Essay about GE reflection to Compute Science

GE Reflection to Computer Science

Purpose

The purpose of the GE reflection assignment is to look back on your entire collegiate academic career and use the knowledge gained from all of your courses to answer the following prompt.

Prompt

Articulate how your General Education coursework has prepared you for a career in technology and will help, or has helped, you achieve other life goals. In your response, be sure to reflect upon each specific GE Area:

• Area A (writing, public speaking, critical thinking) • Area B (sciences and quantitative reasoning) • Area C (arts and humanities, including PHIL 3318 Professional Ethics) • Area D (social and behavioral sciences, economics) • SELF (student enrichment and lifelong fulfillment) • Junior Year Diversity Reflection • American Institutions (U.S. history, local/state/federal government)

Articulate how your Computer Science coursework has prepared you for a career technology and will help, or has helped, you achieve other life goals. In your response, be sure to reflect upon each of the following CMPS areas as appropriate for your Computer Science concentration:

• CMPS programming and software engineering courses • CMPS theory courses (discrete structures, algorithms, theory of computation) • CMPS systems courses (databases, networking, OS, architecture, distributed/parallel

computation)

Formatting

Write at least one paragraph about your GE coursework and at least one paragraph about your Computer Science coursework. Preferably, you should have about a page to a page-and-a-half for each (three pages in total).

Use 12pt standard font (Calibri, Times New Roman, etc.) and single line spacing (or Word's default Multiple 1.08 line spacing).

Tips

Answer the prompts with serious reflection and introspection. It is okay if you did not see much value in a specific course, but try to take a broader view of how that course has helped you develop into a more well-rounded, educated citizen and professional.