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Web Design

Purpose

To prepare information professionals to design, build, and manage a website as an information resource.

This certificate program offers opportunities to enhance skills in areas of web design, web applications, administration, and usability, building on students’ existing knowledge of web technologies.

After you are admitted, a faculty advisor will be assigned to help you identify the four courses that will facilitate achieving your goals.

Certificate Requirements

Take a total of 12 credit hours from the following courses. No other courses may be substituted for any of the courses listed below.

LIS 5263 Theory of Information Retrieval
LIS 5275 Usability Analysis (3 credits)
LIS 5362 Design & Production of Network Multimedia (3 credits)
LIS 5364 Website Development and Administration (3 credits)
LIS 5367 Advanced Web Applications (3 credits)
LIS 5484 Introduction to Data Networks for Information Professionals (3 credits)
LIS 5782, Database Management Systems (3 credits)
LIS 5916 Introduction to Information Architecture (3 credits)
LIS 5900r/5916r Directed Individual Study (3 credits) (Topic must be approved by your faculty advisor)

Requirements for Admission and Award of a Certificate

Note: This Certificate is available to non-degree students only.

Non-Degree students must:

Have earned a Bachelor degree prior to admission;
Apply and be admitted as a “special student” (i.e., non-degree) to the University;
Submit a completed Application for Certificate to the College of Information; and
Request an official transcript to be sent directly to the College of Information, in addition to the one(s) required by the University for admission.

Note: Non-degree students do not need to take a standardized test (e.g., GRE) for admission into a certificate program. If a student decides later to apply for admission as a degree-seeking student, GRE score will be required at that time.

To receive the certificate, students must:

Complete 12-credit hours of course work (four courses) from the approved list of courses, and
Earn a B or higher in each of the four courses taken for credit. (This is a higher standard of academic performance per course than required for the degree.)

Send your completed Application for Certificate and one official transcript to:

Graduate Certificate Program
Attn: Marion Davis
College of Information
Florida State University
P.O. Box 2100
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100