Final Reflection
This class has given me a lot of insight on the profession outside of a classroom setting and for that I am extremely grateful. This class being required by first years instead of third years is a good move. I feel much more prepared for the kind of work companies expect of me and how to spend my next three years preparing an appealing portfolio and resume.
I found the two day a week class layout a good digestible way to teach the class. I didn’t feel overwhelmed with information or that I was wasting my time during any of it. I also found the lecture content very interesting. I particularly liked talking about contracts and how construction documents are made and what they look like. This was all very practical knowledge that I will remember when I leave school. I do think the final assignment should be split up into smaller assignments to be done as we discuss contracts. It was a good assignment but I feel that I would have gotten more out of it had I been exposed to it over a longer period of time. We also could ask questions in class on better ways to find this information.
The guest lectures were relevant and went over a wide range of career paths this degree can open up to us. I felt that a lot of the people we spoke to had Harvard degrees so it was a bit disappointing to not have many outside that school. I would have liked to have spoken to more people in the public/nonprofit realm. It was a very interesting and different perspective that I really enjoyed listening to.
Overall, I feel that I have learned a lot in this class. I briefly mentioned it before but we have a professional practices class in the Landscape Design major and it is nowhere near as helpful of a class. I’d recommend it to undergrad students but I know it is a grad level course.