I completely agree with Kris. A million years ago I taught for another very well known university's extension program. Some of my students went on to be very highly skilled programmers. I like to think my courses contributed at least a little to that, but it was nowhere close to the same as a CS degree from our parent university. On the other hand, it was a lot better than our students could get during their remote military assignments otherwise. So take the course for what it is worth and then keep learning.
Mike On Sep 15, 2:24 am, Kristopher Micinski <krismicin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Nency Robert <angelgirl4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > HI All, > > > I am new to android development. As I am still in learning phase, I > > have searched so many courses and materials on google for it. > > Online materials are good, especially the android site and related > books, but you'll want some good experience with Java first. Also a > CS background (systems, especially) may help you understand the design > decisions in android, etc... > > > I found one interesting course which is online. It is held at > > University of California, Irvine Extension. I am planning to enroll > > for this course. > > > So anyone have any idea about how the course is, please let me know. > > This course costs about, $650. So before I enroll for it I want to > > know how useful it will be for me to get job after completion of it. > > I would say that you would almost have zero probability of getting a > job because you took a course in Android development. However, if you > aren't at a point where you can figure at least a little of it out > without instruction, you might want to look at Java development (and > traditional CS in general). I.e., no single course is going to make > you become a good programmer (who train for years to be proficient) > and get a job. > > This isn't to say that the course has no merit: surely they point > things out to you that you might not have figured as quickly alone, > and the extra pressure of a course forcing you to do assignments on a > regular basis changes things as well. > > > I also want to know if anyone has any idea about it, what is the > > difference between University of California Irvine and University or > > California Irvine Extension degree. Are these both same collage or > > different? > > Completely separate entities, UC Irvine is an internationally > recognized institution, an extension degree would a) take much more > than one class, and b) is not held to as high a standard as a > traditional CS degree from the actual institution. > > Kris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
