Can I double major as a CS and engineering and minor in CGI?

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Bent Snowman

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Isn't "CGI" more of an art department major? I.e. at my school, such a specialization is found in a graphics art major, not in CS or EE or anything else.

I.e. sounds like you are going to have to take a whole lot more classes to get that minor.

Word of advice: minors mean nothing unless they are a foreign language, and no one cares about double majors. Get one major, and just be good at it. Absolutely no one will be impressed, they will more likely look down on you a little bit for wasting your time with it.

Edit: If there is no single computer engineering major, and you are double majoring...did you plan this on your own? It sounds like you may not have talked to an adviser about this. Your school does not have to have your specific major offered, you can usually tweak your course load and concentration with the help of an adviser to get a degree that would be targeted towards what you want to end up doing. It would not make your degree any less valuable. Please talk to someone if you have not all ready.

Now that i reread your question phrasing, it appears you have not started college yet. When you get there, you will be able to figure things out. Double majoring is never necessary, and just completing two majors really will take you 5 years. As an engineering/science student, you will take courses in all engineering/science disciplines, we all do. So, it is not as if you have to be part of a major in order to take classes from both departments. In all my classes, there are physics, electrical engineers, and nuclear engineers. In fact, all my classes are crosslisted in all three departments.
 
I'm looking at going to TU, which is a pretty rigorous school. My passion is technology and I plan on double majoring in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. I want to minor in Computer Generated Imagery / 3D Animation. Assuming TU allows this, am I loading too much onto my plate?
The double major is because there is no single major for computer engineering.

The minor is because I want to pursue it as a hobby, and because it's available on the same campus.
 
Isn't "CGI" more of an art department major? I.e. at my school, such a specialization is found in a graphics art major, not in CS or EE or anything else.

I.e. sounds like you are going to have to take a whole lot more classes to get that minor.

Word of advice: minors mean nothing unless they are a foreign language, and no one cares about double majors. Get one major, and just be good at it. Absolutely no one will be impressed, they will more likely look down on you a little bit for wasting your time with it.

Edit: If there is no single computer engineering major, and you are double majoring...did you plan this on your own? It sounds like you may not have talked to an adviser about this. Your school does not have to have your specific major offered, you can usually tweak your course load and concentration with the help of an adviser to get a degree that would be targeted towards what you want to end up doing. It would not make your degree any less valuable. Please talk to someone if you have not all ready.

Now that i reread your question phrasing, it appears you have not started college yet. When you get there, you will be able to figure things out. Double majoring is never necessary, and just completing two majors really will take you 5 years. As an engineering/science student, you will take courses in all engineering/science disciplines, we all do. So, it is not as if you have to be part of a major in order to take classes from both departments. In all my classes, there are physics, electrical engineers, and nuclear engineers. In fact, all my classes are crosslisted in all three departments.
 
Isn't "CGI" more of an art department major? I.e. at my school, such a specialization is found in a graphics art major, not in CS or EE or anything else.

I.e. sounds like you are going to have to take a whole lot more classes to get that minor.

Word of advice: minors mean nothing unless they are a foreign language, and no one cares about double majors. Get one major, and just be good at it. Absolutely no one will be impressed, they will more likely look down on you a little bit for wasting your time with it.

Edit: If there is no single computer engineering major, and you are double majoring...did you plan this on your own? It sounds like you may not have talked to an adviser about this. Your school does not have to have your specific major offered, you can usually tweak your course load and concentration with the help of an adviser to get a degree that would be targeted towards what you want to end up doing. It would not make your degree any less valuable. Please talk to someone if you have not all ready.

Now that i reread your question phrasing, it appears you have not started college yet. When you get there, you will be able to figure things out. Double majoring is never necessary, and just completing two majors really will take you 5 years. As an engineering/science student, you will take courses in all engineering/science disciplines, we all do. So, it is not as if you have to be part of a major in order to take classes from both departments. In all my classes, there are physics, electrical engineers, and nuclear engineers. In fact, all my classes are crosslisted in all three departments.
 
Isn't "CGI" more of an art department major? I.e. at my school, such a specialization is found in a graphics art major, not in CS or EE or anything else.

I.e. sounds like you are going to have to take a whole lot more classes to get that minor.

Word of advice: minors mean nothing unless they are a foreign language, and no one cares about double majors. Get one major, and just be good at it. Absolutely no one will be impressed, they will more likely look down on you a little bit for wasting your time with it.

Edit: If there is no single computer engineering major, and you are double majoring...did you plan this on your own? It sounds like you may not have talked to an adviser about this. Your school does not have to have your specific major offered, you can usually tweak your course load and concentration with the help of an adviser to get a degree that would be targeted towards what you want to end up doing. It would not make your degree any less valuable. Please talk to someone if you have not all ready.

Now that i reread your question phrasing, it appears you have not started college yet. When you get there, you will be able to figure things out. Double majoring is never necessary, and just completing two majors really will take you 5 years. As an engineering/science student, you will take courses in all engineering/science disciplines, we all do. So, it is not as if you have to be part of a major in order to take classes from both departments. In all my classes, there are physics, electrical engineers, and nuclear engineers. In fact, all my classes are crosslisted in all three departments.
 
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