Why I chose this course?

Since when I was in Form 3 I have always wanted to work in the IT section but hadn't decided on which job. From there I started studying Java programming (as we were the first group to have Java programming) for the o level practical. Before the o level I thought that programming was a good sector to continue in. So I got my o level and applied for the Extended Diploma in IT (Software Development) course. During the first year of the course we got basic knowledge of both software development, programming using C#, system analysis, html, css and java script, and hardware development, communication technologies and operating systems. Once we progressed for the second year we had the opportunity to choose between software development or hardware. In my case I chose software development because of programming.

During my second year in Extended Diploma in IT, I started to realise that programming wasn't my cup of tea and became more interested in web development and web design. As during the lesson we were learning back-end and front-end of web development (php, SQL and css). During my web assignment, as part of a distinction criteria, we had the opportunity to host our website and the satisfactory behind that assignment, seeing your work done on the internet, was and still is a satisfaction. In fact that assignment was one of my highest grades that I have gotten. Then when I finished the course and had an opportunity during this summer to work as a junior web developer within a small company using php object oriented programming based on Yii framework and SQL. There again, the experience was satisfactory and would have liked to keep my job but I din't want to limit my studies on just Level 4 Certificate showing that I have only gotten an Extended Diploma in IT (Software Development), so I applied for a Level 6 B.A.(Hons) in Interactive Media course this year, to get more knowledge about the designing and creating process behind a website. In other words, I chose this course to become a web designer and graphic designer in the near future.