Information for new Web Development Students

 

 

Welcome to Copenhagen North

Web Development

Weekly Schedule

Book List

A-Z brochure

Academic Calendar

IT folder

 

Welcome to Copenhagen North

We are strongly committed to give you an education that qualifies for a meaningful future job. It means we emphasize activities that allow you to develop the skills that companies value. At Copenhagen North we therefore prioritize:

  • Practice - you learn things that are valuable and can be used in business life
  • High quality teaching - you get the opportunity to develop strong academic skills through the many different teaching methods that we offer.
  • Internationalization - we focus on internationalization to prepare you in the best way possible for an international career.  Our campus is known for and characterized by an international study environment with students from many different countries.
It is of course also important to develop a good social basis in order to create a strong learning culture allowing you to develop your skills and qualify directly for a job.
 
To prepare yourself in the best way possible for the programme you should - prior to the semester start - buy the books. See the book list for further information. 
 
We welcome you to a busy and rewarding time at Copenhagen North with an abundance of challenges and opportunities for social interaction.
 
Best regards
Teachers and Management at Copenhagen North
 

Web Development

With a Bachelor's Degree in Web Development you will be qualified to participate in the design and construction of web applications of all sizes. After some years of employment, you will be able to perform general functions related to planning and designing the architecture of complex web-systems.

You will be able to build web systems from scratch, using object-oriented IDE, CMS and relational databases. Furthermore, you will be able to use and analyze methods for the manufacture of advanced media productions. Subject matter covers video, audio and animation.

Your future job could be as a web developer or a developer responsible for the usability of the systems. Finally, the programme qualifies you to pursue relevant training at postgraduate level. The programme is directed specifically at development of web technologies in a wide range of applications and a variety of distribution platforms preparing you for many different types of jobs.

 

Weekly Schedule

PBA modules Spring 2012

Module Monday Tuesday Wednesday Teacher Room
PBA-Web 1. semester          
Database & XML 12:30-15:45     TOR 405a
Interface Design & Aesthetics   08:40-11:55   MORO/FDTA 405a
Web-programming and Network(Front-end)*     12:30-15:45 TOR / DSK 405a
Web-programming and Network(Back-end)     08:40-11:55 TOR 405a

*Web-programming and Network(Front-end) will be merged with (Back-end) after 7 weeks of class and continues at the morning session.

Book List

You can find the list of books at Polyteknisk Boghandel where you can also buy them:
Click here: Copenhagen North at Polyteknisk Boghandel

Course 1. sem.
Spring
2012
2. sem.
Fall
2012
Databases & XML    

“Professional ASP.NET 4 in C# and VB”,
Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, Devin Rader,
ISBN: 978-0-470-50220-4, March 2010

X  

”Beginning C# 2008 Databases”
Vidya Agarwal et al.
Apress, ISBN 1-59059-900-4

X  
WEB-Programming & Network    

 “Learning C# 3.0”,
Jesse Liberty & Brian MacDonald,
O'Reilly, ISBN 978-0-596-52106-6

X  

Special for “Frontend”

Web Style Guide, (Online edition); Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, by Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton

http://webstyleguide.com/wsg3/index.html

X  
Interface Design & Aesthetics    

“Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design”
Giles Colborne
New Riders
ISBN: 978-0321703545

X

 

WEB-Communication & Network Sociology    

Garrett, Jesse James (2004?):
The Elements of User Experience,
New Riders   (p. 21-36)

  X

Meyers, Herbert; Gerstman Richard (2001):
Branding @ the digital age
Palgrave  (Cap. Intro, 5, 7, 8)

  X

(Optional:) Olins, Wally (1995):
The new guide to Identity – Wolff Olins:
How to create and sustain change through managing identity
The Wolff Olins Limited

  X

Bolter, David; Crusin, Richard (2002):
Remediation: Understanding New Media
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press  (p. 3-15, 20-50) (Link on Fronter)

  X

Campanella, Thomas J. (2000):
Edenby wire: Webcameras and the Teleprensent Landscape
in: Goldberg, Ken:
The Robot in the Garden. Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet
MIT Press  (p. 23-46)

 

X

Advanced Media Technology    

”24 questions”
Jan Krag Jacobsen
Roskilde Universitets Forlag
ISBN-10: 8778672503
ISBN-13: 9788778672506

  X

”Sight Sound Motion – Applied Media Aesthetics”
Herbert Zettl
International Edition - Wadsworth
ISBN-10: 1-4240-6921-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-4240-6921-7

 

X

Development Environment & CMS

 

X

Security

 

X

 

 

A-Z brochure

Academic Calendar

IT folder

In the A-Z brochure you can find the answers to most frequently asked questions.

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This Academic Calendar is for the whole academy. Exact dates may vary on individual programmes.

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The IT folder contains information about the IT-systems at Copenhagen North

Download here