| A CS-103 student says: "I had, before this class, become obsessed with learning code 'hardcore', but I see that I'll pretty much always be able to find useful code snippets in resources online.... For coding a whole website, it's not so much about a limitless knowledge of code, but about persistence. With trial and error, focus, solid consideration, and just a little work, you can usually make what you envision a reality (or something that works just as well as what you'd envisioned)." |
We joke that "Al Gore invented the Internet," but it is no exaggeration to say that Tim Berners-Lee invented the WWW. Now Berners-Lee leads the Web Science Research Initiative among other projects.
The highest academic goal of CS-103 is to provide a layperson's introduction to Web Science as it is framed by Berners-Lee.
Our approach to Web Science leans towards theory and demands rigor. Students who master these concepts will find many applications for them in everyday use of the WWW.