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Old 02-12-2008, 01:32 PM Is this college program worth 10k?
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This is a 1 year web design program at a private college herzing, it includes : html, xhtml, javascrpit, css, flash , dreamweaver, photshop and e-business?
the program will cost 10k.
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Old 02-12-2008, 03:59 PM Re: Is this college program worth 10k?
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Well, XHTML and CSS are easy to learn if you actually use them rather than using something like Dreamweaver to just click about, letting it build code for you.
I'm not saying Dreamweaver is evil, but using it's WYSIWYG features won't give you an understanding of the code it creates.
If you're using it's code editing features, then you'll have a better chance of learning to use XHTML (Dreamweaver in code editing mode is actually pretty good).
Learning Photoshop would be useful, as would learning Flash, but learning how to use them and being able to create pretty pictures with them are two different things... I know the in's and out's of numerous vector graphics tools (Inkscape, Xara Xtreme & Fireworks MX), but I'm no graphics artist.

The e-business thing might be interesting depending on what it covers.
The problem is that making money online and making money offline can be very different.
I mean, you're not likely to make $1million selling small amounts of advertising space in one of your bedroom windows.
That's not to say that you can't use normal business logic online, because you can if you're running something like an online shopping site or a web design service as that's basically offering a one time service or product for a one time fee, but you can be more inventive online.

I'm guessing that most of that $10,000 will go on software, tutors and that little bit of paper you get at the end.
Photoshop CS3 goes for $649 and Dreamweaver for $399.
While they'll have a licence for multiple installs that'll probably be on an education discount, it's still not likely to be cheap.
Tutoring is also expensive, as is maintaining computer hardware.

In reality, you could teach yourself XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, but you wouldn't get the advantage of a usable qualification.
I'm a bit sceptical when "Dreamweaver" and "web design course" come up together as it usually means "draw crap with Dreamweaver and learn squat", but I'm guessing that a year long 10 grand course would cover something more useful.

One thing that troubles me is the lack of any server side scripting in there.
Learning to build web pages is all well and good, but you're not likely to be building the next Facebook or eBay with JavaScript and Flash \ Actionscript (both of which run client side, meaning they lack features such as database access).
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Old 02-12-2008, 09:34 PM Re: Is this college program worth 10k?
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William it depends on how well you think you can learn the above on your own. None are particularly difficult to teach yourself and you can teach yourself a lot in the same year.

I'm thinking the same thing about a school that teaches DreamWeaver and have the same thoughts that it might mean skimping on teaching you how to really code.

I don't want to imply that the education won't be worth the money. It may very well be worth every penny and it may lead to connections that lead to a job.

What you might want to do is spend an hour in a bookstore and find a book on html or basic web design. Take the book home and work your way through it. You might find you'll be able to learn everything you need that way and if you can it will end up costing a lot less than $10,000.
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