Skills, Attributes And Employment development

In the first semester of the first year, we have four modules that we have to study. One of the modules that I am currently studying is “Study skills for computing”. In this module, we are taught to make blogs on different topics and give presentations. It will help me improve my writing and spoken skills and hopefully I will be able to outcome my biggest fear i.e. the fear of facing the crowd. I expect it to build my confidence for the job interviews that I will attend in the future.

Another module that we have to study is “Problem solving for IT”. It teaches us to brainstorm and use our mind to solve problems. In this module, we are taught to make flow charts, write Pseudo codes and algorithms, structure charts, IPO charts and solve problems using different techniques. We will be taught Ms excel from the tutorials that are to come and I hope to learn database management using these programs. From this module, I also expect to increase my thinking capacity which will help me to learn the programming codes better.

The third module that we have to study is “Logic”. It is related with mathematics and I have many problems that I have been dealing with from my school days. But there are new things taught in this module like the logical gates, truth tables, computer numbers, sets etc. I hope it will help me understand the programming codes better as it is essential while using different codes in programming.

Lastly, the fourth module that we have to study is “Introduction to Programming” which is also my main module. In this module, we are taught to use java programming using different codes of java in both notepad and bluej. I expect to learn to make programs using various codes and become one of the better programmers in the near future from this module.