Results tagged “CSC153” from I, Curtis

HIS 131 – American History I
Grade: A
Grade Status: Official

ART 115 – Art History II
Grade: A
Grade Status: Instructor Notation – Awaiting Registrar Confirmation

CSC 153 – C# Programming
Grade: A
Grade Status: Numerical Average Complete – Awaiting Instructor Confirmation

ENG 131 – Introduction to Literature
Grade: B
Grade Status: Instructor Limbo – System Provided Numerical Average

ART115 - Art History II - Got through the first module with no problems. I got an 80 on the quiz, but got 100 on both of the discussion assignments, so I'm happy for that. It seems like it is going to be a very fun course. I am still learning how to prepare for this course.

ART281 - Sculpture I - I am working very hard on my first project. My personal staff is coming along nicely in concept, but I haven't really spent much time working on it physically. I'm thinking of going fairly simple with it.

ART288C - Ceramics Studio - This course is moving a little faster than sculpture, even though it is the same instructor. I am mostly finished with my garden "totem", I just have to fire it and then glaze it. I might do a few more spare parts for it, but I am overall happy with it. This is easier than the staff, this is just simple shapes that I like.

CSC153 - C# Programming - This course seems to have been designed for a 10 week schedule. Nothing was officially due until yesterday. I have gotten that work done, as well as some other work. I am making good progress towards the next deadline of September 27th. The course is self-driven, which is a new concept to me in this type of course. It is almost like an independent study attempt at the subject. The course fits into my schedule very nicely, because it really has no schedule of its own.

ENG131 - Introduction to Literature - Lit is going as Lit goes, slow and boring. I am not sure I understand where the course is going, we are reading a really weird comic book that reminds me a little of the diary of Anne Frank, except a lot less coherent and with a lot more opinion. I don't like the book, or its "comic" approach to the topic. http://introduction2literature.wikispaces.com/Maus+Discussion

HIS131 - American History I - History is going VERY well. I have gotten through the first module, did the first quiz (twice), got 90% on the quiz, and will have an opportunity to earn the other 10% back.  I am getting a hold on the material fairly well. I am enjoying myself, which has completely shocked me. I do like history, I guess I just have to be able to do it at my own pace, and not at 9am.

Overall I am happy, except for the 9am ceramics class, which I am adapting to.

• ART 115 (Art History II)- Everything seems to be OK. We are doing an introduction assignment at the moment, I have to pick an artist that has a K at the beginning of their last name to discuss, and I'm still working on that. This evening our syllabus was recalled (to be reissued Monday), because the bookstore and the instructor didn't agree on text, and now everyone has the wrong text, and the instructor is going to adapt the course to what we have.
• ART 281 (Sculpture I) - REALLY PERKY Instructor. We will be working on making our own personal staffs, or at the very least the head of a staff and its stand. I have no idea what objects represent me, so I'm having a hard time with this project so far, but a sketch is due Monday.
• ART 288C (Ceramics Studio) - Same PERKY instructor as Sculpture. There is a similar project for this course, it is a personal totem, or micro-garden totem... whatever that means. The instructor and I have discussed how I want to work with the course. Because I have had no formal handbuilding instruction, the instructor wishes for me to work at the same pace ask her ceramics 1 (handbuilding) course until I am ready to break off and do my own thing. I think she wants me to get a feel for the studio. On Monday we will be making CLAY!
• CSC 153 (C# Programming) - I have completed the first two assignments, and will likely work through some of the others this weekend. The course is self-paced, so I will mostly use it to fill gaps between the other courses. The instructor is a complete nerd which makes the course even more of a fun event.
• ENG 131 (Literature) - This course is being taught by Wiki. I don't know how I feel about this, but I think it could be interesting. Our first assignment is pretty much to read the first part of one of the books for the course, and be prepared to talk about it. We aren't doing much yet. This instructor likes to do a lot of integrating of multimedia, so I will have to storyboard an idea for a short (60 second) film about the book we are reading and things like that. There was also something about selecting music to put behind Robert Frost poems and such. Nothing really accomplished in the course yet, but it is promising.
• HIS 131 (American History I) - So far it is dry and boring. It has mostly been reading so far except for the instructor's video introduction. The instructor plans to use video and podcasts to teach the course in addition to the text, so this may be very interesting. The course structure looks to be laid in such a way that it will be a very interactive course. There are a lot of papers in the course, but it doesn't seem like it will be something that will totally destroy me like my high school AH course did. I have completed my "orientation quiz" as well as submitted my paper introducing my goals for the course. Nothing else is due and the course structure isn't really apparent as far as assignments, so I may just have to pick out some key words and get to reading and just kind of go with what I can at first until I get a grasp on what will be expected on the quizzes. I suspect the textbook website may be of some help for the preparations though.

I thought 6 courses would be a lot to deal with, but so far I can summarize them all and look back up at the summaries and ask myself "Is that all?". This might turn out to be a very fun and productive semester. None of my instructors seem to be too normal about anything, with the exception of maybe Art History, and well.. that's just the way that things go sometimes. I'll sweat through it and be glad every day of the course that my instructor is not Dr. James Frakes.

A:\CSC153\PROJECTS>dir
 Volume in drive A is DATA
 Volume Serial Number is DCA1-B951

 Directory of A:\CSC153\PROJECTS

08/19/2008  23:39    <DIR>          .
08/19/2008  23:39    <DIR>          ..
08/19/2008  23:39    <DIR>          HelloWorld
08/19/2008  22:58    <DIR>          InvoiceTotal
08/19/2008  22:58    <DIR>          VSMacros80
08/19/2008  22:58    <DIR>          WindowsFormsApplication1
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
               6 Dir(s)  67,751,673,856 bytes free

A:\CSC153\PROJECTS>cd HelloWorld
Invalid directory

A:\CSC153\PROJECTS>cd HelloWorld
Invalid directory

A:\CSC153\PROJECTS>cd HELLOWORLD
Invalid directory

I really hate that long file-name barrier! It is so easy to go over 8 characters and not even notice.

I love Microsoft Office as much as anyone, but there are limits to its capabilities. Occasionally I end up with an instructor (usually one that isn't very PC friendly) who decides that Doc is the best possible format to share content with students. I personally can't stand Word when I have a browser open (exception being research). I do feel that instructors are limited in what they can select, but it seems a bit bloated to use Doc. PDF is much better for web-based course instruction in my opinion. PDFs display in browsers more gracefully than a Doc ever has. Why would a C# instructor select such a clunky format to give class notes in?

I currently have two courses open and active, but already I feel like I am a little overwhelmed by the syllabi and the course information stuff. I don't know quite where to begin with stuff. I suspect it might be my tiredness, but I really want to get started with the courses, but feel too confused to really dive in. Tomorrow after I get my hair cut I will likely feel better and more able to handle getting going on my two courses at CPCC and the one already active at Gaston.

CPCC Online courses are now open. It seems I have one in Blackboard and one in Moodle... No consistency across platforms this semester (especially since I have one course at Gaston on WIKI!)

Nothing substantial, just making a simple correction for the dropped course.

CSC153, C# Programming has now taken the place of Advanced C++ on my schedule for Fall. It is a new language for me, and it will give me something to work with in Visual Studio (I've always had it, just never really used it). I worry that the course will be just another over-simplified "welcome to blah programming language" course. I know that the first thing that will be required is a simple "hello world" program, but I think that's standard even at graduate level programming courses. I am looking forward to this being a little more event driven than some of my other courses, and perhaps introduce me to something new... maybe even a GUI way of doing things. I have heard many things about C#, everything from it is crap and is slow to being raving about how extensible it is and comments like that. I will now have a chance to decide for myself and develop a true opinion of the language.

Below is the course information:

Schedule: Internet

Upon checking my course records this morning I found out that CSC234, Advanced C++ has been dropped from the schedule of classes at CPCC. After getting myself so excited about it, I am a little sad that it isn't an option. I am now weighing my options... I could potentially take a C# course. No other interesting languages are offered, but the game development department is still offering their "Intro to Game Programming" course.. but that's not really my thing.