There are good things about the program and lousy things about the program. I enjoy the flash and I enjoy the programming, but I seriously am not interested in the learning theory, as you already know. I heard that in the future, they're going to be giving students options on which parts of classes they want to take... things like networking may become an option and other classes may crop up in its place. :D
Personally, my major beef with the program is the lack of actual designing classes. Colour Theory should have been more about colour itself and why we use certain shades. Colour is one of the most important elements in design; if your shades are off by even just a tiny bit, your design can look like crap. It would have been nice to have a class where the prof explains why you use reds or blues and when to use them, you know? And computer graphics was an awesome class but... it's the same class that other programs like Broadcasting and Film get. -_- I dunno about you, but since we're in multimedia and designing is more important to us, I think we should have more of it than them.
The other thing that pisses me off about the program is the third year, sixth semester placement. How do they expect us to be working a full time job and still be able to afford to live? You really can't stay in Thunder Bay if you're serious about getting involved in the industry and all of the "good" places to go are expensive to live. You're working a full time job so you don't have time for a part time job... and even if you worked on the weekends, you still wouldn't be able to afford to pay for rent, food and transportation. And on top of all that, they still expect you to pay $600 to do it. -_-;
I actually was looking at other institutes in the Vancouver area... and all of the classes related to web design or graphic design were structured pretty much the same as our program, without the psychology/learning theory/networking. It still had all of the business aspects to it. I may not be entirely happy with the program but I don't want to be a quitter... I want to continue, gain as much knowledge as I can, and graduate. I want the opportunity to move to Vancouver, I want the opportunity to get a good job down there, and I want that piece of paper that says I'm qualified to do the job. ^^ So I'm going to stick with it, even if I do tend to complain sometimes. It's just my way of relieving stress.
...and for the count, a lot of people are actually leaving the program. It's just too late to drop classes now. ^^ And I say piss to the asswipes who're just jealous that you're doing better than them. It's pathetic that high school mentality of "Oh, she's doing good, fucking bitch" is still hanging around in college... doing good isn't something you should shun people for. -_- It's something you should praise and aspire to. And I do! ^^ <tries to leech some programming logic understanding> ToT
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Date: 2004-11-21 05:02 pm (UTC)Personally, my major beef with the program is the lack of actual designing classes. Colour Theory should have been more about colour itself and why we use certain shades. Colour is one of the most important elements in design; if your shades are off by even just a tiny bit, your design can look like crap. It would have been nice to have a class where the prof explains why you use reds or blues and when to use them, you know? And computer graphics was an awesome class but... it's the same class that other programs like Broadcasting and Film get. -_- I dunno about you, but since we're in multimedia and designing is more important to us, I think we should have more of it than them.
The other thing that pisses me off about the program is the third year, sixth semester placement. How do they expect us to be working a full time job and still be able to afford to live? You really can't stay in Thunder Bay if you're serious about getting involved in the industry and all of the "good" places to go are expensive to live. You're working a full time job so you don't have time for a part time job... and even if you worked on the weekends, you still wouldn't be able to afford to pay for rent, food and transportation. And on top of all that, they still expect you to pay $600 to do it. -_-;
I actually was looking at other institutes in the Vancouver area... and all of the classes related to web design or graphic design were structured pretty much the same as our program, without the psychology/learning theory/networking. It still had all of the business aspects to it. I may not be entirely happy with the program but I don't want to be a quitter... I want to continue, gain as much knowledge as I can, and graduate. I want the opportunity to move to Vancouver, I want the opportunity to get a good job down there, and I want that piece of paper that says I'm qualified to do the job. ^^ So I'm going to stick with it, even if I do tend to complain sometimes. It's just my way of relieving stress.
...and for the count, a lot of people are actually leaving the program. It's just too late to drop classes now. ^^ And I say piss to the asswipes who're just jealous that you're doing better than them. It's pathetic that high school mentality of "Oh, she's doing good, fucking bitch" is still hanging around in college... doing good isn't something you should shun people for. -_- It's something you should praise and aspire to. And I do! ^^ <tries to leech some programming logic understanding> ToT