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I agree with the above post. There are many required areas with certain courses of study. If you randomly pick a major because it sounds close to wjat you want- you may not be happy. You need to check out the full cours load that is offered for each major and also see what electives are available and when and how many you can take.

I am a Professional designer/animator and I work with 2D and 3D graphics and animation with Aftereffects, Lightwave, flash and various other programs. I produce graphics for Videos, CDs, and Web as well as Programming CDs and Web content itself. I did all this with a degree in Architecture from a Design/Art oriented school. My ellectives were spent in Illustration, animation, painting, drawing, sculpture and assited many film majors on video/film shoots. All this time I still planned on being an architect. When given an opportuinity to do animation and graphics work, I was obviously very comfortable jumping into it. I had to learn the program, but the design/art skills carried through in everything I chose to do. In Architecture- There are structural and engineering classes so it is very ballanced right/left brain. That training has helled me tremendously in the technical aspects of what I do- which includes computer networkign and building and maintaining systems as well as the programming of CDs and Web Sites which involves writing code with several languages (I did some basic in High schook and Junior High but that was the only programming courses I ever took)

Dont pick a major because of a scholarship- unless its a tossup between several things you like and you need a reason to go oneway or another. You need to like what you do. Tooo many people complain about their job and their life. As Dean says, if you can get paid for waht you like to do- it doesnt feel like work. I am chalenged everyday and learning new things still after 8 years in the field and owning my own buisiness. Thats an exciting thing to say in a world of layoffs and job insecurity.

Plan ahead and dont be afraid to folow your dreams. Contact me if you have any questions. or want advice- I am working on putting some stuff togerther for a couple people already.
 


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