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I ended up writing a novel... sorry about that.

Well I'm Web Design but I can give you a peek into your next year of classes.

First, you can and should take DIG 2030, 2109 and 2500 at the same time as DIG 2000. You may know this but I actually ran into a few students that didn't and waited an extra semester. In these classes you'll be learning Photoshop (2109), Video and Video Editing with Premier (2030) and Flash (2500) unless they finally change Flash with HTML5 or another equivalent. You'll be using Adobe programs a lot during this year. You have access to them using your lab computers but you can get Adobe CC (all the programs) for $20.00 a month if you register as a student.
For Photoshop you don't really need much else, though it could be beneficial to dip your feet into the program before you start the class to help yourself out with the first few assignments. I took this with Dombroski and I highly recommend him if you can take it with him and also the lab section with him.

For 2030 you should have professor Snow and he's fantastic. You'll be doing a huge group project (making your own short film) with people in your lab section, specifically make sure you have one person who's very organized and hard working to be your director, the group won't work if you don't have someone good for that part. You'll also be doing some editing using Adobe Premiere Pro. Snow also teaches Evolution of Video Games, take it it's fantastic. If Snow's not teaching it, don't take it and wait until he's teaching it again. I took it with Ware and it was awful. He made a class about video games one of the hardest classes I ever took... that's just mean.

For 2500, Interactive Design, I had Novatnik and we were using Flash. I don't think he teaches that class anymore and I don't know if they're still using Flash, but we had to do a lot of coding with ActionScript - I highly suggest reading up on actionscript and having some practice with it if you're not very good with coding. If you do have Novatnik read the books, he tests out of them, the other professors not so much. A TA I have currently has a set of books he uses for various languages and this is one of them.
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From here you'll be taking Modeling for Real Time Systems (4780) and Computer as a Medium (3480). (You'll be taking two other classes but there's nothing noteworthy about them). I think you'll have 4780 with Theen, and this is his site. He posts everything there so you can take a look. In his class you'll be using Maya which you can get for free as a student. This class is more important for Game Designers and if you're interested in designing your own game characters really pay attention to this class and take the elective Modeling for Real Time Systems 2. Also, Theen made his own DVD that contains tutorials you'll be following during the semester. You also have the option to use a book. You learn more from his DVD but he sometimes wastes your time and tends to re-do some modeling during his tutorial causing you to also re-do it while following him. These tutorials take several ~20 hours, so excess time adds up fast.

For Computer as a Medium I really hope you don't have Dannleigh. I had him as a TA and he was one of the worst I had. In this class you learn JavaScript and Processing. Again, if coding's not your thing read up on JavaScript beforehand. You can try this book. Use DIVs, not tables - you'll know what I mean if it comes up.

From there I heard the C++ is a good language to learn for Game Design as well as Java. A computer science minor won't be too difficult as you already take intro to C for game design and being good at coding is very beneficial in Digital Media. You'll also have many, many, many group projects in your upper level classes.

I've got each of these, they're inexpensive and solid lights. I spent over a month researching lights online and found these ones were the best balance of price, performance, and reliability.

This headlight is really nice, comes with a rechargeable battery, and is VERY bright. I would also suggest getting one of these lense replacements so that the beam projects in a wider arc.

This tail light is pretty fantastic as well.

I've got two pairs of those, they work great and are less than a third what competing products go for. I've had them for over six months now and haven't had any issues.

I took that class at UCF years ago, and honestly it was horribly taught. Hopefully the current batch of instructors are better. Fortunately you can still do pretty well with a copy of K&R and a free GCC compiler (I recommend Cygwin if you're on Windows).

C is not the easiest programming language...far from it. But it's the most fundamental by a wide margin, and worth learning for understanding, even though comparatively few jobs will actually use it for day-to-day development. (Few, not none...hold your flames :-)

That's awesome! You're definitely free to come by shop hours and ask advice and use the tools there. We've got all the bike tools you'd need for sure.

I'm sure if you post the picture on our Facebook page you'd get lots of helpful suggestions. To start you off, I'll recommend an Airzound horn. They're ridiculously loud and refillable with your bike pump.

I used to always get sick, miss work, miss school, assignments. But now, I never get sick, I mean never, maybe 24 hour symptoms tops. I travel very frequently, always outdoors or in public as I frequent shows and what not. I never get a flu shot and never get the flu. Its a waste and will never target every strain. Read the book Never Be Sick Again. You are smart, you are in college, now study how to be a strong human with a super human immune system. Healthy lifestyles do not end with avoiding germs. You can't avoid germs. Its about building your immune system to the point it can fight off germs with ease.
https://www.amazon.com/Never-Be-Sick-Again-Health/dp/1558749543

EDIT: Downvotes? For health knowledge? Zero responses? College doesn't work for everyone I guess.

I’m an international student as well and living by myself with no friends/family gave me major anxiety about feeling safe in my first year at UCF. I have this door stopper . It’s cheap and portable. It’s given me back my peace of mind and I’m not worried as much anymore.

I’m sorry this happened to you, and I hope something like this can help you as a precaution and give you some amount of security.

I am so sorry to hear that you lost your bro. I’m not in the area so I can’t look but I’ll keep an eye out when I’m on campus again.

I pray it does not come to this but here is the link to the plush on Amazon in case you need to order a replacement. Just in case you haven’t found it already.

Praying for the best.

It was two different books 3 years ago for Physics for Engineers and Physics 2 for engineers. It could be a bit different now. Surefire way to tell is to email the Prof, or ask next week.

The Physics 1 book came with a code to do homework online via WebAssign, which was required. I didn't buy the physical book, I just bought the code that came with an e-book from the website. Physics 1 has been the same class for literally over a hundred years, so any text book will work if you're tight on money. Just be sure you can do the homework.

Physics 2 was a different book. The cover was black and green, with a little diagram of a red ball with a grid plane and spirally things around it. My class didn't have online homework. My class was also an experimental structure at the time, I forgot the acronym for it, but our lab and lecture were blended into one session. I'm pretty sure the normal style class used the same books.

Edit: /u/motsu35 remembered the title. This was my Physics 2 book. It looks like there is a part 1 which covers Physics 1, but I'm not sure if it's the book we used, since I never had the physical copy.

I drink tea on campus all the time. Luckily, oolong is not a sensitive tea like sencha. You will have better luck and better tea when drinking on campus if you just prebrew it and use a [Zojirushi thermos ] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075JTWK6F/ref=dp_cerb_1)

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this one right?

thanks! i'll definitely purchase this since its cheap hahaha

Not a dash cam expert but this seems like a pretty good deal. About 3 1/2 hrs left on it. https://www.amazon.com/N2-Pro-Infrared-1920x1080P-2560x1440P/dp/B0742J69SQ?ref_=Oct_DLandingS_PC_b5c85f24_&smid=A1TZNKUKE5JK9T

Hey dude! I literally just made this awhile back to snag the student offer for AWS credits and a free dot. It's available now here.

I only made the most basic skill I could in a day, so if you end up following through with the idea, I hope to see what you come up with that is different! I wanted to add a feature where you can ask for a specific garage's availability rather than every garage.

This is the one I bought for my Full XL bed at Northview. It's affordable and mine is still in perfect condition after over 2 years, and it fits the mattress perfectly.

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Useful Alexa Skill for checking garage fullness :) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JNDK6TT?ref=skillrw_dsk_pnps__2

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32" TCL, $150 https://www.amazon.com/TCL-32S327-32-Inch-1080p-Smart/dp/B07F981R8M/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1554087515&refinements=p_89%3ATCL&s=electronics&sr=1-3

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50ft cable, $18 https://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Veins-Ethernet-Maximum-Length/dp/B00FX867JC/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=50+ft+hdmi&qid=1554087569&s=gateway&sr=8-4

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maybe his stand is worth $332?

https://www.amazon.com/XPRIT-Folding-Electric-Scooter-Wheel/dp/B07DQ3H235

This is the 6" wheels, I spent a couple extra bucks and went with the 8" wheels because I felt theyd ride better on the rough roads I gotta take to get to work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlS8rS9606k


My version was also a lot newer than the one has here ... My handlebars just screw in, they dont need screws to be attached. A lot of the things he whined about were fixed in mine.


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is the one I bought ($270)

Do you guys own this book?

http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628

A few hours practicing with it will have you up to par with C in no time.