CIS 148 - HTML Essentials

Description
HTML Essentials introduces the foundational skills needed to build web pages using semantic HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Students learn how to structure content, apply visual styling, and organize files for the web. Through hands-on projects, students develop responsive and accessible web pages using a text editor. Students publish their work to a web server and learn how to maintain a website. The course also provides basic exposure to JavaScript.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit:
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Computer Programming, A.A.A.S., Computer Support Specialist, A.A.A.S., Pathway Degree with Computer Information Systems Concentration, A.A., Web/UX Design and Development, A.A.A.S.

Other Courses Where This Course is a Prerequisite: CIS 149; CIS 239; CIS 241; CIS 279;
Other Courses Where this Course is a Corequisite: None
Other Courses Where This course is included in within the Description: CIS 249;

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:

Construct well-structured web pages using semantic HTML in a text editor.
Apply CSS to style text, color, spacing, and page layout.
Use modern CSS layout tools, such as Flexbox and CSS Grid, along with media queries to build responsive page structures.
Implement foundational accessibility practices.
Organize website files and publish pages to a web server.
Create tables to present structured information.
Integrate multimedia and basic interactive features using HTML5 and introductory scripting.
Analyze how semantic markup and layout decisions influence how web content is interpreted and delivered across different devices and assistive technologies.
Design, evaluate, and refine web pages to meet project requirements while ensuring valid code, strong semantics, and reliable functionality.

Course Outline:
I. Basics of HTML5, preparing to build a web site with HTML

II. Defining CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

III. Working with hyperlinks, images, lists and tables

IV. Designing pages with HTML and CSS

V. Working with forms

VI. Working with audio and video

VII. Programming web pages with JavaScript

VIII. Adapting site for mobile devices

IX. Testing and finalizing a web site

X. Final web site project

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
Yes
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 30-60%

Facilitated Discussion: 0-20%

Group Work: 0-10%

Lab Work: 10-40%
Mandatory Course Components:
1. Twenty to twenty-five web site activities
2. On-line quizzes
3. Final Web site project
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: IRW 101 (Previously IRW 99)

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

GRCC Course Type:
Program Requirement: Meets the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
People Soft Course ID Number: 103682
Course CIP Code: 11.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 24
Course Software Utilized: A text editor (Notepadd++, BBedit, VS Code, etc.).
A SFTP client (Filezilla, WinSCP, etc.)
A web server for hosting websites (raider.grcc.edu)

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: None
School: School of STEM
Department: Computer Information Systems
Discipline: CIS
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Other (list below), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
The instructor must possess knowledge of the the HTML5 and CSS3 environment, 4000 hours of HTML5 and CSS3 experience, basic knowledge of JavaScript, and, above all, and be able to clearly explain all topics covered in the course so that the student will be able to understand the concepts taught.

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20260220T14:28:21
Course Review & Revision Year: 2030-2031