<p>I've applied for transfer into Computational Media from UT knoxville and, through direct communication with the admissions officer, am under the impression that I will be accepted once my calculus II scores are submitted. </p>
<p>I've recently decided that comp sci and engineering aren't for me. I'm a stronger media artist / businessman. So Does Georgia Tech's prestige with internships, job or grad school placement, etc bleed over into the other programs such as business, Computational Media, or LCC? Literature, Communication, and Culture could probably be geared towards purely media and no computer science if I wanted (vs comp media), but would it still carry the strength of the school name with it, or is that reserved for the Engineers? (for example, Media from mit is still something from mit:) )</p>
<p>Would I be a fool to turn down acceptance to the Media or LCC program at GaTech, or would I do no better than a local media program?</p>
<p>I would think there are better schools for what you are looking at. You should go where you will feel comfortable and can be successful.</p>
<p>The problem is that getting accepted to them as a transfer student with mediocre stats is a lottery ticket.</p>
<p>What other programs blend film, writing, and digital media together?
Besides the 1st 4 computer science classes, is the rest of the curriculum heavy on computer science / programming?</p>
<p>(understand that I am asking about computational media and not the CS media thread. Two very different programs)</p>
<p>CM is a pretty new program, so it's hard to tell what you can get out of it. i have a friend who's in that and it seems to be a bit uncertain as how employers will view it. but so far, he's thinking he can get into hollywood or the gaming industry.</p>
<p>lcc is a major, well, for people who want to become teachers. management at Tech is very diversified. it all depends on which sub-field you go into. the most popular ones are IT, finance, accounting and operations among employers.</p>
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<p>My thoughts exactly. I've been gunnin for hollywood for a while, and I figured the reputation and connections of tech could put me in a better position to find quality work. I Just wish there was a way to take the computational media LCC curriculum without the computer science, like, maybe business instead. The LCC's for it don't SEEM to rely a lot on programming. (well, unless you choose game design and such) but I need to make sure.</p>
<p>I checked the straight up LCC program and it doesn't give access to the same classes. (the good ones like film, design, and the class about motion caputure -> which would be awesome!)</p>
<p>Maybe I should look into their Management Program a lot more. My backup plan for film/games/media is to go into Technological Marketing, Management, and Entrepreneurship. I may not like to program, but I'm a tech and business nut.</p>
<p>willpower102, you can always major in one area and minor in another. If you are so eager to go into film/gaming/media, maybe you shouldn't major in management. The focus of the two are very different. I would suggest you to major in CM and minor in MGT with a focus on marketing. But CM is heavily rooted in CS since it's a joint program between LCC and CS. So be prepared to take lots of programming classes and spend weeks in the basement(literarily) programming if you are in that major. There were times in a semester when my friend would disappear for a week or two b/c he's so tied up by all the programming stuff.</p>