UX Design Institute

I was enthusistic throughout the full course. It handles a broad variety of topics, going deep enough into each, but not so deep that it gets boring. There are leads to help you further- literature to l learn more, videos to learn about professionals in the field, how to set up tour portfolio. The video lessons are very clear and motivating. The home work helps to really understand the process. It’s very nice that you can make up your own time schedule and work remote. It is at the same time the only draw back: I never met or spoke to any person during the course and that makes me feel a little alone.

Unsure of what to expect from a bootcamp like setting for the classroom, my expectations were definitely exceeded. I really enjoyed the live class sessions and option to go back and review the zoom calls if and when needed. Though it is a very fast paced environment, the teacher and TA's were very understanding if arrangements needed to be made for missed classes, late homework and resubmitting assignments. It was important to stay on track since classes were sequenced to follow the last. There were many group working assignments and projects where project management was key and learning to work with others is imperative to this field of work so there were many practice opportunities offered. This bootcamp readied me to complete a professional portfolio, resume and start applying for jobs with confidence. The class as a whole felt bonded and excited for each other and many connections outside of the classroom were built. 

High pressure salesman talked a good game and pressured me into this with discounted admission. At first it sounded great. Then I got into the course modules. The modules looked to be pieced together from various microsoft sources and information and just a mish mash of information. Then we got our assignments, which had absolutely nothing to do with the assigned  readings and which featured programs that, as a beginner, I had never used, never heard of and didn't have the first clue how to use. I asked for help in our first required online lecture (which was also a joke and basically had the instructor just mumbling to himself as he did things in the program that I had no clue how to even follow) and he said he would help at the end of class, but when class ended he shut it off and I got nothing. So I have no first assignment whatsoever. I tried for three hours the next day and got nowhere so I gave up out of disgust. I haven't even looked at the second module yet because I already know it's another program I have not a clue how to use. There's no way to reach my instructor other than Slack and all he does is send YouTube links to explain stuff. If I wanted to learn from YouTube I could have saved several thousands of dollars and done it free. I indicated my disgust in Slack and in an email to my "admissions advisor" (most people here seem to have pseudonyms, hmm, wonder why) and he arranged a call where I could barely understand him because of his thick accent, where they basically said they would tutor me and help. That's nice, I guess, but he keeps telling me everything will be OK and I don't see how since I have no clue what I am doing whatsoever. I feel like a 5 year old in a room full of people talking about astrophysics. No idea.  I frankly feel I should just drop the course as I am getting nothing from it but useless YouTube links so we will see what happens. I'm not feeling optimistic at all. Oh, and this course has NOTHING to do with FAU; it's a third party that's somehow using FAU's name, so be advised if you're looking for that as you will be sorely disappointed. Overall I feel like this was not represented honestly and I feel taken advantage of.  Save your money and watch YouTube. It's free and that's what they'll give you anyway.