A class I felt really beneficial was my CEM 431 class this past fall term. CEM 431 is one of the capstone options for CEM students. The class revolves around gearing up for a national student competition against other schools. What was special about CEM 431 was the training I received from my industry coaches. My coaches were from a general contractor named Lease Crutcher Lewis. Our emphasis was learning the ins and outs of mixed-use projects. What I felt the most beneficial was the overall knowledge our coaches taught us about the construction field. During my internship, I didn’t learn about the overall basic of what’s involved in a construction project such as sequential order of what the elements that make up a building. I made sure to learn a lot of sequencing and scheduling a project as that was what I most interested in learning. I felt my coaches did a good job in teaching me the basics of what makes up a building, but I wish they could’ve taught me timeliness of how long certain elements take to install. From what I could tell, the training method the coaches decided to use was hands-on. Our coaches made sure we were constantly working on creating logistic plans, schedules, estimates, and other key components of a construction project. Their training method worked. I finished the capstone class with more knowledge than I had before I started and a 2nd place trophy from the competition.
A class I felt wasn’t beneficial was ART 101. The class revolved around learning about different art techniques and looking at paintings. The training method for ART 101 was presentation. The professor instructed twice a week.The knowledge I gained from that class didn’t feel beneficial because I wasn’t interested in the material from the class as it pertains to nothing I’m interested in or studying.