Spring 2027

Web Design for the Sciences

Web Design for the Sciences focuses on designing websites for agricultural, life, and social sciences, covering user characteristics, information goals, needs assessment, search strategies, formative evaluations, and legal issues.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 William Tracy

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.82 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.68 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe the fundamental concepts of how the web works and how humans interact with the web

  • Analyze website interfaces and content

  • Design effective interfaces using usability and information architecture concepts

  • Explain the differences between select web programming languages

  • Create basic webpages and websites

  • Produce a complete website and website promotional strategy.

  • Analyze and synthesize relevant scholarly literature related to web design

  • Independently research and assess website scholar contributions to the field of web design

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Communications A or graduate/professional standing

  • Satisfied Communications A or graduate/professional standing
LSC 532

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  • Satisfied Communications A or graduate/professional standing

Professors

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.82 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.68 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Characteristics of web users, science information goals, needs assessment, search strategies, formative evaluations, and legal issues.
  • Fundamental concepts of how the web works and human interaction with it.

Skills

  • Design effective interfaces using usability and information architecture concepts
  • Create basic webpages and websites
  • Analyze and synthesize relevant scholarly literature related to web design

Grades

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LSC 532 · Spring 2027

Web Design for the Sciences

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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