Instructor: Dr. John J. Leggett Graduate Assistant: Jenny Monesson
Phone: 409-845-0298 Phone: 707-3183
Office: None Office: SZB546
Email: leggett@cs.tamu.edu Email: jennymo@earthlink.net
Office Hours: F 12-1 pm Office Hours: T, Th 1-3:30 pm
Grading:
Exam 1 (25%); Exam 2 (25%);
Homework (25%); Discussion (25%).
Homework:
Four homework assignments will be given. The homeworks will require creativity in design and a thorough understanding of the literature.
Discussion:
This class is a readings and discussion class. We will read approximately 1200
pages during this course. You will be responsible for participating in the
class discussion of all papers. You will be graded on
participation in the discussions and performance as discussion leader on
specific papers.
Text:
No Text. The readings are available at the Graduate School of Business Copy Center.
Final course grades will be based on an average:
A:100-90; B:89-80; C:79-70; D:69-60; F:59-0.
Exams:
Exams are comprehensive and will cover all discussion in class, all readings and
all assignments to date.
This course is designed to comprehensively cover the area of hypermedia systems. Course content
will include the history and importance of hypermedia, theories of hypermedia design, hypermedia
and hyperbase modeling, architectures of hypermedia systems, issues of hypermedia interface
design and styles of interaction, and future directions in hypermedia systems. Emphasis will be on
previous, current, and future research in hypermedia systems.