course Number: CMPT 165
Course Title: Introduction to Multimedia and the Internet
Credit Hours: 3 Vector: 3-0-0
Course Description
The goal of this course is to serve as an introduction to the use of computers in everyday life. Concepts underlying the use of multimedia and the internet are examined, as are its applications in various fields.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Special Instructions: None
Course(s) to be dropped if this course is approved: None
This course has been successfully offered as a special topics course for the last two terms as CMPT 118. The course serves as a good introduction to the use of computers in everyday life, emphasizing the multimedia and internet aspects of computing. It imparts some basic skills in the use of computers for multimedia applications, including presentation graphics, text processing, HTML, and programming. The course has been successful in attracting non-computing science students, and providing them with the basics of multimedia and internet computing that they can apply in their own disciplines.
Indicate Semester and Year this course would be first offered and planned frequency of offering thereafter.
Which of your present CFL faculty have the expertise to offer this course? Will the course be taught by sessional or limited term faculty?
Mike Evans, Tony Dixon and Fred Popowich. This course can be taught by sessional or limited term faculty if the listed CFL faculty are not available.
Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition fees?
Is this course considered a `duplicate' of any current or prior course under the University's duplicate course policy? Specify, as appropriate.
Note: Senate has approved (S.93-11) that no new course should be approved by Senate until funding has been committed for necessary library materials. Each new course proposal must be accompanied by a library report and, if appropriate, confirmation that funding arrangements have been addressed.
Provide details on how existing instructional resources will be distributed to accommodate this new course. For instance, will another course be eliminated or will the frequency of offering other courses be reduced; are there changes in pedagogical style or class sizes that allow for this additional course offering?
This course has been taught twice successfully in 1999. All the requisite library material exists at present.
Does the course require specialized space or equipment not readily available in the department or university, and if so, how will these resources be provided?
Students are required to have access to their own computers, ideally equipped with a CD ROM, running Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Windows NT. No additional equipment is required other than this.
Does this course require computing resources (e.g. hardware, software, network wiring, use of computer laboratory space) and if so, describe how they will be provided.
Yes, as noted above.
The introduction of this course results in two changes within the Computing Science calendar entry.
| Section | Current | Proposed |
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| Computing Science, Certificate in Computing Studies, Elective Courses |
two of
plus one additional three credit CMPT course at the at the 300 or 400 level.
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two of
plus one additional three credit CMPT course at the at the 300 or 400 level.
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| Computing Science, Computers, Software and Technology |
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