The ubiquitous nature of electronic technology urged me to develop my computer skills, including programming skills. Such skills will greatly benefit my personal and professional life. I have acquired some very basic programming knowledge but need to considerably bolster those skills. The breadth of requirements for Mathematics and Symbolic Systems mandates my enrollment in CIS 1 and CS 15, and CS 52 or CS 55. I petitioned to fulfill these requirements at community college. I am enrolled in an online class for CIS 1. I am scheduled to take CS 15 (Visual BASIC Programming) in the fall, but CIS 1 is a required course before taking CS 15. Community college offers an affordable alternative to traditional college campuses, while offering me a more flexible schedule of evening and online classes that is more conducive to my personal needs. After taking the online course Microsoft Excel XP at Los Angeles Southwest College, I realized online classes are a more efficient manner of learning for me. I did extremely well in this class and intend on taking the Microsoft Office MOUS certification test in the near future. Online classes offer me greater scheduling flexibility and reduce barriers to traditional learning such as high costs, lack of parking, and others.
I learned about the CS 3 online class by visiting the ASSIST Web site at http://www.assist.org. ASSIST is a computerize student-transfer information database that can be accessed via the Internet. ASSIST offers a number of reports that detail how course credits can be earned at California Colleges and Universities or how they can be applied or transferred to other schools. ASSIST acts as the official repository of articulation for CaliforniaÆs colleges and universities. Therefore, it provides the most accurate and up-to-date information pertaining to student transfer in the state of California. Such tools have made my transition from one learning environ
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