PBDS 660: Introduction to Hypermedia -- Syllabus

Date	Topic	Reading/Deadline
Jan. 27	Introduction to the course	Murdock chapters 1 and 2 (skim); Murdock pp. 72-75, 88-89, and 102-45
Feb. 3	Hypertext and Linking	Murdock pp. 146-59 Vannevar Bush, "As We May Think" Course Notes, Part 1
Feb. 10	Information Design and File Management	C.P. Snow, The Two Cultures Course Notes, Part 2 DUE: Basic Web page
Feb. 17	Color and Simple Graphics	Murdock, pp. 162-99 Locke, Weinberger, et al., "Internet Apocalypso" from The Cluetrain Manifesto Course Notes, Part 3
Feb. 24	Tables	Murdock, pp. 232-63 Murray, "Interactive Design" (handout) Course Notes, Part 4 DUE: Web log assignment, Part 1
Mar. 2	Advanced Graphics	Murdock, pp. 200-229 Additional reading T.B.A. (handout)
Mar. 9	Forms	Murdock, pp. 286-323 Epstein, "The Rattle of Pebbles" (handout) Course Notes, Part 6
Mar. 16	Cascading Stylesheets: Internal	Murdock, pp. 480-85; 488-547 Neal Stephenson, "MGBs, Tanks, and Batmobiles" from In The Beginning Was the Command Line Course Notes, Part 7
Mar. 23	Spring Break
Mar. 30	Cascading Stylesheets: External	Murdock, pp. 486-87 W3C CSS Tutorial (Introduction through "List Properties" only) Neal Stephenson, "GUIs" and "Class Struggle on the Desktop" from In The Beginning Was the Command Line DUE: Promotional/informational site
Apr. 6	Cascading Stylesheets: Advanced Applications	Murdock, pp. 550-59 Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas, pp. 3-100
Apr. 13	Server-Side Includes	Lessig, pp. 120-42 Course Notes supplemental (T.B.A.)
Apr. 20	JavaScript, Part 1	Murdock, pp. 414-435 Lessig, pp. 143-76 Course Notes, Part 8 DUE: Web log assignment, Part 2
Apr. 28	JavaScript, Part 2	Murdock, pp. 436-455 Lessig, pp. 177-239
May 4	Final Exam Review	No Reading DUE: Javascript assignment
May 11	Final Examination
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