Semester Reflection (Blog Post 12)

This Visual Studies Seminar gave me an opportunity to reflect on my desired major (graphic design). I realized that this particular course allows students to learn about “life after graduation” which is something that not very many students think about their freshman year of college. Guest speakers and St. Edward’s Alumni provided me with an exciting ambition to go above and beyond with my work. I enjoyed viewing their work in order to see what will be expected from me in the near future. Given that many students feel discouraged by not knowing what to do with their degree after graduation, I wish we could’ve had more speakers come to our class and talk about potential job opportunities relating to our majors. However, I felt that the class environment was very laid back which allowed students to feel comfortable with their professors and fellow students. I liked knowing that I could see my Visual Studies professors again in case I had any unanswered questions from the class prior to the seminar. The work load was perfect and went hand-in-hand with the work in my Visual Studies I class. In bringing in personal and professional experiences through guest speakers/professors, I found this seminar to be very helpful.