Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master of Science in Information and Communications Technology with a Concentration in Web Design and Development is a degree program offered by the University of Denver. This program provides in-depth knowledge of web design and web development through hands-on instruction, allowing students to create interactive, state-of-the-art web-based applications.

Program Structure

The program is offered online or on campus in the evenings, or in a combination of both, to meet the needs of busy adults. Students will learn from professional practitioners who work in the fields in which they teach, resulting in a highly career-relevant and innovative degree.

Key Skills and Knowledge

Students in this program will develop essential skills and knowledge, including:

• IT fundamentals
• Business skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Web design and development principles
• User experience (UX) design principles
• Information architecture and web-design foundational principles

Career-Relevant Skills

This degree prepares students to:

• Create interactive web-based applications for e-business processes and consumer demands using tools such as cascading style sheets, web graphics construction, interface design, and usability
• Create requirements for user experience design by applying UX principles such as user personas, information design, wireframing, and prototyping
• Analyze enterprise goals to apply information architecture and web-design foundational principles for the development of client-server and cloud-based solutions
• Develop solutions for web, app, and mobile scenarios using the latest versions of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML, PHP, and Python
• Assess how web design and development converges within the context of security, software, database design, and telecommunications

Program Benefits

The program provides students with a comprehensive understanding of web design and development, as well as the fundamentals of other areas of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) field. This knowledge will enable students to thrive in any organization and stay competitive in an increasingly technological world.