benjamin.morgan
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I am looking to go to college for Web Design/Development and Computer Programming. I was looking at Midlands Tech at South Carolina since that is where I want to live but I want to hear your opinions.
Best colleges for Web Design/Development?
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benjamin.morgan
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Noone knows?
CaldwellYSR
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Honestly, and this is just speculation, I don't think most people go to college for web design/development. For the most part you can learn everything you need to know online yourself... I'd say the real jobs are going to come from connections and selling yourself well. I may be completely wrong here... Like I said this is just my speculation.
not necessarily speculation, but the fact is that the web moves too fast for the curriculum to keep up. trust me "colleges" are still teaching people psd slice and dice, layout with tables. <font> tags, flash sites etc etc.
w3schools.com and online tutorials i'd suggest would be the best starting point.
once you've figured out what you like to do the best then do a specialist course on that
w3schools.com and online tutorials i'd suggest would be the best starting point.
once you've figured out what you like to do the best then do a specialist course on that
Web design is part of a broader spectrum of subjects that most colleges/universities include as a module in their curriculum.
For example I did web design as a module (only 12 hours) in a 3 year university course in Computer Science.
It might be worth looking at computing courses where you can pick and choose the modules you want to take and orientate them all around web development.
For example I did web design as a module (only 12 hours) in a 3 year university course in Computer Science.
It might be worth looking at computing courses where you can pick and choose the modules you want to take and orientate them all around web development.
LouTheDesigner
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You do realize that colleges assign w3schools as homework right? Good curricula are incredibly up to date, especially when taught by adjuncts (who are still in the field). Curricula also adjust very rapidly at good universities.
Photoshops Slice tool is still mildly taught because the students should at least know what is it, though professors do say that it's a bad idea and then move on to teaching CSS. BUT, slicing isn't so bad if you need to send out a quick promo e-mail through Mailchimp, for example.
I went to Quinnipiac University, and the curriculum was great. There is no way I could have learned that much in 4 years by myself online. When choosing classes, I would fill my day with with both web design and computer programming courses.
I pretty much mastered:
HTML, CSS, XML, photoshop, illustrator, indesign, after effects, Flash with AS3 (to the point of making my own games), Javascript, php, Java, and C# (learned to use C# with .NET afterward)
Not bad in 4 years, during which I also minored in philosophy.
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Interesting to see that universities are offering these courses these days. Back when I was in it, it seemed you only got them from community college, and then you never knew what the quality of the course would be. I ended up teaching myself after the fact.