Majors

20th of June, 2006

My degree is of the dual type, IT and Multimedia. Multimedia is such a vague name and no one has any idea what you’re talking about when they ask, as they always do. They always assume it has something to do with newspapers or TV, multimedia, media, makes sense to me.

Anyway, because I do two degrees it means I get to pick two majors. The option of picking two majors is also there if you want to do a masters degree or the honors program I think. Although, I don’t really have two choices, the IT degree requires a major in Software Engineering. I don’t have a problem with that.

The Multimedia degree gives me a choice of:

  • Design
  • Interactive Entertainment
  • Internet Computing
  • Multimedia Screen Production
  • Sound Production

There’s only two that really factor into the equation for me, Design and Internet Computing. It was always going to be Internet Computing for a little while there but for this semester I have a course at the Queensland College of Art and it looks really good. The Design major will send me to QCA full time and I have a feeling I’d like it there.

The huge majority of people at uni I’ve spoken to are doing Interactive Entertainment (aka Games). Everyone’s ambition is to own their own computer game company yet they think they’re going to pull it off by just playing games, instead of studying. People skip lectures to play computer games here. I’m glad I never developed an addiction to games. It’s always funny seeing their reaction when I tell them my graphics card is onboard, haha.

Anyway, back on topic. Design or Internet Computing? Which would complement my second major, Software Engineering the best? Internet Computing probably. I hate to think that I may be able to teach myself Internet Computing and couldn’t teach myself Design but that’s probably the case. Also, Design is another one of those vague titles, it could be about almost anything.

I can turn anything into a website, what I have trouble with is creating really nice looking graphics like those on Bartelme or Broken Kode.