General Education Course Reflection Paper

Majority of the general education courses I took or will be taking supports most of my concentration classes. For instance I took computer fundamental classes in operating systems, programming, and database to advance in web systems development and data communications and networking. To be successful in web systems development I needed some understanding and become familiar in programming. Programming is basically learning a computer language it will allow you to tell the computer what design you want or command the computer. The prerequisites for data communications and networking would be operating systems and network. I took the fundamentals in operating systems at CUNY and during my military IT training in Cisco network fundamentals, Cisco routing protocols, and network administration I became familiar and comfortable in taking the course. …show more content…
Social/Professional Issues in IT and Information Assurance touches the subject in security but with the two courses I added will give me more knowledge in security. Knowing and understanding concepts in IT security could give me an advantage and help solve more problems for companies. Another general education course I took is Introduction to psychology which supports the Human- Computer Interaction course. Attending my psychology class I learned about human functions, ways of thinking, diversity, and cultural differences. Understanding the ways of people will allow me to see the connections between people and technology so new programs and computer interfaces could successfully be developed. In order to take discrete mathematics I took college algebra and applied calculus to be prepared for the more advance level