CSCI 331 - Computer Science Department | Montana State University

Note: dates and assignments more than a week out may be adjusted as the semester goes on. Please consider this page to be a living document subject to changes througout the semester.

Fall 2025

Week	Date	Subject	Assignments -- details on Canvas
	W Aug 20 F Aug 22	Overview and syllabus IDEs and other tools, resources	no assignments
2 Frontend	M Aug 25 W Aug 27 F Aug 29	Publishing to web server HTML syntax HTML forms	HTML assignment
3	M Sep 1 W Sep 3 F Sep 5	Labor Day - No Class! CSS syntax, Box model CSS cascade, layout	CSS assignment
4	M Sep 8 W Sep 10 F Sep 12	JavaScript: types JavaScript: Functions, Arrays JavaScript: Callbacks	JS assignment 1
5 Backend	M Sep 15 W Sep 17 F Sep 19	JavaScript: DOM, Events JavaScript: Ajax localhost	JS assignment 2
6	M Sep 22 W Sep 24 F Sep 26	PHP APIs Database: MySQL
7	M Sep 29 W Oct 1 F Oct 3	JSON, async/await JSPromises Fetch API	PHP assignment
8 Fullstack	M Oct 6 W Oct 8 F Oct 10	LAMP Stack LAMP Stack LAMP with JSON API
9	M Oct 13 W Oct 15 F Oct 17	MERN v. LAMP stacks NodeJS, ExpressJS, npm Security	LAMP assigment
10	M Oct 20 W Oct 22 F Oct 24	Mobile Development jQuery, Bootstrap ReactJS	Responsive assignment
11	M Oct 27 W Oct 29 F Oct 31	Set up with NextJS and Git React Hooks and props NextJS Assignment	Quiz in class (assignment)
12	M Nov 3 W Nov 5 F Nov 7	Review MIDTERM Hosting, Site Builders	MIDTERM
13 Projects	M Nov 10 W Nov 12 F Nov 14	Veterans Day - No Class! In class: project pitches In class: project pitches	NextJS assignment
14	M Nov 17 W Nov 19 F Nov 21	Final Presentations Final Presentations Final Presentations	Critiques Critiques Critiques
15	M Nov 24 W Nov 26 F Nov 28	Fall Break - No Class! Fall Break - No Class! Fall Break - No Class!
16	M Dec 1 W Dec 3 F Dec 5	Final Presentations Final Presentations Final Presentations	Critiques Critiques Critiques
17 FINALS WEEK	Dec 8 - 11	Finals Week. No Final.	Final Project: Site, Doc