05-10-2023, 03:20 PM
-------End of 2nd Semester wrap up-------
This semester was slightly more challenging than the first. Nothing specific to point to, just an overall accumulation of difference in professors, weeks with several assignments due between the 3 courses, and general business of life at times throughout the semester.
Pros
I finished with three A’s this semester, I found a dissertation chair, I had a white paper published in the Journal of Digital Transformation, I also learned while developing my degree plan that by picking one additional course as an elective I would complete an Applied Data Analytics graduate cert.
Not Pros
I still don’t know what I want to do my dissertation on, I’m narrowing in on an area but I’m having trouble deciding. I will need to make a decision by the end of the summer as one of my fall courses has you develop the first 3 chapters.
Final Thoughts on Each Course
Information Technology Business Analysis - CNIT 53000
This was an 8-week course and I ended with an A.
The content was interesting, and I can see the need for Business Analysts working in organizations, HOWEVER I did not enjoy the course.
This course had a midterm and final exam. They were essay questions with no multiple choice.
The course had one use case that carried through most of the homework assignments/projects. The issue I had was that the instructor was not quick with responses to questions or inquiries. All grades for this course were slow to come in and it left some questions and concerns since the content built upon each other in the use case. This instructor also wanted all assignments to be submitted as PDFs which was different, and you needed to have a specific naming convention, or they stated they would not grade them.
In the end any question or concern I had with the instructors communication shortfalls were righted in the last day(s) of the course and all of my grades showed up at one time.
Leadership of Cybersecurity and Cyberforensics – TECH 63000
This course was nice and straightforward. The instructor had a very clean course shell, and grades came out within a day or two of submission almost like clockwork.
There were discussion posts, 3 use cases, and a final paper. I work in cybersecurity and find it interesting so I’m not a good source to determine if others will enjoy the content.
My final paper ended up being a little over 20 pages double spaced, Arial, 11pt font. There were some graphics and tables in there as well.
Global Perspectives on Emerging Technology – Tech 63100
This was my favorite course this semester. That mostly boils down to Dr. Dyrenfurth. He is a very passionate professor and held a course “town hall” every other week for an hour. Here he would go over recent assignments and common pitfalls, aspects of upcoming assignments, and then provide an open forum to ask questions about the course, the program, doctoral studies, etc.
Some complained that his course shell wasn’t arranged by weeks, but instead arranged by concept areas. His response was that everything is laid out in the syllabus (including a calendar of due dates) and this is a Doctorate level course so he expects students to be able to operate at that level.
Overall I still very happy with the program, especially as I pick electives and prepare for dedicated research for a dissertation.
I am taking courses over the summer but spacing them out in separate sessions based on topics I am comfortable with.
This semester was slightly more challenging than the first. Nothing specific to point to, just an overall accumulation of difference in professors, weeks with several assignments due between the 3 courses, and general business of life at times throughout the semester.
Pros
I finished with three A’s this semester, I found a dissertation chair, I had a white paper published in the Journal of Digital Transformation, I also learned while developing my degree plan that by picking one additional course as an elective I would complete an Applied Data Analytics graduate cert.
Not Pros
I still don’t know what I want to do my dissertation on, I’m narrowing in on an area but I’m having trouble deciding. I will need to make a decision by the end of the summer as one of my fall courses has you develop the first 3 chapters.
Final Thoughts on Each Course
Information Technology Business Analysis - CNIT 53000
This was an 8-week course and I ended with an A.
The content was interesting, and I can see the need for Business Analysts working in organizations, HOWEVER I did not enjoy the course.
This course had a midterm and final exam. They were essay questions with no multiple choice.
The course had one use case that carried through most of the homework assignments/projects. The issue I had was that the instructor was not quick with responses to questions or inquiries. All grades for this course were slow to come in and it left some questions and concerns since the content built upon each other in the use case. This instructor also wanted all assignments to be submitted as PDFs which was different, and you needed to have a specific naming convention, or they stated they would not grade them.
In the end any question or concern I had with the instructors communication shortfalls were righted in the last day(s) of the course and all of my grades showed up at one time.
Leadership of Cybersecurity and Cyberforensics – TECH 63000
This course was nice and straightforward. The instructor had a very clean course shell, and grades came out within a day or two of submission almost like clockwork.
There were discussion posts, 3 use cases, and a final paper. I work in cybersecurity and find it interesting so I’m not a good source to determine if others will enjoy the content.
My final paper ended up being a little over 20 pages double spaced, Arial, 11pt font. There were some graphics and tables in there as well.
Global Perspectives on Emerging Technology – Tech 63100
This was my favorite course this semester. That mostly boils down to Dr. Dyrenfurth. He is a very passionate professor and held a course “town hall” every other week for an hour. Here he would go over recent assignments and common pitfalls, aspects of upcoming assignments, and then provide an open forum to ask questions about the course, the program, doctoral studies, etc.
Some complained that his course shell wasn’t arranged by weeks, but instead arranged by concept areas. His response was that everything is laid out in the syllabus (including a calendar of due dates) and this is a Doctorate level course so he expects students to be able to operate at that level.
Overall I still very happy with the program, especially as I pick electives and prepare for dedicated research for a dissertation.
I am taking courses over the summer but spacing them out in separate sessions based on topics I am comfortable with.
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