Year 3: Semester 1

For my final year in my 1st semester I completed four subjects. They were:

• Commercial Law
• Japanese 1
• Industry Application Project
• Records Management and Archive Administration
• 3 Week Industrial Placement 2
  

I achieved the highest scores in these classes than I have ever before, I was very surprised by this as these classes were some of the hardest I have had to complete for the duration of my program.

In Commercial Law I had to study for the tests and the exam. I did better than I had anticipated in this class, achieving a HD. What helped me the most in this class was the lecturers, Con. He explained all of the concepts in an easy to understand manner and with many examples.
For this class, because I found it interesting and useful it was easy to remember.

Japanese 1 was one of my last student electives. I have always been interested in Japan and this course was very interesting for me and one of the courses that I have always wanted to do. I received a HD in this class as I had previously learnt some basic Japanese from books and Japanese Television. This class helped me to further my skills and understanding of the language and give me a starting point for further self study.

Industry Application Project was a individual assignment that I had the chance to complete as a group with John, Chris, Julia and Shannon. Our assignment was based on the upgrade of the BP 140 Blackboard as it is in need or a reform and upgrade. This assignment was to be completed for the duration of the semester. We worked well as a group and received high marks for our efforts, though not much has changed on the BP140 Blackboard site.

Records Management and Archive Administration was another of my electives. I found this class to be a waste of time and I did not learn much for the duration of the course as it seemed that most of it had already been covered in other classes throughout the program. I did well in this class as I had already covered most of the class topics previously. One of the useful parts of this class was learning how to create a disaster recovery plan, it is always good to know what is important and to ensure that all vital records are safe in case of a disaster.

I did my second set of my 3 week industrial placement during this semester. It was completed a little differently to the first as I did it over the semester 1 day per week and it was at Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation. As it was a public library and not a school one the environment was very different. There was also many more people  working there and I did not make as many close friends during my time there. It was not as good for networking.