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For Immediate Release...


UBC CONTINUING STUDIES ANNOUNCES SUITE OF NEW INTERNET
COURSES 

APRIL 17, 1996, VANCOUVER, B.C.: Today the University of
British Columbia announced four new Internet courses in
Java and JavaScript programming starting in the Continuing
Studies spring/summer term. 

Java and JavaScript are new Internet programming languages
from Sun Microsystems and Netscape Communications that
allow software applications to be distributed and run in
real-time over the Internet's World Wide Web. 

"These new courses are designed for anyone interested in
producing innovative and dynamic World Wide Web sites,"
said William Koty, Coordinator for Internet Programs and
the UBC Certificate in Internet Publishing. "We offer a
range of training solutions from conceptual foundation
courses for non-programmers to high-end programming
workshops for software engineers." 

New network-based applications created using Java and
JavaScript, called "applets," are downloaded from Internet
servers and run with popular web browsers such as
Netscape's Navigator and Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
"These applets allow Internet publishers to add computer
animation and customized, interactive software programs to
their Web sites that provide a wide range of applications
from games, to personal finance tools, to business and
communication products," explained Koty. 

Taught by Vancouver-based computer consultant Alan Ballard,
the suite of courses include:

- Java and JavaScript: Concepts and Capabilities

- Introduction to Programming in JavaScript

- Introduction to Java Programming for Non-C and C++
  Programmers

- Java for C and C++ Programmers 

Ballard has over 20 years experience in computer
programming and has been teaching programming courses for
UBC since 1980. 

UBC Continuing Studies is western Canada's leading provider
of high-technology education and offers over 140 computer
courses each term. The UBC Certificate in Internet
Publishing is the first program of its kind in North
America and includes specialized instruction on all aspects
of Internet publishing. 

For more information, telephone (604) 822-1438, e-mail
internet@cce.ubc.ca, or the World Wide Web at
http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca.

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