What are u studying or graduated from ?

[chrissiewoods]

i have my bachelor's degree major in legal management. i'm now taking up masters in entrepreneurship minor in environmental economics.

[chiyaki]

I'm studying at the university of Social Science and Humanities. My major is Japan Study ^^ We have to do research someday...Well, it kind of a job that won't give you much money....

[saxondale.]

Broadcast Post Production (film editing)

[alisadorsey@yahoo.co]

I have a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration, with a Minor in Pharmacy.

[terracotta]

i am form pharmacy school.i want to became a good pharmacist. because i heard that they are money maker

[PinkDagger]

Mine is difficult to categorize. It's called Interactive Arts and Sciences, and in two years I'll be receiving my Honours Bachelor of Arts. It's a cross between every possible program and what it has to do with interactivity, digital media, technologies, immersion (aural, visual, any other senses we can find proof for), sociology, and psychology behind it all.

I was considering going with a Concentration in Computer Game Development, but the courses are lame and useless so I'm just sticking to my Honours.

[kirasuran]

Originally Posted by PinkDagger

Mine is difficult to categorize. It's called Interactive Arts and Sciences, and in two years I'll be receiving my Honours Bachelor of Arts. It's a cross between every possible program and what it has to do with interactivity, digital media, technologies, immersion (aural, visual, any other senses we can find proof for), sociology, and psychology behind it all.

I was considering going with a Concentration in Computer Game Development, but the courses are lame and useless so I'm just sticking to my Honours.

WOW that sounds like a super interesting course !!! what will you do when you graduate though ?

[PinkDagger]

I'm focusing a lot on 3D modeling (and in turn, some rudimentary computer science coding so scripting is included in my significantly-less-good-but-existing skills) because it's one of my better interests in the course, and am currently working on a 20-25 minute short 3D animation with two other team members that will be shown on Chinese New Year in a theatre at school that seats 500 people. We have at least 5 sponsors, the support of all our professors, and have spoken to the CEO of a local company that helps get video game developers' companies off the ground by connecting them with other talents and companies that can complement them. The CEO thought we were out of our minds because in a normal company, a 20-25 minute animation requires a team of 12 people, and we only have 3, rofl.

Hopefully that will get my work out there a bit and there are internships available for digital media artists downtown in the city where my school is. The year I graduate, the Ubisoft in Toronto is opening its doors and while I acknowledge it, I'm not necessarily optimistic because I know how many people will be clamoring for that.

If all else fails, I have a connection with a professor who lives in Vancouver in the summer (and is willing to rent out her house to students she knows and trusts for cheap!!) and she wholeheartedly supports a Masters of Digital Media program being offered at Great Northern Way that combines a Masters degree from UBC, SFU, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, and BCIT so if I were to graduate from there, I would receive a degree from all of those other schools as well, and would have access to those other schools' facilities. They offer summer internships and it's not unlikely that interns wind up hiring those same graduates they had as interns. They're also affiliated with EA Games, Autodesk (the company that created the program we use to 3D model, Maya), and Microsoft. Not to mention Vancouver, despite being horrendously expensive, has 1,100 video game companies and the number keeps growing. Even if it's a temporary job and the smaller companies go down, it pays and it's good experience.

And even if that doesn't work, I have other skills and can play it by ear. All I'm really concerned about now is that I enjoy what I do. I would hate my life if I had to spend everyday grinding out numbers like my dad wanted me to do. :P

/PHEW

[MeGal]

I am doing a Masters of Marketing. lol, sounds boring as compared to the replies above!!

[kirasuran]

wow pinkdagger, thanks for that EPIC reply , i totally did not expect it. it sounds really really complicated yet quite enjoyable at the same time! good luck in getting where you want. and i absolutely agree - theres no point doing something you hate, because most of our jobs will be for life and i dont want to be stuck in something crappy !

so now i guess its my turn - im doing psychology in my second year now, (exams are right now actually) and im hoping to do honours and masters as well, i'm not completely sure what area of specialisation but i'm definitely interested in neuropsychology or something like that. BRAINSSSSS hahahah

megal - nah ! marketing isn't THAT bad is it ? i've known of some people in marketing, who make it sound quite fun/interesting