<p>Hello all. Been a while since I've come to college confidential, but I figured I should ask a few things. I'm currently a transfer sophomore, this being my first year at a new school. My first quarter here I was jumping around choices of major, considering hard sciences, industrial design, and even music. My intent is to get a masters in architecture after undergrad, and so I was looking for something to simply get me there. At the end of my first quarter here I declared my major in design (not industrial), which is a 4-year BA. </p>
<p>Anyways, I've started taking courses for the major now, and while I do realize they will start getting more specialized, I can't help but shake this feeling in my drawing and 2D design courses that I just don't belong here. If anyone has some advice on how I should deal with this, it would be much appreciated. It doesn't come as a surprise to me considering I have more of a background in music, science and architecture. I've only been in a few art courses here and there, and while I know I have talent, most of it lies in digital design and photography. Being around students who are hardcore with art is a bit unnerving to me. I'm not looking for an alternative, just some ways I can deal with this unsettling feeling. </p>
<p>For clarification, the design program at my school is pretty strong and branches off into several specializations by the senior year, including graphics design and new media. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Hey! I go to an arts high school, and i’m currently going through a foundations year similar to what goes on in college. I’ll be honest and say that not a whole lot of it was enjoyable(I too had a bigger background in music than I did in art before starting). I did enjoy a few projects, maybe a particular class, but the basics can get repetitive and disheartening, especially if the other students are getting the concept better than I do. But now that i’m halfway through my foundations and moving on to more specialized classes, the basic classes I took last semester are starting to really help me out. I can see the concepts building on eachother.</p>
<p>I think that when you get into your more specialized classes you’ll have a better understanding of how to handle things. Like you said, you have a strong background in music, architecture, and science. The foundations will give you the background you’re lacking in art. Just stick with it and see if it gets better when you start to get into your more specialized classes.
I really hope this helps! Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply! Yeah I’m hoping once these introductory classes end I will begin to feel more at home in this program. I don’t necessarily dislike the classes I’m in now, I just feel a little out of place.</p>
<p>Also, it might be a stupid question and somewhat rhetorical, but what job prospects would I have with a degree in design, in the case my future plans for grad school don’t materialize? The administrators here gave me a few places graduates have ended up at, but I’d like to hear it from someone on the outside.</p>