What "kind of related, but not really" class should I take this semester?

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Hello!

I'm pretty much new here. I might have lurked around here (or someplace similar) in the past, but it's been quite some time, so I apologize if I'm stepping on some toes or posting a repeated question.

The time has come for me to choose my Spring semester classes, and I'm looking for some advice and opinions.

Some background that is only partially necessary: I graduated with a BA in Psychology in 2014 and decided my senior year that I didn't really want to have anything to do with a career in Psychology, but it was too late to explore other options, so I had to stick with it.

Now I'm back at my community college, both to keep my loans in deferment and to figure out a more suitable career field.

Graduate school has always been on my radar. It's just one of those things that I need to accomplish to feel complete. But I'm still sort of exploring fields.

I think what I'd love to do is design mobile apps, especially if I'm freelancing or working from home. So, right now, I'm working towards that.

Plus, a local university has a Human and Computer Interaction Master's program that sounds pretty interesting.

But, anyway, my question:

I'm still getting the hang of coding, so my plan is to take a coding class and an "easy" class that still fulfills my gen eds/required courses as electives.

I was thinking that a course in some sort of art or design might be helpful in at least a small way, but I'm concerned that I'd end up taking a pointless class.

Would an art or design course help with mobile app development?

My options are:

-Art Appreciation (a recommended, but not required prerequisite for other art classes...plus I know nothing about art. I was always a science-oriented girl)

-Drawing (more for me, but the skill might help on some level)

-Design (might require expensive software)

-or a combined Technical Drawing/Computer Aided Drafting class.

So, what do you think? Helpful? Waste of time? Is there some other field that might be helpful but offers easier courses?

Ninjaedit: I've already taken a web design course, as well as basic programming (Python), but that's pretty much it. I plan on taking Java, which is the prerequisite for my school's mobile app development course.

Posted Dec 2, 2015, 10:53 PM UTC

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