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Asked by anon-362534 on 25 Apr 2023.
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Dmitry Dereshev answered on 25 Apr 2023:
Videogame development is one option. You’ll need STEM knowledge to program, but also knowledge of arts and music to design the player environment.
User-Experience and User-Interface Design is another one where you work on how apps and websites look and feel. This combines programming with design, psychology, and arts.
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Tom Bullock answered on 26 Apr 2023: last edited 26 Apr 2023 6:04 am
You could look into Design Engineering for example from Brunel University. This combines mechanical engineering, maths, and practical skills such as modelling building, 3D printing, drawing skills with creative thinking.
Who designs the practical functionality with the beautiful aesthetic of our every day devices?…a design engineer!
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Lucy Mitchell answered on 26 Apr 2023:
You could always do a joint degree! Different universities have different options – some also allow you to take part in other classes as part of your degree, as opposed to doing a formal joint degree. The latter might be good though – my friend did a joint French and Geography degree, which she loved and it allowed her to get creativity and some more science based learning in.
But also remember that if you decide to go to university, there are a number of different clubs/ hobby groups that run – all the sports you can imagine have a club, and there will be painting and drawing classes, and creative meet ups etc. So if you pick a STEM subject, then you will have the opportuntiy to do all the things you love on the side 🙂
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Amanda Cruchley answered on 26 Apr 2023:
It’s a great question! A lot of people like using a mix of skills. Another thing you could consider is sports science or sports materials (it looks at designing sports equipment like tennis rackets, canoes and swimsuits) to make them faster, lighter or more comfortable for people to use and wear. It can also help support sportspeople with disabilities to have equipment that’s designed for them.
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Jo Montgomery answered on 26 Apr 2023:
This is a great question and there are always opportunities to combine your skills and interests. I’m a bit of a polymath and like to use different skills in what I do.
Here are a few different options I can think of:
You could do a joint degree, or one with a subsidiary subject – I have a degree in Biology and Biochemistry, with a subsidiary in French, for example.
You could do a foundation year in art, before going on to a degree in biological sciences
You could keep your arty and creative side going as a hobby, even learning a few things on shorter courses along the way – and then…
maybe combine your skills and interests in a career – the intersection of science and art is really interesting, you could be a scientific illustrator, for example.
Another option that combines lots of different skills and has variety is teaching!
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Ling Lim answered on 26 Apr 2023:
Super question! There is now STEAM – ‘A’ being for Art. I have looked into this for my students and this is a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEAM_fields
I think the UK higher education scene is beginning to offer degrees with a mix of STEM and creative arts but across the pond in US/Canada, they have been doing this for years (major/minor degree). There may be something there as a source for inspiration!
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Lisa Hursell answered on 26 Apr 2023:
There’s analysis & visualisation jobs in all the creative fields! Sports has a wide range around goal predictions, Formula one does race day analysis by the micro second…
For a degree, you could combine two subjects, there were people in my computer science degree that were also taking graphic design to get into videogames (and one of those now works for movie special effects and won an Oscar!).
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Camilla Cassidy answered on 27 Apr 2023:
Other answers have given some great options!
Though, just offer an alternative, if you love creative endeavours, it can sometimes be useful to keep those ‘for fun’, rather than them being a core part of your degree. I loved English, but chose not to study it at university because I thought that some of what made it lighthearted for me would go away if I was being examined in it. I reasoned that I could still join a book club, or read along with friends.
In the same way, if you did a STEM degree you could find lots of creative outlets around that subject – maybe you could start a club that gives people on your course a chance to do mini lectures on subjects they like, or you could organise a science art show (https://www.emergingcreativesofscience.com/post/what-is-sciart)!
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Nathan Hayes answered on 27 Apr 2023:
Architects design new buildings and structures including environments around them. They also work on the restoration and conservation of existing buildings and structures. A career in architecture could allow your creative skills to flourish.
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Jarrod Hart answered on 27 Apr 2023:
Having creativity and a solid science foundation is a double whammy – music, art, sports, acting, writing all benefit from good science – whether it’s a firm understanding of psychology for a writer, structural engineering for an architect, or audio engineering for a musician – you never go wrong with some science training. And vice versa: science and engineering both need creativity!
My advice: combine courses – main degree: what you love, but add electives from across the other faculties to give you superpowers. And there is no law to stop you learning things that are not in your curriculum! Join a band/orchestra/sports team, make a movie/videogame/novel, research cosmology/fire-ants/cordyceps… just go for it 😉
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Rodrigo Bammann answered on 3 May 2023:
Biology in itself is a good option. As a researcher, you could work on different areas of biology, such as music (think birds, whales, or even reptiles) and sport (research physical activity of humans). I, once, worked with bottlenose dolphins and found out that their calls have at least 3 harmonics!
A lot of biology journals have picture competitions. Either macro (like birds or trees), or micro (like diatoms). They can be very pretty!
And biologists can be good at drawing. A potential job is to make biological drawings.
And you can always have hobbies 🙂 I know many biologists who are in bands! -
Cliff Williams answered on 5 May 2023:
From your question I would suggest that maybe looking for a degree in some kind of sports science.
If I remember right Doctor Roger Bannister apart from being the first person to run a mile in under a minute also did some research into the way lactic acid build up prevented continued running at speed.
Or Music (which in one sense is pure maths) and the science behind it. You might like to take a look at the Royal Institution Xmas Lectures by Charles Taylor in 1989 and see how he was able to combine science with his love for music.
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Kim Perrins answered on 5 May 2023:
There are loads of options within science for a creative mind. If you like drawing, you could become a scientific illustrator or study forensic art. For making things, you could look at mechanical engineering or something like medical prosthetics and orthotics. There are sports science or nutrition courses. So many options!
I was torn between choosing science or art/design, and ultimately chose a biomedical science degree, but I soon realised that I use my creativity everyday in designing experiments and thinking outside of the box. It helps me come at problems from a different angle than others might consider. And I still get to draw and make jewellery as a hobby 🙂
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Santosh Mahabala answered on 9 May 2023:
That’s a great question. Mixing different skills is need of the hour now a days – we technically call it, ‘interdisciplinary’.
SportEX involves sports and biology, while many ecologists (scientists working on environment) and ornithologists (scientist studying birds) study different sounds and resonances to understand the bird lifestyle.
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Áine Uí Ghiollagáin answered on 28 May 2023:
If you study in the US or Canada you can usually take a wider variety of class subjects.
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Mimi Asogwa answered on 2 Jun 2023:
You could study a Biology or Biology related degree and still do your hobbies Music art, sport etc in your spare time.
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