Today in class we had three instructor presenters. I realized that I don't know much about the other emphasis's in the CSIT major, so I decided I should listen and learn about the other programs to make sure I made the right decision. The first professor, Sathya Narayanan, specializes in the Networking and Security emphasis. He started out with a discussion about computer science and it's definition. It doesn't really have a specific definition, but he used an interesting example of what the definition isn't. He said the study of astronomy is not the study of telescopes, so computer science is more than just the study of computers. After he explained the networking and security emphasis, it seemed interesting but just not for me. Then Professor Byun presented the software engineering emphasis. This is the emphasis I was interested in when I decided to change majors to CSIT. Professor Byun also mentioned something about being able to do a game for a capstone. Game development is my ultimate career goal, but since jobs are pretty hard to come by I feel like emphasizing in software engineering would be better for me. If they do start offering game development classes I would definitely take them. But if I could do a game for my capstone that would be awesome! And even if I don't end up in game development as my career, I would still do it on the side as a hobby. Then Professor Bobbi Long presented the visual design emphasis in the CD major. Programs like Photoshop and Illustrator always seemed so complicated to me, so I hadn't taken my Media Tools class requirement until this semester. We've only just started Illustrator, but I find it really fun. Not something I would go further in though. I was really impressed by the number of logos and other things Bobbi Long created. Overall I thought all the presentations were good.
We were also assigned to look at student portfolios this week. I looked at two, Jeremy Laskar's and Alfredo Martinez. The portfolios were websites that listed the courses they took or were going to take, and also described any major projects they did in them. I was impressed by Jeremy's, the layout reminded me of a Mario game or an old arcade game. He also took a mix of design and technical courses. Alfredo's was very nice too, it was easy to navigate around and find the classes he took. I like how both portfolios listed the major projects they worked on in that course.
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