A13ThomasCavalier

A13ThomasCavalier

To-Do

Please Answer the following Questions: provide a brief rationale for your answer — not just yes/no answers

1. which classes did you take outside of your chosen discipline?
   1. how did you select these classes?
      1. based on interest
      2. based on requirements for your degree program
   2. did would you evaluate the “outside classes”?
      1. a waste of time
      2. okay
      3. an enrichment of your education
      4. if you had a choice: would you take more outside classes?
2. to be a well educated graduate in your respective discipline — what do you consider the most important objectives?
   1. did CU offer classes for you to meet these objectives?
   2. have you pursued these objectives outside of classes (in other settings at CU; outside of CU)?
3. what do you consider the most important impact of new media and human-centered computing on YOUR education?

which classes did you take outside of your chosen discipline?

I've taken econ classes and history classes and band classes outside my chosen discipline.

how did you select these classes? (e.g. based on interest or based on requirements for your degree program)

I took these classes based of my interest in them but also because some parts were required for my degree program.

how would you rate the “outside classes”? (e.g. a waste of time or an enrichment of your education)

Some of them I would rate as complete waste of time. Trying to balance these classes and the important classes I feel made my grades suffer just a bit since I couldn't concentrate completely on the classes that really mattered.

if you had a choice: would you take more outside classes?

No, I would take less. I find outside classes pointless and unneeded. I came to school to study comp sci not Humanities.

to be a well educated graduate in your respective discipline — what do you consider the most important objectives?

Getting a good background in computer science with multiple languages and programs but also concentrating on more specific areas likes graphics or databases or web development.

did CU offer classes for you to meet these objectives?

Yes and no. There are areas of concentration but CU doesn't offer a computer graphics/games design concentration yet. So, I pick my concentration based on what the required core classes having some sort of graphics/game design class.

have you pursued these objectives outside of classes (in other settings at CU; outside of CU)?

Yes, I have done 3D modeling and used some high end graphics programs in my free time and I've also, spent time looking into going to another school after I graduate to get a degree in game design.

hat do you consider the most important impact of new media and human-centered computing on YOUR education?

It's allowed people of same interests as me to share their thoughts and creations more easily and to expand their skills beyond what independently studying the discipline can do.