Module Database Search
| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Web System Development | |||
| Reference | CMM503 | Version | 7 |
| Created | September 2017 | SCQF Level | SCQF 11 |
| Approved | April 2005 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | September 2017 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To explore the key concepts in web-based development. To gain an understanding of the main security threats to web−based systems. To develop the students' skill in the main technologies that underpin web-based systems. To provide the student with practical experience in applying these technologies to produce simple web-based systems. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
|---|---|
| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Design and Implement simple web-based systems appropriate to a given objective. |
| 2 | Identify, analyse and describe key issues and problems in the development of web-based systems. |
| 3 | Identify and describe recent trends and development in web technologies. |
| 4 | Critically appraise security techniques for the design of web-based systems. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| Internet infrastructure, client−server architectures, Hypertext Mark−up Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), client−side script (JavaScript), server−side script (PHP), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), Ajax, Web services. Web-based attacks and defences: HTTP vulnerabilities, HTTP response splitting, cache poisoning, cross-site scripting (XSS), set-cookie attacks, cross-site request forgery (CSRF), clickjacking, web defacement, countermeasures and defences, web application firewalls. |
| Module Delivery |
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| Key concepts are introduced and illustrated through the medium of lectures. Laboratory sessions provide a series of exercises designed to develop proficiency in techniques essential to the development of web-based systems. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 44 | 44 |
| Non-Contact Hours | 106 | 106 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | 150 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Examination | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 3, 4 |
| Description: | This is a closed book examination. | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2 |
| Description: | The coursework will design and develop a web−based system. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | ||||||||
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| Explanatory Text | ||||||||
| The calculation of the overall grade for this module is based on equal weighting of C1 and C2 components. | ||||||||
| Examination: | ||||||||
| Coursework: | A | B | C | D | E | F | NS | |
| A | A | A | B | B | C | E | ||
| B | A | B | B | C | C | E | ||
| C | B | B | C | C | D | E | ||
| D | B | C | C | D | D | E | ||
| E | C | C | D | D | E | E | ||
| F | E | E | E | E | E | F | ||
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination | |||||||
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | POWERS, D., 2014, PHP solutions: dynamic web design made easy, Apress |
| 2 | SHEMA, M., 2012, Hacking web apps: detecting and preventing web application security problems, Syngress |
| 3 | HAVERBEKE, M., 2014, Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming, No Starch Press. |