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| CS 115 - Introduction to Programming |
| Summer 2015 |
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Grade: 4.0 |
| Course Description: An introductory course in programming using VB.NET. No previous programming experience is expected. Topics include designing, creating and debugging interactive, event-driven programs with a graphical user interface and developing problem-solving skills. |
My Takeaways: This course tought me the fundamentals of programming that are still helping me today. I learned about variables, subroutines, arrays, and more. The final project for this class was to build a hangman game.
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| CIS 241 - Web Development I |
| Fall 2015 |
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Grade: 4.0 |
| Course Description: Website development using HTML5, approached from a source code perspective. Covers tags, forms, linked objects, CSS3, frames, tables, and introduction to the use of scripting. Students build multi-page websites. |
| My Takeaways: This course tought me about the history of programming for the web, and the basics of HTML5. I built my first websites ever in this class, including the final project - my homepage v1.0. |
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| ART 225 - Introduction to Graphic Design |
| Fall 2015 |
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Grade: 4.0 |
| Course Description: Graphic design, its history, imaging and the elements and principles of digital design in visual communication. An introduction to computer graphic design production tools and processes in visual illustration. |
| My Takeaways: In this course, we focussed on the history of graphic design, and how to create and work with vector graphics using Adobe InDesign. I learned about color patterns, fonts, and composition. My final project was a zine layout featuring a history of German Sachplakat Object-poster art, and my projects from the quarter. |
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| CIS 233 - Systems Analysis |
| Winter 2016 |
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Grade: 4.0 |
| Course Description: A practical approach to real world systems analysis and design. Includes the systems development life cycle, structured methodologies and project planning. A case study project is analyzed, requirements are written and a systems design specification document is prepared. |
| My Takeaways: I learned the basics of Systems Analysis in the class. We studdied the SDLC, and methodologies like waterfall and agile. Our final project was to put together a System Requirements document. |
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| CIS 242 - Web Development II: JavaScript and jQuery |
| Winter 2016 |
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Grade: 4.0 |
| Course Description: Students will explore the topics of embedding, inline and external scripts, functions, form validation, loops, conditional statements, strings, numbers, DHTML, and an introduction to JavaScript Frameworks. Students build multi-page Web sites using these technologies. |
| My Takeaways: I learned about the Document Object Model, and adding interactive features to website with JavaScript in this class. Our final project was a Pizza Parlor website. |
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| CIS 245 - Web Development V: Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets |
| Winter 2016 |
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Grade: 4.0 |
| Course Description: Students will learn the details required to combine CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) with HTML, XHTML, or XML to create rich, powerful websites. Topics include: selectors, cascade and inheritance, text and font manipulation, layout, and positioning. |
| My Takeaways: We went pretty in-depth on CSS in this class. I learned quite a bit about styling a webpage. The final project for this class was to rebuild a magazine layout as a website using CSS. |
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| CIS 243 - Web Development III: Introduction to PHP |
| Spring 2016 |
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Grade: 4.0 |
| Course Description: Topics include server-side scripting for Web pages using PHP. Students will learn fundamentals of PHP scripting including functions, logical structure, and database connectivity used in creating websites. |
| My Takeaways: This class gave me my first taste of server scripting in PHP. We learned how to create loops, arrays, process forms, and more. My final project was a PC Sales website. |
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| MGMT 270 - Project Management I: Project Scope and Requirements |
| Summer 2016 |
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Grade: 3.9 |
| Course Description: Learn the basics of working in a project team. Students create plans that identify project scope, constraints, stakeholders, and risks, then explore customer needs and requirements. Includes an introduction to scheduling. Team and communication skills strongly emphasized. |
| My Takeaways: In this course, I learned the fundamentals of project management. I also learned a valuable lesson in not being affraid to step on other people's toes. Our final project for this class was a Project Charter. |
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| CIS 260 - Introduction to XML and Cloud Database Computing |
| Fall 2016 |
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Grade: TBD |
| Course Description: Topics include how XML is used in websites, data storage applications and Cloud storage applications, XSL, incorporating style with XSL and CSS, namespaces, DTDs and schemas. |
| My Takeaways: In this course, we learned the basics of XML, including XSLT, XQuery, and databases. |
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| CIS 251 - Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| Fall 2016 |
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Grade: TBD |
| Course Description: Covers topics in Structure Query Language (SQL) including statements such as select, update, insert, delete, create. Emphasis on the ability to extract, update and maintain databases using SQL. |
| My Takeaways: This course taught me the basics of SQL queries, including joins, unions, and more. I have been doing basic queries on Amazon Redshift at work, but had no idea that this much more was possible. |
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