COLLEGE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Information Guidelines for
an Academic Department Web Page on a College Server


The following are guidelines for minimal information and additional optional entries for all academic Departments creating a web page to be hosted on a College server. Please keep in mind that the "entry" page for each Department must be named index.htm (or index.html) in order for the web page to automatically display when the URL is typed simply using the name of the Department. The following example shows the URL for the Math department's web page.

http://faculty.ccp.edu/dept/math

Minimal Information:

  • Name of Department, Program, Curriculum, etc.
  • Programs, disciplines, or services offered by Department and, where appropriate, links to contact information
  • Department Chair name, office number, and location
  • Department Chair telephone number/extension
  • Department email address or email address for Department Chair
  • List of faculty members or a link to alphabetical by department faculty listing
  • Link to College catalog and course descriptions, where appropriate
  • Link to College home page
  • "Date last modified"

    Optional information:

  • Links to web pages describing programs, disciplines, or services offered within Department
  • Links to supplemental academic web sites for use by students in your Department
  • Links to organizations or career information that may be of interest to your students.
  • Financial Aid information
  • Online Application
  • Academic Calendar
  • Link to courses currently offered
  • Link to Support Services offered by the College, e.g. Learning Lab, etc.
  • Other links, as appropriate