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Web Application Development

Program Overview
Courses

It's a great time to be a web developer. Organizations want and need an appropriate online presence. And those involved in diverse segments of business make concerted efforts to interact with customers and gain new ones. So learn how to develop applications for deployment on the World Wide Web. Our faculty have decades of experience in web technologies, security systems and more.

We'll guide you into broadening your skill in web design, web content development, client liaison, client-side/server-side scripting, in addition to web server and network security configuration. Web development can range from developing the simplest static plain text pages to complex Web-based internet applications, electronic commerce sites and social network services. We will help you learn to track current trends and best practices to enable you to be effective in your career.

Program Foundations

Concentrations

Capstone Projects

Courses

General education requirement (38 hours)

Specific courses required:

BI 4213 - Biblical Ethics
LUSS 2093 - Impact of Internet Technologies on Society
Mathematics requirement satisfied by major

Required courses for the major area (74-76 hours)

CS 1213 - Introduction to Computer Programming
CS 1233 - Object-Oriented System Design and Programming
CS 2243 - Database Management Systems
CS 3243 - Mobile Device Programming
CCT 395V - Internship *
CCT 4613 - Senior Project
ENT 2503 - An Introduction to Business
SEC 3113 - Fundamentals of Information Security
IT 1123 - Future of Computing
IT 1213 - Graphic Design Studio
IT 2043 - Information Technology Applications
IT 2223 - Web Application Development I
IT 2233 - User Interface Design
IT 3223 - Web Application Development II
IT 3313 - Network Principles
IT 3233 - Web Server Technologies
IT 3413 - Systems Analysis and Design
IT 3423 - Project Management
IT 4053 - Senior Seminar in Web Development
IT 4423 - Management of Information Technology
MK 3403 - Strategic Internet Marketing
MK 3503 - Principles of Marketing
MA 1113 - College Algebra
MA 2183 - Elementary Statistics

Concentration courses (9 hrs) (choose one concentration area)

Game Development:

GD 3253 - Game Development I
GD 3263 - Game Development II
GD 3273 - Collaborative Serious Games Development

Information Technology Entrepreneurship:

ENT 3543 - Entrepreneur Marketing
ENT 4503 - New Venture Creation
MK 3403 - Strategic Internet Marketing

Information Security:

SEC 3313 - Introduction to Policy and Procedures
IT 3343 - Database Administration
SEC 3333 - Introduction to Business Continuity and Recovery Planning

Internet and Mobile Computing:

CS 3333 - Mobile and Distributed Computing Systems
CS 4013 - Future Mobile and Social Computing Systems
IT 4223 - Current Trends in Web Application Development

System Administration:

IT 3333 - Network Administration
IT 3343 - Database Administration
SEC 3333 - Introduction to Business Continuity and Recovery Planning OR
BA 3703 - Business Communication

**A general business minor is automatically satisfied by the information technology major.

Web Development Minor

Contact Information

Undergraduate Admissions

615.966.6123 ext. 6123
admissions@lipscomb.edu

Internship

Become more competitive in the job market with an internship related to your interests. You’ll gain experience and boost your exposure. An internship will also help you learn whether you’ve chosen a career you’ll enjoy.

Job placement

With a top-tier university education on your resume, you’ll be in high demand, whether you choose to launch your career or begin graduate school. Most of our programs have a placement rate of at least 90 percent within six months of graduation.

Expert faculty, small class sizes

Learn from award-winning, experienced faculty who actually care about you. Our small class sizes allow us to get to know you personally. We lead an approachable community within our respective programs. Our faculty connections are the experts on their subject matter, too.

Our Faculty

Ken Mayer

Assistant Professor

Ken Mayer Jr. is an Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity and IT. Previously, he came from private industry working for several Fortune 500 companies including, Dell Inc., Mercedes-Benz North America, and...
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Bryan Crawley

Associate Professor

Bryan Crawley brings to Lipscomb more than 35 years of experience as a software professional. In addition to serving 29 years as a computer science professor, he has worked as...
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Alfa Nyandoro

Associate Professor

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Chris Simmons

Associate Professor

Chris Simmons is an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing and Technology. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Tennessee State University, followed by a Master's degree in Information Technology...
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Becky Tallon

Adjunct Faculty

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Career Paths

Front-End Developer

Also known as a client-side engineer, a front-end developer creates HTML, CSS and JavaScript for a website or web application that a user sees and interacts with directly. The challenges include tools and techniques which constantly change, and the large variety of accessing devices, for example phones, kiosks, desktops, operating systems and browsers.

Back-End Developer

Also known as a server-side engineer, a back-end developers creates and maintain the logic and saved information for a web or mobile application. They need skills in high-level languages, databases, application program interfaces (APIs), components, testing and integration for these.

Full Stack Developer

A "full-stack" developer masters a variety of skills and uses them to create a complete product. They handle all the work of databases, servers, systems engineering, and clients. Depending on the project, what customers need may be a mobile stack, a web stack, or even a native application stack.