Web Technologies

You will learn how to:

• Critique the aesthetics, navigability, and usability of websites
• Become familiar with graphic design principles that relate to web design and learn how to implement theories into practice
• Design and implement wireframes and mockups for websites
• Plan, design, and construct web sites to work properly in modern web browsers, conforming to web standards while following best practices
• Develop, implement, and deploy a web application using HTML+CSS+JS (including JS libraries and frameworks such as jQuery and React)
• Use client-side services to interact with web-based server-side APIs
• Model and implement web-service based applications from the client-side
• Manage basic hosting and version control
• Articulate an understanding of laws and issues in areas such as privacy, encryption, freedom of speech, copyrights and patents, computer crime, and computer/software reliability and safety; understanding of philosophical perspectives related to ethics and the basics of the U.S. legal system; and the ability to identify ethical issues that arise in information technology and determine how to address them technically and ethically

Design and New Media Track:

• Apply the User Experience Design process, including the use of personas, task models, and user journey mapping
• Connect and align business objectives with User Experience Design goals
• Explore the ways technology affects personal, cultural, and mass communication through examining the historical, societal, and ethical implications of newer and interactive forms of media
• Use audio, video, and digital tools to research and produce essays, projects, and presentations that analyze the impact of technology on communication
• Articulate how the Internet and social media has changed the way we produce and consume content and how social media has affected the way we work, shop, and interact online and off

Data Track:

• Design, implement, test, and debug a program that uses each of the following fundamental programming constructs: basic computation, variables, expressions, I/O, standard conditional and iterative structures (loops), the definition of functions, parameter passing, and recursion
• Articulate knowledge of elementary data structures, their implementation and the ability to choose an appropriate data structure to solve a given problem; and the ability to evaluate algorithms, to select from a range of possible options, to provide justification for that selection, and to implement the algorithm in a particular context
• Evaluate, clean, and prepare datasets for analysis, perform data analysis in Python using standard toolkits and libraries, and report the results of analyses using clear, accessible language and appropriate visualizations

Development Track:

• Design, implement, test, and debug a program that uses each of the following fundamental programming constructs: basic computation, variables, expressions, I/O, standard conditional and iterative structures (loops), the definition of functions, parameter passing, and recursion
• Articulate knowledge of elementary data structures, their implementation and the ability to choose an appropriate data structure to solve a given problem; and the ability to evaluate algorithms, to select from a range of possible options, to provide justification for that selection, and to implement the algorithm in a particular context
• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of Object Oriented Programming; and develop applications incorporating a variety of both client-side and server-side Web technologies, using appropriate protocols

Today’s employers across many industries assign considerable value to web development and design skills, especially as the world’s citizens increasingly rely on digital tools like websites and apps to conduct their personal and professional business.

Empowered by versatile, tangible skills sharpened during their Web Technologies studies, SCPS Web Technologies alumni work in a range of industries, including e-commerce, finance, insurance, and advertising. Some advance to become project managers, a leadership role in which they plan, coordinate, and direct computer-related activities across an organization.

$79,890

Median annual wage for web and digital interface designers (Source: BLS) 

$77,030

Median annual wage for web developers (Source: BLS)

23%

Projected growth in employment of web developers and digital designers over the next decade (Source: BLS)

21,800

Projected number of annual job openings for web developers and digital designers over the next decade (Source: BLS)

SPCS students enrolled in the Web Technologies degree program receive instruction, guidance, and support from dedicated faculty members. Many are seasoned faculty members from Loyola University’s Department of Computer Sciences. Others, meanwhile, are current industry practitioners who have their hands on the pulse of today’s market needs. View Our Directory

Prospective students can take advantage of SCPS’s rolling application process and apply immediately. Alongside an application, SCPS requires official transcripts from all prior institutions you attended.

Accepted students can begin their Web Technologies studies during any of the 5 sessions throughout the academic year. To complete the degree program, students must complete 120 credit hours, which includes 30 credit hours in the Web Technologies major. Major courses are offered in 8-week sessions in an online format with evening and Saturday morning meeting times. Other courses necessary to complete the degree are also fully online, which may include both synchronous and asynchronous components with either evening or Saturday morning meetings.