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CS 251 - HTML/CSS


Credits: 1-5
Students learn the fundamentals of responsive web design using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Students build webpages by encapsulating content with tags appropriate for each content type. Students design the aesthetics of HTML pages by associating responsive CSS to control the visual qualities of each page element. Students analyze existing web pages and replicate them. Students conceive, design and code original, responsive web pages.
Course Outcomes:
  1. Set up and use a code editor.
  2. Construct web pages using HTML.
  3. Style web pages with CSS.
  4. Understand how JavaScript interacts with HTML & CSS on web pages
  5. Develop responsive layouts.
  6. Troubleshoot problems related to web page operation.

Course Topics:
  1. Web fundamentals
  2. Web page content and structure (HTML)
  3. Tag basics: attributes and values
  4. Descriptive tags
  5. Structure tags: divs, spans, semantic containers
  6. General content tags: text, links, lists and images
  7. Forms tags: fields, inputs, buttons
  8. Web page presentation (CSS)
  9. Basics: text, colors, background
  10. Structure: the box model
  11. Custom properties
  12. Positioning, layout, flexbox and grid
  13. Responsive techniques and media queries
  14. Transformation, transitions and keyframe animation
  15. Intro to the behavior layer (JavaScript)
  16. Distributed version control

LEC Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Course Attribute(s): None
OEE Permitted: Yes
Grading Basis: Graded
Instructor/Department Consent Required: No Consent
CIP Code: 11.1004
Default Section Size/Cap: 25
Quarter(s) offered:
  • Spring