Portfolio and Art Blog

I was recently able to sit in on a universities Student Union meeting. One of the topics of discussion was their frustration that their course didn’t actually focus on the topic it should’ve. For example, almost everyone in the room has had to a basic web design module, even if they’re doing something like journalism or art. The university’s excuse for this is that soon everyone will have to have a website. I kinda understand their reasoning, as the web is playing an important part in just about everything, but shouldn’t the course focus on the topic at hand?

I can understand this reasoning if a journalism student was study online journalism or if an art student was making a web based project, but to teach web design ‘just in case’ seems like something that is more likely to irritate and frustrate people on the course.

I think a review of why subjects are taught is in order.