Graduate Certificate in Web Services
The graduate certificate program in Web Services will provide information systems professionals and managers with the skills needed to understand, develop, analyze, and implement Web services within their company. Courses will explore how companies can use Web services to improve productivity and enhance their business; present case studies that describe how specific companies are employing Web services to integrate and improve communication within the company, with clients, and with company partners; delve into technical topics, including explanations of core Web services technologies and standards; explore various technologies for locating Web services on a network; identify tools and products that best fit Web service requirements; provide a detailed analysis of Web service security issues; and explore working examples of Web services and Web service clients built using the standards and tools discussed in the certificate program.
Students seeking the graduate certificate in Web services should hold a baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by one of the regional accrediting agencies.
- Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to solve problems related to the program content.
- Students will be able to explain the concepts and features necessary for successful Web Services development and deployment.
- Students will evaluate Web Services tools, platforms, vendors, and strategies.
- Students will design and build Web Services.
- Students will be able to document a Web Service application including both user and technical documentation.
The 18 credit hours required for the graduate certificate in web service include the following courses which must all be taken at Webster University:
- COAP 5000 Introduction to Web Services
- COAP 5010 Web Development Technologies (XHTML)
- COAP 5020 Principles of Data Exchange (Basics of XML)
- COAP 5030 Web Services Protocols (UDDI, SOAP, WSDL)
- COAP 5040 Databases in Web Services (.NET, Java)
- COAP 5050 Web Services Security
The student seeking the graduate certificate should consult the Admission, Enrollment, Academic Policies, and Graduate Certificates sections of this catalog for information regarding application, admission, registration, and the academic policies of Webster University.
Students who are interested in applying to this certificate program should see the Admission Section of this catalog for general requirements.
Send all required admission materials to
Webster University
Office of Admission
470 East Lockwood Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63119
COAP 5000 Introduction to Web Services (3)
This course is designed to be a literacy course that explains Web services, explores the benefits they provide to businesses, and discusses key concepts related to the technology. The course provides a broad overview of new technologies that are involved in the implementation of Web services, introduces Web service strengths and weaknesses, and examines the protocols and technologies involved in Web services.
COAP 5010 Web Development Technologies (3)
This is a course to cover Web design and development topics for students of management information systems (MIS) and business administrators that are interested in developing Web services. The course covers the practical aspects of XHTML, JavaScript, validation, file sizes, and file formats.
COAP 5020 Principles of Data Exchange (3)
This course guides the student through the process of creating XML documents and displaying them on the Web. Hands-on exercises are used to learn the essential techniques of handling XML data on the Web. The student will learn how to use data binding and XML Document Object Model scripts to display XML in HTML Web pages. Prerequisite: COAP 5010.
COAP 5030 Web Services Protocols (3)
This course examines the key standards that form the foundation for Web services, XML, WSDL, SOAP, UDDI. The course introduces the main ideas and concepts behind core and extended Web service technologies, and summarizes the major architectural approaches to Web services, .NET and J2EE. Prerequisite: COAP 5000.
COAP 5040 Databases in Web Services (3)
This course is designed to provide examples of database use in a variety of Web services. The student will have the opportunity to use a variety of tools to create Web Services, including one or more of the following toolkits: ASP.NET, Visual Studio.NET, the J2EE platform, IBM Toolkit, JDeveloper. Students will have the opportunity to work with various database platforms as they create a series of professional projects. Prerequisite: COAP 5000.
COAP 5050 Web Services Security (3)
This course explains how to implement secure Web services and includes coverage of trust, confidentiality, cryptography, authentication, authorization, and Kerberos. Details on Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), XML Key Management Specification (XKMS), XML Encryption, Hypertext Transfer Protocol-Reliability (HTTP-R) are also discussed. Prerequisites: COAP 5000.
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