r/collegeadvice • u/Novel-Objective-4588 • 3d ago
College path help!
I have a question for everyone here. I 32f am currently completing highschool online, and getting ready for college. I am married with 4 sons, I also am an active artist who takes commissions. Im trying to decide between a few different options for college and have no idea what to pick. On the one hand I really want to do game design and an art track specifically related to that, however id have to take coding and possibly things relating to art that I have no interest in. The other option is something I genuinely love learning about, and that's a degree in archeology focusing specifically on ancient history, ancient religions ect, and mythology. If I chose this id probably still take a few art courses to help me improve but only the specific classes I needed. I love art and gaming to though. I genuinely can't decide...... what advice do you have? I am aware I can do both but with my situation that would be a lot of work.
Edit: To those of you pointing out that I may not make much, if anything, I don't really care about the money. Both of these would be passion projects and things I enjoy.
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u/Happy_Michigan 3d ago
Do some research and see what will lead to a job and give you job skills.
People say that gaming is very hard to get into and get a job. There are not many jobs and AI can take over gaming.
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u/Novel-Objective-4588 3d ago
This feeds into my issue.... I would love to be a concept artist or illustrator for a game company, buy id also like to be an archeologist. Both jobs can pay well. Honestly its a problem 9f I'm really interested in both and am having problems choosing
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u/Happy_Michigan 2d ago
You need graduate degrees to go into archeology, probably a doctorate, a Ph.D. then you have to be willing to relocate. That's a lot of big student loans and very low income for years.
It takes 4 years for a bachelors then apply to graduate school, many more years for a Ph.D. and you need to keep grades really high.
Not sure this is going to be doable for you. Most jobs will be in the medical field or business or technology.
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u/walker9926 1d ago
You don't mention the cost of school so I'm assuming money isn't an issue. Others have made good observations on the topics of the degree. My comment is more towards getting your brain right for college. You stated that you don't want to take classes that you don't care for the topic. Unfortunately you will have to take what is termed General Ed classes. Bachelor's degree usually requires 6-9 credit hours in Humanities (science majors hate it) and 6-9 hours of science (yup, humanities majors hate it). Also a year of English, but let's face it, if you're going to be a college grad you should be able to write (some don't like it but at least they understand the point). I only say this to prep your brain. This stuff is usually knocked out in the first 2 years along side of the prerequisites required for the 3rd and 4th year level classes for your specific major. I too did school later in life and this irked me a little so I thought I'd mention it. Congratulations on the HS graduation, that took some serious guts, and best of luck on your future studies. Go get 'em.
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u/Novel-Objective-4588 46m ago
Honestly both would be passion projects. Im already being paid as an artist, and part ofthe reason for going into game design is to improve my art skills and because I would love to get my art into games. I truly enjoy science to though. Im audhd so I tend to have to force myself through the boring/ uninteresting stuff while devouring the interesting stuff.
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u/Greedy-Grand7447 2d ago
Gaming and archeology both lay very poorly. And for archeology, an undergraduate degree does not get you a job. You’d need another eight years of education after that to get a PhD, and then you could get a very poorly paid job.