Vocational Education
computing for commerce and industry
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Vocational Educationcomputing for commerce and industry |
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My employer, Perot Systems, takes the professional development of its employees very seriously. They are sponsoring my study of the Open University's Computing for Commerce and Industry. This is a postgraduate (i.e. hard) level of study and is modular. The diploma CCI diploma requires 120 points and the MSc a further 60 points. The possible results are fail (heaven forbid) pass, pass with merit and distinction. To get a distinction you must get at least 85% in both the coursework and the final exam, a merit requires at least 70% and a pass requires 40% in both components. My breakdown is as follows:
| Dates | Course | points | result |
| Nov 1998 - Apr 1999 | M865 Project Management | 15 | Pass with Merit |
| Nov 1998 - Apr 1999 | M868 Object Oriented Analysis and Design (no link as the course has been withdrawn) | 15 | Distinction |
| May 1999 - Oct 1999 | M866 Relational Databases (this has been superceded by M876) | 15 | Distinction |
| May 1999 - Oct 1999 | M874 Java Programming for Network Applications | 15 | Pass with Merit (missed distinction by 1% - aaargh!) |
| Nov 1999 - Apr 2000 | T834 Quality | 30 | - |
| May 2000 - Oct 2000 | DMZX863 Introduction to Common Lisp | 15 | - |
| Nov 2000 - Apr 2001 | M880 Software Engineering | 30 | - |
| Jan 2002 - Nov 2002 | M801 MSc in Computing for Commerce and Industry | 60 | - |
I'm already thinking about what to do when I've finished the MSc. One possibility is to do an MBA, either with the OU Open Business School or with someone else. Another alternative is to do a part time research degree with the OU. That really will be learning for life.
This page is under construction.
This page is ALWAYS under construction.
The only time it will cease to be under construction is when it becomes my obitury.
