Another Game Development School Pops Up

jboogs writes "Gamesarefun.com has a news story about a college in Camden, New Jersey that is offering majors in video game design. All these past years of Gaming was just preparing you for your future!" The school says they've been bombarded with calls from hopeful students after only two days since the program was announced. There's only a handful of schools that offer similar programs, but it might not be long until demand makes such schools more commonplace.

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Re:Maybe I'm just jeolous

[YetAnotherAnonymousC]

Well, this is a community college vocational program here. I don't think it's aimed at the same people as those who might be considering going to Harvard.

For those who can't get in to a top notch 4 year CS program, this program could be a useful alternative.

CDIS in Vancouver

[xingix]

If anyone is interested in taking the video game dev. courses at CDIS in Vancouver, Canada--- I suggest you DON'T. They cut the program off after my first year into their 3-year program because the content was too hard and people were dropping out. I stuck it out because they promised me that the program would be there for the remainder of my three years. After my former University's entrance deadline passed, CDIS tanked the program. They didn't offer any sort of reimbursement. The courses aren't transferrable. The staff were unfriendly and had the "oh well come back again next year we may start it up again" attitude when I came back to discuss my options with them after the program's termination. As far as I know the school is teaching Game Design again but I would avoid the program altogether. My advice: Go to a real University and get your Computer Science degree like I did if you want to be a video games programmer. Now I work at EA :-D