The Web Design and Development Technology program at Stark State College offers students
state-of-the-art training in the exciting and lucrative field of online Internet design and programming. This program focuses on creating the backbone of a Web site with the latest techniques such as CSS, AJAX, and more.

Students majoring in Web Design and Development learn to develop interactive database-driven Web sites using ASP.net, PHP, SQL, JavaScript, AJAX, MySQL, and Java. While everyone else is trying to figure out the new information technology buzzwords, Stark State’s Web Design and Development students will be applying them in the classroom to real-life situations.

Required Software
Students will be required to purchase the following software at discounted student rates:
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Adobe Flash

This rewarding degree covers a wide variety of material during the program. Students graduating with a degree in Web Design and Development will use the knowledge and skill gained in the program to:
  • Design and develop Web-based applications
  • Develop user interfaces for internet/intranet applications
  • Design and develop databases
  • Create multimedia applications

Stark State Web Design and Development students have found careers as Graphic Web Designers, Webmasters, Multimedia Web Designers, Web Programmers (ASP.net programmer, PHP programmer), HTML coders, Search Marketing Specialists, Database Programmers, Web Analyst.

According to the most current Bureau of Labor Statistics report, careers in Web Design and Development, along with other computer science and database administrators, are expected to be among the fastest growing occupations through 2014. “Employment of these computer specialists is expected to grow much faster than the average (an increase of 27 percent or more) for all occupations as organizations continue to adopt and integrate increasingly sophisticated technologies.”

Suggested Course Sequence

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First Semester		Credit Hours	Prerequisite
ITD1XX	Information Technology Seminar	1	-
ECA122	Computer Applications for Technical Professionals	3	-
ECA127	Programming Logic and Problem Solving	3	-
ECA228	Internet/Intranet Design and Development (HTML, XHTML, and CSS)	3	-
ECA253	Data Modeling and Database Design	3	-
ENG124	College Composition	3	Test
		16
Second Semester
ECA128	Visual Basic Development	3	ECA127
ECA138	Web Graphics Design	3	-
ECA139	Microsoft SQL Server Database	3	ECA253
ECA225	Web Development with JavaScript and AJAX	3	ECA228
MTH125	College Algebra	4	MTH101 or MTH103 or Test
		16
Summer Semester
COM121/122/123	Effective Speaking or Interpersonal Communication or Intergroup Communications	3	None/None/ENG124
MTH222	Statistics	3	MTH100 or MTH125 or Test
	Arts/Humanities/Social Science Elective	3	-
		9
Third Semester
ECA229	Active Server Page Development (ASP.NET)	3	ECA127, ECA228
ECA234	Advanced Cascading Style Sheets	3	ECA228
ECA236	Web Development with PHP and MySQL	3	ECA228
ENT120	Entrepreneurship	2	IDS102
	Technical Elective	3	-
	Technical Elective	3	-
		17
Fourth Semester
	Technical Elective	3	-
	Technical Elective	3	-
ECA296	Advanced Active Server Page Development (ASP.NET)	3	ECA229
ENT121	Entrepreneurial Marketing	3	ENT120
ECA292	Information Technology Capstone	3	Sophomore Status
		15
	TOTAL CREDITS	73

ECA292 should be taken in the last or next-to-last semester of enrollment.