Aug. 12th, 2008 09:05 am:
For the life you deserve

In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved his title. Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours.—Ayn Rand (Russian born American Writer and Novelist, 1905-1982)

Finals are next week, I'm going into them with 100% in 2 classes and a low 90 in the other (I'll get that number tonight). Currently I'm still maintaining that 3.96 cumulative GPA. After that, just one more quarter... and after that, just two more years!

In November I'll earn my AS in Computer Networking Systems before continuing on to my BS in Information Security Systems. Before I talk about the classes I'll be taking for my BS, here's a quick recap of my schooling journey through ITT Tech "higher" education:

TB133	Strategies for the Technical Professional	A
TB143	Introduction to Personal Computers	A
GE127	College Mathematics I	B+
GE192	College Mathematics II	A
GE184	Problem Solving	TR
GE117	Composition I	TR
GE217	Composition II	A
GE273	Microeconomics	TR
GE347	Group Dynamics	A
IT103	Operating Systems	A
IT104	Intro to Computer Programming	A
IT109	Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems	A
IT116	Intermediate Programming	A
IT220	Network Standards and Protocols	A
IT221	Microsoft Network Operating Systems I	A
IT222	Microsoft Network Operating Systems II	A
IT250	Linux Operating Systems	A
IT260	Network Application Services and Security	(A)
IT302	Linux System Administration	(A)
IT320	WAN Technology and Application	(B)
IT321	Network Technology and Service Integration
IT203	Database Development
TB332	Professional Procedures and Portfolio Development
IT331	Network Development Capstone Project

The last couple classes with the ( ) around the grade are the classes that I'm currently in and my projected grade in them (the WAN class is all Cisco based). The TR designates transfer credit from my time at CSUN. So far I've been taking 3 classes at a time (they're all 4 unit classes) for a 12 unit workload. But in order to graduate when I want to, I'm going to have to take 4 classes this quarter. So in addition to my portfolio and capstone classes, I'm going to be squeezing in a little VoIP and SQL... fun.

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But now lets look at some of the awesome classes I'll be taking for my BS!

EC311	Intro to Project Management
EG371	Research Methods
EG372	Written Analysis
EG381	Statistics
EG351	Social Psychology
EG468	Ethics
EG452	Economics and Change
EG462	Contemporary World Culture
EG481	Environmental Issues
IS311	Internetworking Infrastructure and Operations
IS312	Information Security Essentials
IS314	Security Architecture of Common IT Platforms
IS315	IS Risk Management and Intrusion Detection
IS316	Fundamentals of Network Security, Firewalls and VPNs
IS317	Hacker Techniques, Tools and Incident Handling
IS318	IS Perspective on Intranet, Internet & E-Commerce Infrastructure
IS411	Security Policies and Implementation Issues
IS421	E-Commerce Legal and Security Issues
IS413	Auditing E-Commerce Systems and IT Infrastructure
IS414	User Authentication Systems and Role-Based Security
IS415	System Forensics Investigation and Response
IS416	Securing Windows Platforms and Applications
IS418	Securing Linux Platforms and Applications
IS417	Capstone Project

Now I want you to pull out your transcripts and comment with the classes you (took | are taking | will be taking), no need to post grades if you don't want to. But I am curious who names some of these courses: Hacker Techniques, really? Anyways, what classes make up a degree in Theatre or Photography or Telecommunications or International Tax Law?