Trying to create a solution for myself... is this a realistic path?

College Majors
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So, I am currently a senior in high school. I only have a couple of months until I have to start sending in college applications and declaring my major! The whole topic of majors is something I’ve avoided for a long time because I’ve been very unsure of what I want.

But I know one thing, I love art. I think it would be incredible to go into the creative/entertainment career, like concept design or graphic design for movies or something along those lines, but I know it’s pretty risky. The only other thing I can think that I would enjoy doing besides art is teaching. So with that said, I’m wondering how hard it is to become an art teacher or an art professor, and how likely it will be to find a job in that area.

However, I know for most visual art majors, you need some kind of portfolio, and it is way to late for me to start building a portfolio with the amount of busy I already am. So this is my plan… please tell me if you think this could work.

  1. Declare a major and enter as that major, with a minor in visual arts.
  2. Go through gen. ed classes, and in that time, build up a portfolio and hopefully figure out for sure whether I want to stick with the current major or switch to an art major.
  3. Either stick with my major, then get a teaching credential, or switch to an art major and then get a teaching credential.

Or, if possible, double major. But as I said earlier, I don’t have any sort of portfolio built up.

So I was wondering if my current plan sounds like it could work? If not, or if you have any better ideas, please please let me know! :slight_smile:

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Lots of universities do not require a portfolio for studio art majors, and certainly not for film and graphic design majors. Also, a lot do not require you to declare a major when you apply.

Follow your “incredible” path toward a “creative/entertainment career” and leave teaching out of it, except as something to do on the side eventually. Schools from K-12 and universities of all types are still slashing their art budgets, and many have only part-time teachers and adjunct professors if they offer these subjects at all. There seems to be no end to the explosion of possibilities on the digital side of entertainment, however.