First Learning Journal Post

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 I am excited to be starting my journey at California State University: Monterey Bay where I will be in the Computer Science Fully Online program.  Over the next two years, I will be learning everything I need to know to complete my Bachelor's in Computer Science.

I completed all of my general education at various community colleges and spent a year at California State University, Sacramento.  After finishing at Sacramento State I took a year off school to focus on work and now I am finally ready to continue my educational journey.

During this first week, we covered many topics that will get us ready to start this fully online program.  A brief overview of the School of Computing & Design with topics such as learning who the faculty are, the Computer Science course catalogs, and resources to get in contact with who we may be seeking assistance.  

The writing lab portion of the class covered APA formatting and how to properly find primary, secondary, and tertiary sources as well as how to cite them properly following the APA format.  Our first paper, an industry analysis, was assigned.  The first thing on the agenda for this paper is to create an outline page as well as a reference page with a minimum of two sources.  The purpose of this outline is to have us start researching the industry of our choosing and begin formulating how we go about completing it.

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