Hello everyone,
I too have had interest in the LEAP program at BU. To describe my background, I went to a vocational-technical school during high school where I studied Electronics Manufacturing & Engineering and earned my certification back in 2006. After high school I went to community college to pursue the same field but had to switch majors after falling short in a course that was a pre-req to many other courses. So I changed it to radio & television and earned my associate's degree in 2009, then moved on to a 4-year university to study television & film of which I received my BA just this past spring 2013. With that said, I am in the television/film industry. However, I wish to pursue a master's of engineering in electrical engineering as I feel this will be a much more worthy degree than having a master's of fine arts in film. I wish to combine both professions together as I find a passion in engineering & repairing cinema cameras as well as being a filmmaker. I live in Pennsylvania and I'm looking around to see if there are any programs out there that are similar to LEAP so I can have other options and choices. Living in Boston wouldn't be as convenient to me at the moment so I'm doing careful planning and research before I make any decisions. In the meantime, I was wondering if courses can be taken at a community college to knock out some of the courses that must be taken during phase 1 by transferring them over or must all those courses in phase 1 be taken only at BU?
