Professional Investigation- Part Two

I began accessing my academic route last spring when I started taking classes at DePaul. I took two WRD classes (Semiotics and Community, Culture & Society). I learned a lot of interesting information and read challenging and difficult theorists' works. The courses’ writing emphasis was definitely the biggest benefit for me. This helped me re-orient towards writing academic papers. Although these classes did not relate directly to new media, I focused my final project and paper on new media topics. Although these classes were very demanding, I found them rewarding and worth my efforts to my academic progress.

In the summer, I took the Foundation of Digital Design, a HCI class. I would highly recommend this class to any student who would like to learn the basics in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. I can now say that I have the established groundwork of these programs, and I am confident I can now advance my skills with these programs.

Currently, I am taking Internet Marketing, a MBA course. I would highly recommend this course to NMS students. We are learning a wide variety of information about marketing on the web including, Analytics, SEO, Code, Mobile Marketing, Paid Search, and much more. This class provides a wide assortment of internet marketing topics, and in many ways, it parallels the Proseminar class. It's a great class and it's taught completely online.

Now I am starting the process of completing my NMS required courses. I am looking forward to taking these courses. I do have one elective remaining. It will be hard to decide what class to take. There are so many classes I am interested in taking. Some of the possible options for my final elective are: Foundations of HCI, Social Issues of Computing, or an Advertising or Marketing class.

I would also like to take more training courses. Lynda.com appears to be a very useful and an inexpensive training website. The site offers a multiplicity of programs for users to gain basic knowledge. Some of the programs I would like to take include: HTML, SEO, Web Design & Development, 3D, Flash, etc.

I'm excited to continue learning new skills and the latest industry information. I am very pleased with the diversity this program offers, and know I am gaining useful knowledge and practical information that will help me as I continue my degree program.