Changing my Degree

[Vausch]

I finally got to start back at college after working for over a year to save up all the tuition needed for the rest of the time here. However, it's becoming apparent the degree I initially started on is not what I want to do with my life.

So far I've narrowed down the choices I wanted to animation and computer engineering. Animation is taking the lead and I do really want to work on 2D projects, but my school does not offer so much as a single class on 2D animation and neither do any of the nearby universities. Not even the community colleges seem to offer it.

It got down to the point where the only school I found that definitively offered what I wanted was Sheridan college in Toronto Canada (I'm from Idaho, for the record).

The trouble is I don't want to drive myself into debt just to go to school. I'd love to go into animation or prop and animatronic design, but as stated the only school I found available was in Toronto and is rather expensive for international students.

I feel stuck and it's stressing me out rather badly. Are there alternatives I don't know about or other schools that don't charge an arm and a leg to attend for international/out of state students that teach 2D animation and/or prop design and animatronics? I really need help, and I appreciate any advice.

 

[Rosiv]

I always though a lot of animators were self taught,like egoraptor, so is it something youccould teach yourself? Do you really need a degree if you develop the skill? Maybe make a porfolio to show of your skills instead of some diploma. As for the computer engineering, I don't know much about that. I hear computer science is hard in general though. Good luck.

 

[Vausch]

I always though a lot of animators were self taught,like egoraptor, so is it something youccould teach yourself? Do you really need a degree if you develop the skill? Maybe make a porfolio to show of your skills instead of some diploma. As for the computer engineering, I don't know much about that. I hear computer science is hard in general though. Good luck.

With the advent of Flash it became far easier for people to become self-taught, but I benefit heavily from in-person teaching and I don't know anybody that uses toon boom in person. Plus when it comes to prop design and animatronics, that I really can't afford to learn about outside of a classroom either.

It is and it isn't. It's a complicated subject but it's something I care about so I tend to get immersed in it.