For the semester of Spring 2019 I chose to take ICS 314 for two reasons, the first obviously because it was a requirement, but the second reason was geared more to help me understand how to interact with others in larger scale projects. My goal for this semester is to retain everything in this class, build a sense of composure when dealing with large amounts of work, and learn leadership skills when dealing with group work on a coding project. Being as it is the start of the second week in this course I am looking forward to working with the Professor, his assistant, and my fellow students.
Currently the workload of this class has lead me to believe it will be the largest amount of work I have dealt with in a computer science course to date. I am excited by this idea because I want to know if this course will make or break my resolve to go into this field of study. I also want to know how I will be able to handle myself working with others on these potentially large projects. I also want to see the impact this course will have on me and how I will respond to each situation.
One of the biggest goals for this course is to retain the information that is presented, one of my biggest fears in school is forgetting everything that I have learned. Part of this fear comes from receiving poor grades, and stemmed further to not being able to perform the way I should after a class that I take. I would like to say that I remember everything from each of my classes, but in all reality it would be impossible to remember erverything you’re taught. The second major goal for this course is to develop a calm composure, I want to be able to react to a stressful situation calmly and be able to produce a solid response. I want this class to introduce me for the situations a programer will face, to prepare me to take a issue and produce an accurate response with confidence. The last goal I with to achieve through this course is leadership skills, since this course is based off of projects dealing with groups I want to learn how to work well with others, but I also want to learn how to take control and direct others to successfully finishing our objectives.