<p>what should i choose? i'm heading out to USC for the fall, with the papers saying i'm doing EE. but given that i'm heading out to USC, Music Industry B.S. is the more desireable option. please bear with me and let me explain (or you're lazy, could just stop reading here and answer)...</p>
<p>it's pretty much a matter of heart vs. wallet/career options. there's no doubt that music in general is my passion, and music recording is my most desired career. by nature of the program, i'm almost certain that i would be very happy majoring in it...i'm pretty interested in sciences, but i can't say i'm passionate about them, same with math...and i'm passionate about music, if without formal education in it. so this option seems perfect for me because it entails both to a level in the middle. not to mention the nice little side benefit that i would have a little extra free time on my hands. needless to say, this is something i would be very happy in during college, and probably later in life.</p>
<p>i'm somewhat interested in tech and computers, but i'm not a techie in any way. EE gives me the option to POTENTIALLY enter my desired career, as well as ensuring i have tons of other options...however, as i found out over the years (especially from going to a Pre-Engineering program at a local naval base) i'm not too interested in those other options. one upside is that USC offers an Integrated Media Systems EE focus, which ties in multimedia (including music) to EE. if i go this route, i'll do music recording as a minor for sure. but this would entail mountain of work, and mountains of work in a major i'm less than passionate about...and my gut reaction is...since this is college and i have the option to study whatever i want, why make myself study something i don't like? but money talks...</p>
<p>i'm looking to those who have more experience than me to help me out here...if you made it this far in my post, thanks, and congrats haha.</p>
<p>when I saw the title, I was thinking, why not go for the first choice? and then I saw it was music...</p>
<p>However, I think that music recording might not be so bad.</p>
<p>personally, I'd go for engineering (that's what I'm doing now) becuase I like the idea of having a secure job where I can support my family and have enough $$ to pay back student loans.</p>
<p>Another thing to consider is to see if you can get a certificate in music recording, and perhaps do that on the side until you establish yourself while your full-time job is engineering.</p>
<p>Finally, if EE really doens't sound good, but you're not sure if you could make it financially with Music Recording, spend your first year taking a couple extra intro courses, and make sure to talk to the career center about what types of jobs are available with what majors, and see if they can get you in contact with some music recording grads to see what they're really up to now.</p>
<p>Anyways....might want to get a few other peoples' ideas on this, but it's a start..</p>
<p>yeah...music recording entails acoustical physics, calculus, and the like, so it's not devoid of any of those nice scientific principles :p i could potentially take any other non-performance/composition music BM majors, but i really do have an interest in math and the sciences.</p>
<p>i was thinking i could just jump into EE and see how i like the waters first...but the problem is, as it might be at most schools, is that engineering has so many lower division pre-reqs that i should probably start giving it thought now...i'm not in it for the 5 year plan, i'm on a 4 year school scholarship.</p>
<p>you probably wont' take a real EE class until your sophomore year (maybe Circuits I) most of the first two years u will take physics I, II, III, calc I, II, III etc. etc.</p>
<p>well...on top of physics and calc, at USC i have to take at least the intro to EE (they call it Freshman academy, i believe) first semester. sophomore year i have to take 2 EE classes, one each semester. so...thats at least 12 units i need to take (not counting pre-reqs and co-reqs, some of which might not count for anything if i decide to change into Music Industry later). it's not a lot, but engineering looks like a different monster to change into and out of. and again, i'm not in it for 5 years, any change i make i would want to be able to keep my stay within 4 years.</p>