I’m currently working on a BS Multidisciplinary Studies at Liberty. I’m enjoying Liberty but have that itch. I’m not in a hurry to graduate and feel I need to take some time off to give web design a shot before moving on. I might even transfer the credits in and use them at Liberty as a part of my degree plan. I’m looking for a school that offers several classes in: Internet marketing & E-commerce Web Development & design Graphics design JavaScript, HTML, PHP and CSS I prefer a four-year college but will consider attending a JUCO. I’m also looking for something under $250 per hour. I’m thinking about going back to FHSU to take a few web development classes, but I'm always looking for more options.
You don't need a degree for most web design/development jobs. As far as the programming/development side goes, I'd suggest doing some pre-studying from the plethora of free online tutorials, then sign up for one of the OReilly certificate programs, ex their "Web Programming Certificate": Web Programming Certificate -- O'Reilly School of Technology They are self-paced and affordable, and you get a free OReilly ebook with each courses, and discounts on buying other OReilly books/ebooks. And when you complete the set of courses you earn a certificate from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As far as the graphic design part goes, get yourself a copy of Photoshop and play around with it. There's literally thousands of great tutorials available on the web.
Thanks for the reply. I'm actually not looking for a job in the field. Web design is just something I've grown to love over the years and would like to grab a few credits while doing it. I'll check the link in your post. Thanks again
Ah okay. Just FYI you'll can earn continuing ed credits (CEs) from the OReilly courses but they are not full undergrad courses.
FHSU: Web Development - Fort Hays State University Price: $510 for 3credits (http://www.fhsu.edu/sfs/students_parents/FY11-Tuition---Fees/ ) Can't beat it; I took a couple of webdev courses for my degree and was pleased with the material and what I learned.
Fort Hays is leading right now. I mentioned them at the end of my first post. I attended FHSU for 5 semesters so I'm already in the system. I'm just looking at all options before making it final.
Fort Hays is home. That's where it all started back up for me. :scratchchin: That just might be where it ends (36-hrs to go). I've went off and got the D1 college bug out of me -- now it's time to finish strong and move on. Black & Yellow!!!
I'm still looking for more options. I've started looking at undergraduate certificates at a few different schools, UMass being one of them. the price is a little out of my range but I'm considering it. I will spend a little extra ($350) for 15-24 credit certs at good schools.
Tell me more about the classes at OReilly. I'm off of the degree tip for now. I just want to learn a new skill. Are the classes at OReilly any good? I'd also like to know how they are ran.
The OReilly classes are basically learn at your own pace. The two that I have been through so far are broken up into 14-15 lessons for each course. For each lesson there is a long page of text/graphics/examples to teach you the particular concept, then one or two quizzes and/or short assignments for each lesson. There are no classes/lectures and no interaction with other students. The final lesson for each course is a project in which you are supposed to demonstrate the skills you've learned throughout the course. So for example, the assignment for the second course in the PHP cert is coding a simple shopping cart & backend management system using SQL. You're on your own to learn the material and demonstrate your knowledge of it. So if you already have some programming experience you should do fine ... if you are totally new to programming, I can imagine it being a lot tougher. I have only contacted the assigned prof/marker once so far but she got back to me within 24hrs.
