On May 14, 2010 I will be graduating with an AAS degree in Information Systems Technology, so I decided to go ahead and make notes of all that I’ve done so that I won’t forget. It’s been an interesting journey, and it has taken six months longer than I planned, but I think it’s all been worth it.
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Teacher Grade scale is from 1-4: 1 = bad, 2 = okay, 3 = good, 4 = best
Fall 2007 |
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| Class | Description | Units | Grade | Teacher | Teacher Grade |
| Eng 111 | College Composition 1 | 3.00 | B | Margo McCord | 3 |
| ITE 115 | Intro to Computer Applications | 3.00 | A | Richard Carr | 3 |
| ITN 101 | Intro to Network Concepts | 4.00 | A | Jeffrey Scott | 3 |
| PED 137 | Martial Arts 1 | 2.00 | B | Andrew Deleo | 3 |
| SDV 101 | Orientation | 1.00 | A | Calvin Cassell | 2 |
| This being my first semester in a class room I was very nervous, but knowing that my first class was with Margo McCord (who I had met and impressed at our first meeting) and then my second class was with Jessica (my sister) helped tremendously. My first day was Wednesday, Aug 22, 2007, and it went like this:
ENG111 from 10-10:50
ITE115 from 11-11:50 PED 137 from 3-5:30 ITN101 from 6-9:40pm It was a long first day and I thought it would never end. I enjoyed all my classes this semester except for ITN 101. ITN 101 had a decent teacher, it was just at a bad time and I didn’t like the subject matter. Spring 2008 |
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| Class | Description | Units | Grade | Teacher | Teacher Grade |
| ITD 110 | Web Page Design 1 | 3.00 | A | Jeffrey Scott | 3 |
| ITP 100 | Software Design | 3.00 | A | Bathurst Bagby | 2 |
| MUS 121 | Music Appreciation 1 | 3.00 | A | Linda Durham | 3 |
| SOC 200 | Principles of Sociology | 3.00 | C | Elizabeth Lewis | 3 |
| SPD 100 | Principles of Public Speaking | 3.00 | A | Richard Ware | 3 |
| My second semester I enjoyed all my classes. My favorite was probably MUS 121.
Fall 2008 |
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| Class | Description | Units | Grade | Teacher | Teacher Grade |
| Eco 120 | Survey of Economics | 3.00 | A | Larry Landrum | 3 |
| ITD 136 | Database Management Software | 4.00 | A | Diane Wolff | 4 |
| ITN 170 | Linux System Administration | 3.00 | A | David Doughty | 2 |
| ITN 261 | Computer Crime and Hacking | 3.00 | C | Bernard Cosell | 1 |
| MTH 120 | Introduction to Mathmatics | 3.00 | A | Charles Musgrove | 1 |
| My third semester ITD 136 was my favorite by far. I didn’t really like the content or teacher for ITN 261 or ITN 170. ECO 120 was interesting to me, but it just wasn’t really my thing. And MTH 120 was, if I can say it, stupid. For some reason I placed into this class, but I knew pretty much all the material already, and the teacher was old and he got confused often.
Spring 2009 |
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| Class | Description | Units | Grade | Teacher | Teacher Grade |
| ITD 210 | Web Page Design 2 | 3.00 | A | Jeffrey Scott | 3 |
| ITD 258 | Database Performance and Tuning | 3.00 | A | Kristina Anderson | 1 |
| ITP 120 | Java Programming 1 | 4.00 | A | Diane Wolff | 4 |
| ITP 225 | Web Scripting Languages | 4.00 | A | Diane Wolff | 4 |
My fourth semester I had two online classes (ITD 210 and ITP 120). I had never had any online classes before, and didn’t know what to expect; I was nervous, but the teachers had everything put together well, and I no longer have fear of online classes. I enjoyed all of these classes except ITD 258. The content of ITD 258 could have been really enjoyable had it been presented better. The reason for this was:
Fall 2009 |
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| Class | Description | Units | Grade | Teacher | Teacher Grade |
| ACC 211 | Principles of Accounting 1 | 4.00 | A | Kristal Clark | 4 |
| ITP 220 | Java Programming 2 | 4.00 | A | Diane Wolff | 4 |
| MTH 141 | Business Mathmatics 1 | 3.00 | A | Jeffrey Strom | 3 |
| My fifth semester was the easiest load I had so far. I had been putting off ACC 211 and MTH 141 because I was afraid that I wouldn’t like them and/or that I wouldn’t be good at them, but I was wrong! I really enjoyed both of them. ITP 220 was online and this is when I discovered that I don’t really like Java. I could only get some of the concepts, and the actual syntax was (and still is) like a foreign language. I had Jeffrey helping me almost every step of the way explaining every line of code that I didn’t understand, and just as a reference whenever I got lost.
Spring 2010 |
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| Class | Description | Units | Grade | Teacher | Teacher Grade |
| ITP 246 | Internet Dev: Server-side Java | 4.00 | A | Diane Wolff | 4 |
| ITP 298 | Capstone | 3.00 | A | Gilbert Armour | 2 |
This, my sixth, and last semester has been weird to say the least. Both classes are online and only have things due every few weeks so my schedule has been weird. Capstone isn’t too bad because I get to work on a project that I chose and do it mostly the way I want. Java as I said before isn’t my thing, but I think I get a little more every time I work on it, and with the help of Jeff I’m getting it. So far my grades for the classes are 100% in ITP 246 and 96% in ITP 298, and I don’t think they will change much, so I’m going to estimate that I will have A’s in both classes.