University of Oregon - Winter 2004
Coursework
Courses
PHYS 155 - Physics Behind the Internet
| "How discoveries in 20th-century physics mesh to drive modern telecommunications. Topics include electron mobility in matter, the development of transistors and semiconductors, lasers, and optical fibers." |
Professor Michael Raymer
This was my favorite course of the term! Not just an intro or overview of technologies, this course went into detail about how electrons move through wires, and how light is kept inside optical fibers even when they're bent. Professor Raymer was always available in his office and more than willing to discuss or go into more detail on any subject!
ARTD 251 - Multimedia Tools I
| "This course will survey the computing technologies, hardware, and software techniques and tools related to the internet and multimedia applications. Students will learn current software (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver) in hands-on lab sections." |
Professor Joey Bargsten
A good course which is an overview of graphic design history, and teaches you the basics of several important software programs for design. You can look at my projects from the class by clicking the link above.
ARTD 252 - Multimedia Tools II
| "This course will introduce issues of communication integrating written, visual, aural, and interactive communication. Students will build or improve their own web sites, and receive an introduction to digital sound, video, animation, and their applications to the web in hands-on lab sections." |
Professor Skip McFarlane
This was a fun class. You study lots of websites and look at how they present information and how they use interactivity. Tools I is a course on 2d design, and Tools II takes that into the world of animation.
WR 121 - College Composition
| "This course presents writing as a means of exploring, developing, confirming, and communicating ideas. The ideas that students write about develop from their understanding of issues encountered in readings and focused discussions. Students compose essays that support and develop a significant, enthymeme-based thesis, and they learn to make structural and rhetorical choices based both on the requirements of that thesis and on their knowledge of the audience. They are taught to practice open-minded inquiry into ideas, so that their writing will be based on honest and defensible reasoning." |
Karen P. Cooper
A tip for everyone taking this class: talk to your teacher during their office hours! It is much more helpful to hear what they have to say about your paper than just to read the comments they write. You can actually talk things through with your teacher and get feedback right then, and you'll have a much better idea of what they're expecting from your final essay. Karen was definitely helpful when I went and talked to her in person.
