Stark State College’s Web Design and Development degree program prepares students for careers in web development, web design, and digital technology through hands-on training in modern programming languages, databases, and web technologies. Students learn to create interactive, database-driven websites and applications using tools and technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, ASP.NET, PHP, SQL, MySQL, and Java while gaining experience in user interface design, database development, and multimedia applications.
Major code: 5100 Business, Engineering, and Information Technologies Division Computer Science and Information Systems Department
The catalog in force is assigned to students based on the academic year they first applied to the college, and changes only when students change their major or request the change in writing. Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-28.
2026-27 Catalog
Effective Summer 2026
Some courses listed within the program may require a prerequisite or co-requisite.
Pre/Co-requisites will be listed within each course hyperlink below.
Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-04 and 3357:15-13-05
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | ||
| CPD224 | Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration | 3 |
| CSE235 | Python Development | 3 |
| CSE237 | Advanced Python Development | 3 |
| CSE236 | Analyzing Software Requirements and Developing Solutions | 3 |
| WDD122 | Web Graphics Design | 3 |
| WDD221 | Web Development with JavaScript | 3 |
| WDD222 | Advanced Cascading Style Sheets | 3 |
| WDD225 | ASP.Net MVC Development | 3 |
| WDD226 | Web Development with PHP and MySQL | 3 |
| WDD229 | Advanced Web Design | 3 |
| Non-technical | ||
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| CIS126 | Fundamentals of Information Systems | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Effective Speaking | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Small Group Communication | ||
| CPD121 | Data Modeling Database Design | 3 |
| CPD123 | Structured Query Language | 3 |
| CSE122 | Programming Logic and Problem Solving | 3 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| MTH118 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| WDD121 | Internet Design and Development | 3 |
| Select one (1) Arts & Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Select one (1) Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 61 | |
Students completing this degree may be eligible to also receive a Web Design One-Year Certificate (5125).
Full-time Student Advising Notes
Academic Advising
Students should make an appointment to see their advisor before registering for classes each semester. They should have prepared a completed registration form, including courses they wish to take, prior to this meeting.
Course Sequence
The semester-by-semester listing below provides the normal scheduling option for full-time associate degree students who plan to finish in two years.
| First Semester | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| CPD121 | Data Modeling Database Design | 3 |
| CSE122 | Programming Logic and Problem Solving | 3 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| CIS126 | Fundamentals of Information Systems | 3 |
| WDD121 | Internet Design and Development | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| MTH118 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| CPD123 | Structured Query Language | 3 |
| WDD221 | Web Development with JavaScript | 3 |
| WDD222 | Advanced Cascading Style Sheets | 3 |
| CSE235 | Python Development | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Summer Semester | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Effective Speaking | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Small Group Communication | ||
| Arts Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 6 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| CPD224 | Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration | 3 |
| WDD122 | Web Graphics Design | 3 |
| WDD225 | ASP.Net MVC Development | 3 |
| CSE237 | Advanced Python Development | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| Social Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 | |
| CSE236 | Analyzing Software Requirements and Developing Solutions | 3 |
| WDD226 | Web Development with PHP and MySQL | 3 |
| WDD229 | Advanced Web Design | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 61 | |
Arts & Humanities Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENG233 | British Literature: Medieval to 1785 | 3 |
| ENG234 | British Literature: 1785 to Present | 3 |
| ENG236 | American Literature: Colonial to 1865 | 3 |
| ENG237 | American Literature: 1865 to Present | 3 |
| HIS121 | United States History I to 1877 | 3 |
| HIS122 | United States History II from 1877 | 3 |
| PHL122 | Ethics | 3 |
Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PSC121 | United States Government and Politics | 3 |
| PSY121 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PSY123 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| PSY124 | Industrial/Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| PSY221 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| SOC121 | Sociology | 3 |
| SOC122 | Society and Technology | 3 |
| SOC123 | Dynamics of the Family | 3 |
| SOC221 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SOC225 | Diversity in American Society | 3 |
Program Learning Outcomes
This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate the ability to acquire, organize, and evaluate terminology and information for making decisions and solving problems and providing solutions in a web design and development environment.
- Demonstrate employability skills and professionalism through sound work habits, ethics, and responsibility, and work individually and in diverse team settings.
- Demonstrate solution strategies to formulate and write project descriptions and documents by using the appropriate computational, technical, and communication skills and technologies relating to the web design and development field.