My future goal is to become a game designer but to get into the industry I want to go through programming as I am already artistic but I don't want to take an art program because of job security so I applied for and have been accepted to Mac for Computer Science. I do enjoy programming but not math so much, if I have to deal with it then whatever. However, recently I found the Software Engineering/Game Design program and was wondering if I could get into that program somehow because it seems to suit me better. My question is: can transfer into the program before first year or do I need to go through first year and then try?

Ask the academic counselor, they are getting payed with your money to help you.

My guess is that you will probably need to complete all the Engineering I courses to do so. CompSci students only take the Maths (and our 1MD3 is equivalent to 1D04).

As MrPlinkett said, you should speak to an academic counselor for more concrete info.

I recommend you go to college instead of university if just learning programming sufficient for game design is your goal. Both computer science and software engineering at McMaster are pretty theoretical and involve a lot of abstract math courses.

Originally Posted by Ownaginatios

I recommend you go to college instead of university if just learning programming sufficient for game design is your goal. Both computer science and software engineering at McMaster are pretty theoretical and involve a lot of abstract math courses.

Ya, this is solid advice. Though I've found that you can enjoy abstract math without liking calculus, etc.