Want to Transfer and Change Majors, HELP!

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<p>So, I'm in a deep pickle and don't know what to do. </p>

<p>I'm currently a theater major, but I've sparked some interest in graphic design. I really want to try graphic design , a class, and then if I don't like it I can always go back to theater. The problem is at my college you have to take a certain number of art classes in order to take the class. That and they don't have a graphic design major.</p>

<p>Another problem that I have, is I don't like my college very much (don't want to go into it) and am giving it another try by fully immersing in the school. If I don't I'm definitely transferring. The school I want to transfer to has a major in graphic design, though the problem is I might have to start over with taking classes and I've read this:</p>

<p>"Note that students must enroll in Graphic Design courses in the following order, beginning with the following sequence during Fall Semester, sophomore year. Students who are not enrolled in graphic design courses for more than one semester, during the junior or senior sequences, are required to resubmit an entrance portfolio for review and acceptance"</p>

<p>Here's how I'm confused:
- If I like GD > Theater, then would I have to transfer anyway?
- How much longer would I stay in college once I change majors? (Summer school)</p>

<p>I'm not really sure what to do and am very confused...</p>

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<p>It sounds as if the graphics design major is very sequential and requires 3+ years to complete at your current university. It may not be possible to accelerate that very much if the courses need to be taken in a particular sequence. </p>

<p>The good news is that this doesn’t mean that you need to pay full-time tuition for another 3-4 years. Maybe the best approach would be to go to school part-time while you are working on the prerequisites for your new major, and only go back to full-time enrollment when you can make progress towards your degree on a full-time basis. </p>

<p>If you transfer, it becomes hard to predict how long it will take you to graduate. You’d still have to complete a new major from scratch, but now there are even more variables: Will all of your credits transfer or would you lose some? Does the new university have a different set of general education requirements?</p>

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<p>I’ve actually researched that quite some time ago. I have 33 credits and only one of my classes doesn’t count. So I’ll have 31 credits, and then the classes that I’ll have 17 credits in the Fall with one of them not counting. So it’ll be 15 credits. I might change it into a class into one of the cores that I really need</p>