Information Technology — Game Development and Entrepreneurship

Game Development and Entrepreneurship is designed to provide students with a wide range of game design and programming expertise. Students are immersed in the game development process from day one and build complete video games each semester. Successful students develop their knowledge and skills in a diverse team environment and learn to work with programmers, artists and designers to create innovative products that push the medium to its limits. In Years 1 to 3, all students participate in the Game Development Workshop (GDW). Each course taken in that year is integrated with a GDW project for a semester-long game project. Students will work in teams to successfully develop a complete game, apply knowledge learned in all of the programпПХs courses.An innovative gaming and virtual reality laboratory features motion capture facilities, an audiometric (sound) room, 3D displays and the latest in interaction devices. Students acquire business and management knowledge and develop entrepreneurial skills, allowing graduates to quickly advance their careers in the game industry as employees or entrepreneurs in charge of developing and managing their own gaming businesses. Students may take the required business courses to obtain a minor in Marketing, Game Production Management or Operations Management.

Field of study: Animation, Interactive Tech., Video Graphics and Special Effects, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies