None
Course Number:
CSCI 4460
Approved Starting Semester:
Fall 2021
Course Title:
Content Management Systems
Credit Hours:
3
Course Description (Bulletin Description):
This course introduces the concept of data and content management to the students. Students are to install, setup, configure, and use a content management system to create full-fledged data and content rich websites with customizable add-on features. Students will learn how to program and configure this content management system to tap into its programmable development potentials. In addition, the course covers an introduction to strategic management.
Prerequisite:
CSCI 3300 and CSCI 4000
Co-requisite:
None
Pre/Co-requisite::
None
Dual-Listed:
None
Course Objectives (Course-level Student Learning Outcomes):
At the completion of the course, the student will be able to 1. Install, setup, configure, and create a content management system. 2. Add features to the CMS site using widgets and plug-ins. 3. Build a blog out of a CMS. 4. Customize that CMS with themes to create an advanced site that looks exactly the way you want it to. 5. Develop and build themes for the CMS from scratch. 6. Use and develop plug-ins for the CMS. 7. Use a hosting provider to manage a CMS-powered website. 8. Apply strategic management theories and concepts to formulate and implement major goals and initiatives in terms of IT/CS management.
Topics Covered (In Outline/Calendar):
hosting considerations, CMS installation, CMS configurations, CMS design consideration, building an e-commerce platform using a CMS, website refactoring, CMS theme development, CMS plugin development, CSS integration into a CSS, website development using a server-side programming language, strategic management theory
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions. (SLO1)
- Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline. (SLO2)
- Use systemic approaches to select, develop, apply, integrate, and administer secure computing technologies to accomplish user goals. (SLO6-CIT)
Course Coordinator:
Dr. James Church
Instructor-in-charge:
Dr. James Church
Previous Professors:
Dr. Leong Lee, Dr. James Church
Technologies / Skills:
WordPress CMS, WordPress PHP programming, Web Hosting
Textbook(s):
Spring/Summer 2026
---------------------------------
Title: Ultimate WordPress Handbook: An Essential Guide to Designing Stunning WordPress Websites, Driving Traffic, and Boosting Revenue (English Edition)
Edition: First
Authors: Tricia Ulbert, Daniel Bisett
ISBN-13: 978-9348107114
Publisher: ISBN-13: 978-9348107114
========================================
Go back to choose another course