Game Degrees

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

Motion Capture - Learn to digitize motion, edit sequences, and develop an understanding of simulated motion while exploring motion capture setup, shooting, data tracking, and animation correction.

Level Assembly & Lighting - This course examines game requirements with a focus on constructing a playable level.

Game Animation - You’ll learn to produce animated sequences for gameplay so you can learn how animation applies to the game industry with a focus on game engine constraints and requirements.

STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM SAY

• I could spend hours sketching and painting.
• I often make fan art celebrating games, movies, or shows I love.
• I appreciate the detail of artwork in video games.
• The idea of working in a fast-paced industry excites me.
• I sometimes draw things I see in real life.
• I find bad art distracting.
• I pay attention to the small details that others miss.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

Game Business Models - Learn about the ways gaming and esports organizations operate, how publishing and licensing works, and what it takes to develop revenue streams in gaming.

Esports and Gaming Management - Develop skills in performance management, team management, and leadership in an esports environment while exploring different team structures and corporate cultures.

Gaming Culture & Engagement - Identify segments in the gaming market, ways to reach target audiences, and how the industry has welcomed new styles of gameplay and community engagement.

STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM SAY

• I like to engage with different gaming communities.
• I keep up with the latest gaming industry trends.
• I want to help esports grow.
• I can multitask and prioritize multiple projects.
• I like to collaborate with diverse groups of people.
• I can handle pressure and competition.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

Artificial Intelligence - Learn techniques for designing intelligent behaviors and creating lifelike actions in characters to provide realism, as well as computer opponents that challenge players.

Engine Development - This course emphasizes debugging, development of problem-solving skills, reading and understanding pre-written code, and requirements analysis.

Data Structures and Algorithms - Explore how fundamental data structures and algorithms function and are implemented while also learning about managing complexity, linked structures, abstraction, analysis, vectors, and lists.

STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM SAY

• I’m interested in game engines and how they work.
• I enjoy thinking up creative solutions to problems.
• I can appreciate a well-thought-out plan.
• I'm happy working behind the scenes to make big things happen.
• I work well with others.
• The details matter to me.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

Scripting for Designers - This course focuses on intermediate topics in computer science, such as algorithms, objects and classes, testing, and debugging.

Game Design Preproduction - This course requires collaboration just like in a professional game development environment, as you work with a team to document and develop a gameplay prototype.

Game Systems Integration - You’ll work on a team to take an existing game that’s partially completed and iterate on its development.

STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM SAY

• I’m less interested in a game’s aesthetics and animation and more interested in how the game plays through.
• I enjoy working with a wide variety of people.
• I play a wide variety of games to learn from their design choices.
• I'm at home in a fast-paced environment.
• I have a good eye for detail and areas of improvement.
• I keep up with all the latest trends in gaming.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

Methods and the User Experience - Learn to define and test variables that are part of the process involved in game design with a focus on user experience.

Game Production Tools - Explore best practices of project management within the highly detailed process of developing a game.

Game Design - Study the various disciplines of designing games to help you identify and develop the most engaging features for gameplay.

STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM SAY

• I want to understand the ins and outs of creating a game.
• I enjoy working with people who share the same passion as me for video games.
• I am interested in how captivating game environments are created.
• Watching a game come together is a very satisfying feeling.
• I like to help others and learn from every situation that arises.