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Re: Web accessibility included in a college degree curriculum

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Oct 8, 2012 10:52PM

there was a meting talking about this at csun this year but i missed
them. i have helped in a few classes on our campus but as for a full
class i don't know of one. the classes we have that are closest to
this are in our masters program in the school of information. if you
would like to look at some of them write me off list and i will put
you in touch with some of the faculty Lucy

On 10/8/12, Bryan Garaventa < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I think this should be a key component of every engineering course, in the
> same way that using bad programming techniques results in applications that
>
> don't work.
> E.G
> Using inaccessible programming techniques results in applications that don't
>
> work.
>
> Hopefully this is already part of the process though.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dow" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 8:03 PM
> Subject: [WebAIM] Web accessibility included in a college degree curriculum
>
>
>> Are any of you familiar with a college course focused fully on Web
>> accessibility or a course that makes the accessibility issue an
>> important part of it? This possibly included in a Computer Science (or
>> computer/technology-related) degree curriculum. I work with a
>> university disability services office and this often comes to mind. I
>> was just curious about this.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dow Hammond
>> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> >> >> >
> > > >


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Lucia Greco
Web Access Analyst
IST-Campus Technology Services
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu