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Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications)
Alfred J. Kwak
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In case you are interested, I'm studying architecture now.
In case you are interested, I'm studying architecture now.
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I was just letting you know that stateside "communications" is the major that would be Business and Journalism majors flock to when they find shit is "too hard". I have no clue what it is like in the Netherlands.
And athletes
And sorority girls
And even the most unpopular dumb kids eventually find out that there's a major that takes absolutely no work and requires no thinking.
Yeah, it has a real bad reputation state-side. Make sure whoever you get your opinions from in this thread doesn't live here.
If the job you want requires a BA in Communications, then go for it.
Personally, I feel that you shouldn't go to a college that costs a significant amount of money unless you have a clear goal in what you plan to get out of it. If it's not a job you're looking for, then go for it. If there's a specific field you want to get into, then research it.
A degree in media and communications won't get you a great job on it's own. That's not to say your life will be a failure or any such nonsense. There are plenty of ways to get a great job, but just don't expect your degree to be of any great assistance.
You're adding an extra layer of complexity to it by moving to a country which, well, most of us don't know much about.
Perhaps the best thing to do is to see whether the reputation of the degree in the Netherlands matches up with it's bad reputation in the US? If the same opinion holds, that should give you some strong indicators about the utility of the course worldwide. Theoretically it's reputation should be better in the Netherlands, it's raking in a ton of money in the advertising sector these days - but if the opinion is just as bad, it's a strong indication of the degrees utility. Just a thought.
He's going to study in the EU. He's not going to be out a big amount of money in any case, and even if Austria doesn't give him a bursary, the Dutch government will fund a good amount of money for him.
To clarify, studying in Austria is actually free of cost (again). :P
And I'm from Austria. I've come to the Netherlands this summer to learn for a language exam (which I failed) and to study games technology here (which might not have been the best study for me in the first place). In any case, I think what I'm really looking for are film classes, but there're probably entry requirements for that (have to check). At the moment I'm basically going through the list of all available courses and try to find something for me, and I was just curious about this one. Going to Germany is still also an option, so there's a lot to pick from.
If you're just taking a communications course because you don't know what you want, you'll end up as a store clerk. People who who have a passion for any communications field will always shine the brightest, jobs will go to them.
Don't choose communications because you don't know what you want. It's a poor decision.
This, basically, is exactly what I want to do.
wtf. This is the weirdest attitude I've ever seen. You're about to go to college, and you refuse to attempt anything that you have no expertise in. Are you attempting to complete schooling while avoiding all new information somehow?
I have zero expertise in wood working, but if I wanted to be a carpenter, I'd take shop class and gain that expertise.
So, no I can't really see your dilemma. You have the chance right now to learn pretty much any craft you want, but you're going to choose a major that you have no interest in because the others involve learning new things?
The former has a strong focus on the history of theatre, film and tv and will also deal with some of the technical aspects probably have general courses on the theory of scriptwriting, etc.
I know that there is a school for that in Cologne that was supposed to be pretty good where you could even specialize if you wanted to be a director or producer or scriptwriter eventually, but that was private and so did cost money.
But this is not like communication studies, which would be Kommunikationswissenschaften, which is a separate subject.
@KrunkMCGrunk
definitely the former
http://motionographer.com/
if you haven't seen this website before I think you are going to thoroughly enjoy it.
my German isn't good enough to decipher the fine points of curriculum, but Wuppertal has a Mediendesign program that might be along the lines you are looking for.
http://www.uni-wuppertal.de/fachbereiche/fachbereich_f/
the best advice I can give is to work backwards. do not blindly aim for a degree and then hope to make a job work with that degree. sure, you can get a job in graphic design with a masters in russian language and literature, but you'll have a much easier time of it with a bachelor's of graphic design.
Look first for the companies you want to work for. Say, Motion Theory. (http://www.motiontheory.com/). Call them up. Ask them who they are and what kind of education they have- what kind of degree they recommend for doing what they do, and what kind of people they look for to work with them. What kind of experience outside of a degree program do they have?
They may or may not be your end goal, but now you know what it takes to do what they do. The hardest part might be finding the companies / firms that do what you're looking for- often the best are low profile.
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