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[giuliel]

/bored in class
workin with sql.

entertain me.

:)

[giuliel]

Currently at a University.. so ya college institution. I rate the class and all others alike in this program a big 4/10.
It's not your regular program where you come into class and sit in on a lecture. All the classes in this program are as follows:
- You get your reading material
- You get your course pack book that tells you from module to module what to read, the exercises to complete and so forth.
- At the end of every module you log into the system and take your progress check before you can move onto the next module. You are required an 8/10 in order to move on.
- if you need help at any point there are 3 professors on duty at diff times throughout the day in the lab. You go ask them for help.

What blows about this program:
-You aren't sure what are the most important things to concentrate on since nobody is really there to guide you unless you have a question.

The good thing about the program:
- You can move at your own pace really. Upon recieving the new course material you are given an examination date. It is up to you to meet that date. If however, you are moving quicker than should be, you can take the exam earlier. If you are late- too bad so sad- FAIL. You get 1 chance at redemption. Although I've never ever been in that situation. You must have a min of 70% to pass that specific course.

- There is no set time for attendence. The lab is open from 10am to 10pm. As long as you make it to the lab 4 of 5 days for a minimum of 5 hours each day, you're good.

edit: a lot of the course books are outdated which REALLY bothers me. In the end I end up having to do more work/reading just to catch up to the real world in terms of what THEY are using.
I must say though, a good thing that came out of this program is that you really learn to learn on your own without having your hand held through everything.

so meh.. i change my 4/10 to a 6/10

[MeTh0Dz]

Just play minesweeper, that's what I do.

[giuliel]

theyre pretty much all this way : /
this course is Database Architecture. I just finished up with access. That took me about a week. its such a joke....
We get one course at a time and then follow suite. I believe after this course is ASP .NET.

This program is under a university, but it is kind of a subset. You don't have electives or options to pick a minor. It's a certification degree. I chose it this way because I already completed a double major, and didnt want to do all the tedious elective work again.

[MeTh0Dz]

Nope never played. Pretty much play minesweeper and freecell while I'm waiting on loading bars and such.

[giuliel]

Programming Analyst and Internet Solutions

although im not really sure why they called it that... we haven't really touched anything web oriented yet.

mahjong owns

[MeTh0Dz]

What type of career are you going to be looking for once you are done?

[giuliel]

I'm really not sure...
Definitely something that requires the use of OOP languages, most likely for .net. Or I'll even be able to do databasing.
then again... this is just really to gain more experience in the field and buy myself some time to set up a portfolio so I can get into the gaming industry.

what you studying methodz?

[MeTh0Dz]

Ohh... The gaming industry would be fun. Although I'm pretty sure I'll /shootmyself if I am forced to learn .NET.