Three iPhone and iPad courses at BCIT
This summer BCIT is offering Downtown Vancouver three part time courses for developers, designers and entrepreneurs who want to take advantage of the huge opportunities in the hot iPhone/iPad application market. These courses complement each other beautifully, and many students, depending on their skills and objectives, may consider taking more than one course at a time.
The iPhone Application Development course (MDIA 2652) that I teach runs every Saturday from 9:00AM to 12:00PM, and is ideal for technical people with some application development experience under their belt. This course is heavily hands-on. It starts with the basics of iPhone application development, but during the length of the course touches all the areas necessary to build a high quality iPhone (and soon iPad) application.
A second course is the iPhone Software Design (MDIA 1445) taught by David Drucker. This course is less technically inclined, and focuses on application design, user interface architecture, and user experience. MDIA 1445 is looking at mobile specific UI design issues with an emphasis on Cocoa Touch and UIKit topics. This course runs Saturdays from 1:00PM to 4:00PM in the same Mac classroom as MDIA 2652, and would make a perfect pair with the morning iPhone Application Development course.
The third course is a must for anybody looking at starting any entrepreneurial activity around the iPhone, iPad or any other mobile device. In the iPhone Business Development course (MDIA 2649) students learn how to combine business strategy and design to assess market opportunities and develop successful iPhone products. The course’s instructor is CBC’s Jonathan Carrigan. Jonathan is a phenomenal presenter and I highly recommend attending his course. The MDIA 2649 course runs Thursday evenings from 5:30PM to 8:30PM in the same Mac lab as the other two courses.
