Twelfth semester (Fall 2013)

My Twelfth semester (Fall 2013)

The information in blackboard was wrong (old stuff let in from other classes) or missing for classes. I think the missing stuff was the teachers’ fault, the duplicate stuff I think happened because they copy old classes in blackboard to make the new classes and it copied too much.

They upgraded blackboard during the Thanksgiving weekend. This was a small pain since I had one Monday class that was not on break that week. It was a pretty big difference and now you have to click a link to see comments, that is a big draw back.

Classes:

CINS 236          Advanced Java Programming (Online)

I had this teacher before and he was not too difficult, is why I signed up for this class session. He is more concerned with you learning and passing, than forcing you to memorize everything.  It turned out this was the only advance java class (online or face to face) to run this semester. This class used a book that was not written to be a text book. Since this was an advance class we skipped over the first 7 chapters. So I need to go back and read the complete book.

This teacher runs online classes the way they should be run, a lot of the online classes are run pretty badly.

ECON 202       Microeconomics (Monday 7:00-9:45 (Elkhart))

They had the wrong text book listed for this class. Even though it was the week before the class was due to start before they let us know this, I had not bought the book. I had to run to Elkhart to buy the book.

There was not much I liked about this class including the time, location and how it was run, I will not go into detail. I will say the content of the class is interesting and everyone should try to learn a little bit about economics.

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Eleventh semester

My Eleventh semester (Summer 2013)

The summer semesters are 8 weeks, so they go by fast, but the work you have to do each week is doubled. Usually the classes also meet twice a week. But BUSN 101 is a hybrid class so one of the sessions each week is on the Internet. Both classes have us do work on the Internet, so it is hard to tell the difference between the hybrid and non-hybrid class as far as the online work required.

Both of these classes are core classes that transfer to other universities, so they have set areas they need to teach and have a final that covers those areas.   

I hit 100 credit hours at the end of this semester.

Classes:

ACCT 101       Financial Accounting (Tuesday and Thursday 1:00-3:45)

This was an interesting class, because I deal with accounting and accounting terms, so this class helped explain what all of that meant. The instructor said this was the hardest class ivy tech had, I do not agree with that, but it is not easy. You have to pay attention to details and check everything twice, as I missed simple math problems on most of the test. Most of our homework was done on a computer, but a couple were turn in problems, and I used Excel and when I summed it included the year which was the heading, in the total, that lost me a couple of points. Eight people signed up for the class and four finished it.

BUSN             101        Introductions to Business (Tuesday 4:00-6:45)

This was a hybrid class so it met only once a week, that was nice. We covered three chapters a week, and had to do a paper in APA format. This class was not as hard as accounting, but it was not easy. Having been around businesses for about 30 years I had heard a lot of the terms before this class and that made the class easier. The final seemed easy, but I missed more points than I thought I did. A woman in the class said the same thing. I think only one person dropped the class, but one other person should have as she did not take any of the tests or write the paper. She said she did not have a computer. They do have a library with computers students can use. Financial aid does take into consideration dropped and failed classes. And if I am going to put the time in going to class I am at least going to try.  She did show up for the final.   

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Seventh Semester

My Seventh  semester (Spring 2012)

 

Classes:

 

EECT 279              Advanced Problem Solving (Mon 1:00-5:00)

The professor was Rahim Negahban.  This class had no book. The class is to get you ready for the CET test. It was hard because you cover material in this class that is not covered in other classes, and there is not a lot of time spent on any one subject. There was a quiz given most classes to punish the students who should up late, left early or did not show up at all. It seamed like more of a punishment for those of us who were there.

 

EECT 222              Introduction to Microcontrollers (Mon 5:30-10:00)

The professor was R. Scott Coppersmith.  This class was another disappointing class. It did not go into as much detail as I would have liked, most of the time was spent in labs. There was very little homework or quizzes.

 

EECT 226              Computer Troubleshooting (Thur 6:00 - 9:50)

The professor was Joshua Johanan .  The class used a book that is used for A+ certification, but since we did not have to take the test after this class it did not teach to it, and was not as hard as it could have been. I did learn more than I expected to learn having worked with computer since 1979.

 

Sixth Semester

My Sixth semester (Fall 2011)

This was a rough semester for me, the classes had a fair amount of homework and they were all hard classes.

 

Classes:

 

EECT 221              Solid State (Mon 1:00 -4:50)

The professor was Rahim Negahban.  This class went along nicely with the AC circuit analysis class. But having two electronic classes with the same professor in the same room, over about the same subjects, made it hard to separate what was said and done in which class.

 

PHYS 101             Physics I  (Mon 5:30 - 9:45))

The professor was Keith Madden. It was his first semester teaching his course, and he used the material from the last professor, which at times made it difficult, since he was not sure what was going to be on the quizzes, midterm or final. But he took it easy on grading.   There was two quizzes every class, a closed book multiple choice quiz. And an open book quiz that were problems that needed to be worked.

 

EECT 211              AC Circuits Analysis (Wed 5:30-9:50)

The professor was Rahim Negahban. This class got into complex numbers which did make it hard, and the math more complicated.

                               

 

Fifth Semester

My Fifth semester (Summer 2011)

 

Classes:

 

EECT 121 - Electronics Circuit Analysis (MW 5:30-9:50)

The professor was Rahim Negahban. This is where it got hard for me, and a lot of others. AC was added and being twice a week for 8 weeks made it pretty fast paced. The class (and the morning class) did so bad on the first test he had those of us who could come in four days a week. And I did most of the days.

 

IVYT 1XX  - Life Skills Elective (102 Fri 10:00-11:15)

The professor for this class was Elizabeth Heitsch. She worked in the library and I think has since left Ivy Tech to go back to where she was raised to be by family. It is normally an eight week course so having it in the summer did not make it any harder. IVYT 102 (Information. Studies and Research Skills) should have really been taken before ENG 111, but since I had ENGL 111 first I knew how to do a lot of this.

 

I did get to go to Chick-Fil-A for free coffee before I went to class, that was nice since it was right on the way.