<p>Hi, I am planning to apply to Jack Baskin School of Engineering this Fall, and I want to know what the job opportunities for graduates here are. My major is Computer Science, but I'm also interested in Game Design. Are these 2 majors both competitive? What kind of internship is offered here? And finally, are graduates easy to get jobs? Thanks.</p>
<p>Anyone? Please help.</p>
<p>Game Design major here.</p>
<p>Very competitive. Mostly because once you get past CMPS12B, you’re left with people who are either very determined, very passionate, or both.</p>
<p>We get nearly-weekly mail with information about companies looking to hire CS majors for internships or jobs, if that’s any indication. Sony, Blizzard, EA, Zynga, Google, Microsoft, and many other companies look toward UCSC students to fill positions.</p>
<p>Wow, that’s a bunch of famous names …
Thanks for your answer
Btw, what is the main difference between CS and CS : Game design? Are courseload for both heavy? Is it possible to double major? I mean like Math and CS at the same time, or Econ and CS, etc. …</p>
<p>I know someone who is a Math and CS: GD double-major, he’s mostly managing because he can take summer courses. It’s not easy to double-major when you’re in engineering. Doable, but not easy. And Econ and CS double-major would almost be like the ISM major, FYI.</p>
<p>The curriculums for CS and CS:GD are not terribly different, and they’re both intensive. CS:GD removes some required upper division CS classes in favor of digital media electives (film, art) and has a set senior design sequence where you make a polished, complete game that could be sold. Meanwhile, CS majors get a lot more flexibility in their capstone project.</p>
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<p>Thanks.
Have you seen anyone double major in CS and Business econ management? I don’t think ISM really suits me, so I was wondering if that kind of combination can work.</p>
<p>I wonder what I should take between physics and chemistry sequence for CS. What did you take, Liesel?</p>
<p>I don’t get the option to take chemistry, sadly. I would if I could. But CS:GD is stuck with physics as a requirement. </p>
<p>I’ve never seen that double-major before. Probably not possible, as only 4 classes overlap.</p>
<p>Thanks
How about ISM and Business Econ? What is the job prospect for ISM btw?
And what kind of programming language are mainly using in CS majors? I only know a little bit of C++, no experience on C & Java so far :(</p>
<p>I don’t know a whole lot about ISM, sadly. I think that double major would be more likely. The lower division requirements are very similar, and you get a decent overlap of about 10 classes. [UC</a> Santa Cruz - Economics - Undergraduate Program - Program Description](<a href=“Undergraduate Program”>Undergraduate Program)</p>
<p>The required classes for CS will teach you Java, C, (a bit of) Perl, and C++. In that order. Believe me when I say that C++ is a good place to be. It will give you the ability to branch to both Java and C. Most students take the jump from Java to C very badly.</p>
<p>Thank you for those great info.
Btw, how about Unix/Linux? I believe I read somewhere that students who plan to transfer to UCSC also need to have some decent knowledge in those operating systems too.
And are all the programming languages you list above applied to all CS-related majors? I mean, CS:GD and ISM students need to learn the same programming languages too, right?</p>
<p>You don’t need to know Unix/Linus going into UCSC. It’s certainly helpful, though. One class, CMPS12B, pretty much requires that all development take place within a Unix shell. And it’s used pretty commonly from there on out. Of course they teach you the commands you need to know.</p>
<p>ISM doesn’t take CMPS109, so they won’t learn C++. That’s the only difference.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for all the replies.</p>