<p>I'm a senior in high school who is going to go to Long Beach State next year. I have a big passion for film. I've made several segments for my school broadcast and have been nominated for 2 awards at the OC Film Festival. I would love to major in the production of film, yet I don't really have family support to ONLY majoring in film. Basically, I have to double major so my parents will feel "safe" about my future life. So I chose to double major in Computer Science. I've been learning how to code for a while through Code Academy, so I know the jist of computer science a little bit. Nevertheless, I know the major computer science is difficult. Should I even double with computer science or should I do something else, because I feel like I won't have anytime to focus on filming, making new films and whatnot if I'm too focused on Computer Science. I would love to keep film as my major, I'm just confused as to if I can handle the course load of computer science. Any advice?</p>
<p>Here is the CSULB CS major:
<a href=“http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/current/roadmaps/coe/cecs/cecsbs01-4yr.html”>http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/current/roadmaps/coe/cecs/cecsbs01-4yr.html</a></p>
<p>Here is the CSULB film major:
<a href=“California State University, Long Beach - Acalog ACMS™”>California State University, Long Beach - Acalog ACMS™;
<p>As you can see, each major consumes more than half of your upper division schedule, so it would be hard to complete both majors without overloading. However, if you major in CS, you can still take some film courses as breadth or free electives.</p>
<p>If you like CS enough that you are willing to write software as a day job, it is probably a better idea to major in CS while taking film electives. The film industry seems to be rather difficult to get in to at the entry level (often a series of unpaid internships needed), so having something that you are willing to do as a day job that is more in demand can keep you afloat financially. Alternative ways into the film industry may exist though CS (e.g. computer generated imaging and the like).</p>
<p>If you do not like CS enough to continue with it, remember that people do eventually get jobs after graduating with non-specific bachelor’s degrees. However, this may mean accepting jobs outside of the film industry. There are many other majors where something similar is true – for example, not every history major gets to become a historian, history teacher, or history museum staffer.</p>
<p>Take CS and do film classes as electives. Filming might be fun but I don’t think it is worth the debt or late graduation</p>