CST300 Module 1 January 8th - January 14th

This week's module covered a couple of topic. 

The first topic was a brief history into CSU Monterey Bay and how it was founded in 1994 on the site of the decommissioned Fort Ord, a former army base located in Monterey Peninsula in California. The campus had it's first day of class in August 28, 1995 where President Bill Clinton paid a visit during the opening ceremony. There was also a quiz associated with this lecture where I got a 4/5, the question I missed being "Who is the SCD Information Technology Consultant" which I wasn't able to find out based on the material that was given. I originally assumed it was Kayla Rolicheck as she has been our main contact/consultant on our online program. My approach to trying to figure out who was the Information Technology Consultant was to go through their email signature to see if they had their title in their signature. Unfortunately I still wasn't able to determine who the SCD Information Technology Consultant was until after I submitted the quiz. At the time of writing this, The SCD Information Technology Consultant is Kenneth Lontoc.

We also watched a quick video on strategies for online learning success where it gave us tips and trick on how to succeed in an online learning environment. There was also a quiz that went along with this video that was pretty straight forward. Got a 5/5 on the quiz.

The third quiz that we took for module 1 covered the lecture on how we should write our paper and which format we need to use. For the CSUMB Computer Science Program we are using the APA style for writing, formatting, and documenting sources. This module also covered what APA is, what it regulates, why we use APA, what primary sources are, secondary sources, tertiary sources, how to cite sources, plagiarism, and etc...

Our major assignment for this week was an Industry Analysis Essay in which we would be writing in the APA style. We would have to research the industry in which we are pursuing in our professional career. In my case, Software Engineering. Part 1 of this assignment requires the overview of the industry which I found quite informational as I did more research into the subject. There's no single answer to what common product is in software engineering as it has a wide variety of products that ranges from software applications to cloud base software to video gaming. The most notable major corporations within the industry being Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Oracle, Adobe, and IBM and they all vary in services and products. I'm not a very good writer nor do I have experience in the APA style so my approach to writing this essay was using the Reference Page Example to ensure I had the proper formatting. 

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