What is this?

The Web Services Group and the Dean of the College Office are in the process of defining guidelines for departmental and program sites,with the goal of achieving a common structure and terminology. This is the current state of their recommendations.

Please note that many items on this page are not required; you may use the key to judge which items make sense for your site.

If you have any questions, please contact Matt Ryan or Liz Ciner.

Key

• Bold items are strongly recommended
• Plain items are optional, but if they exist, we recommend the terminology used here
• Italic items are examples; these show how the structure can be extended for individual departments' needs
• Items with asterisks (*) are, in whole or part, automatically generated from the College's information systems

Recommended Web Site Structure

• Home Page (includes contact information, site navigation, brief description of dept., latest news, upcoming events, link to forms)
  1. Overview (perhaps pre-populate these pages with Publications/Admissions departmental descriptions)
     • Traditions
     • Why Study (name of subject)?
     • Photos
     • Research Projects (Recent research projects by faculty & students)
     • Visiting Professors (like on Philosophy site)
  2. Faculty & Staff* (includes contact information)
  3. Courses (Note: now lists courses by number & by term, and links to course page)
  4. The Major (The Concentration; or, if both, use both)
     • Major/Concentration Requirements*
     • Integrative Exercise/Comps
  5. Resources
     • Facilities
     • Links
     • Library resources (links to Library pages or pulls in from Libe)
     • Student Departmental Advisors
     • Instrumentation (like on Chemistry site)
     • Reading Group (like on Medieval Studies site)
     • The Monkeys (like on Psych site)
     • Environmental Advisory Committee (like on ENTS site)
     • Certificate of Advanced Study (like on Russian site)
  6. Events
  7. Newsletter
  8. Off Campus Study
  9. Students (info. about current students)
     • Student Organization(s)
     • Student Projects
     • Student Housing (like language houses)
  10. Further Education & Opportunities
      • Summer Opportunities
      • Graduate Schools
      • Fellowships
      • Internships
      • Research
      • Jobs
  11. Alumni (info. about alumni)
      • Alumni Newsletter
      • Listing of past majors (like on several dept. sites)
      • Percentage of alumni in various fields (like on Religion site)
      • Alumni address & contact info (like on Russian site)
  12. Other top level links for unique, significant programs within the department, such as:
      • Teaching Licensure Program (like on Ed. Studies site)
      • Creative Writing (like on English site)
      • Chinese & Japanese (like on Asian Languages & Literatures site)
      • Ensembles (like on Music site)