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Universities Step Up Videogame Studies

Posted by simoniker on from the learning-and-fragging dept.

Thanks to Wired News for their article discussing the continuing rise of academic programs related to videogames, covering the University Of Southern California, who are "...planning to offer a minor degree in the topic in the fall of 2004... it is believed to be the first major research university to do so." The article also notes that, previously, "gaming programs were limited to more-specialized schools such as DigiPen in the Seattle area and art schools like the Art Institute of California in San Francisco, which offers a degree in game art and design. NYU and the University of Washington have certificate programs in video games, and others, like MIT, wrap gaming into media studies programs."

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  1. Re:Attention Harbinger. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Sure, you can get a bunch of info Here

  2. Hey, what about Georgia Tech? by brandonY · · Score: 2, Informative

    We may not offer it as a major, but we do certainly offer a very successful class in video game design, alongside other classes that go along with it, such as digital video special effects (who make some very impressive movies), computer graphics, and more AI classes than you can shake a stick at.

    Plus, the video game class has successfully sent at least one group to the IDGA conference every semester it's been taught, which is pretty impressive, seeing as it's one class amoung several and only has about 30 students, unlike Digipen where the whole school is trying solely to make games.

    So, um, yeah...go Jackets! To hell with Georgia! Woooo!