College Major: Know your perfect match

I took yet another online test regarding my ideal major or what major suits me best. Compared to my previous post, this test seems more accurate.

According to http://www.mymajors.com my top choices should be:

Media Arts [Major]
These careers are closest related to this major.

• Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes

• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

• Managers, All Other

• Music Directors and Composers

• Producers and Directors

Music Education
These careers are closest related to this major.

• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

• Education Teachers, Postsecondary

• Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

• Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education


Computer Graphics
These careers are closest related to this major.

• Computer Programmers

• Graphic Designers

Music
These careers are closest related to this major.

• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

• Music Directors and Composers

• Musicians and Singers

• Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

• Sound Engineering Technicians

Art

These careers are closest related to this major.

• Actors

• Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes

• Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary

• Archivists

• Art Directors



More on Media Arts
Description: A program that prepares individuals to organize and manage various aspects of the visual arts, performing arts, and entertainment media industries. Includes instruction in business and financial management, marketing and fund-raising, labor relations for the arts, event promotion and management, product and artist management, and applicable law.

Media Arts students have artistic abilities and a technological aptitude. They are able to distill and arrange information to be conveyed via aesthetically pleasing formats to the public. They are concerned with how the elements of style are applied to the conveyance of information. They have a desire to apply art in this manner, to research and apply appropriate communication techniques to layout and production of graphic, advertising, corporate and institutional visual communications. The field of Media Arts is geared toward students who have the spirit of an artist along with the desires of a businessperson. Media arts students are interested in design, color and how to express those ideas through different vehicles.

The required and elective courses you would take for Media Arts majors vary considerably among institutions. Courses are listed here that are illustrative of the breadth of topics you are likely to experience were you to major in this field.

Color Separation in Printing	Design and Society
Design for Print and Digital Media	Digital Imaging
Digital Photography	Flexography and Screen Printing
Media Arts	Multimedia
Offset Printing Operations	Photography
Visual Technologies	Web Design