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EA Starts Gamedev Program

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-can-major-in-gameboy dept.

mrseigen writes "CNN is reporting that EA has opened a game program at USC. It is the first official game development education. Yeah, right."

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  1. Re:How much homework? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    If it's anything like those other game schools that don't exist, then sure. You work 70+ hours a week at DP.

  2. Guildhall at SMU by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Informative


    Apparently they only offer a 'certificate' rather than a university degree, but the Guildhall at SMU has been running for two and a half years now.

    There may be earlier programs; this is just one that I happen to know of.

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  3. First School??? by Malluck · · Score: 1, Informative

    "It is the first official game development education."

    I think they forgot about Digipen .

    And I quote from Digipen's website: "DigiPen is the first educational institution in the world to offer a Bachelor of Science Degree program in game development."

  4. Not the first at USC by atrader42 · · Score: 3, Informative

    This isn't actually even the first game design program at USC. I am currently in the track for a video game programming minor from the information technology program, which also offers a minor in video game production and design. The cinema school also runs an interactive technology minor. The head of the Information Technology Program, who is also one of my professors has talked about possibilities in creating a Masters in video game design. The news in this article seems to be just the chair that was endowed. For better information, see USC Information Technology Program.

  5. WPI too by ahecht · · Score: 3, Informative

    Worcester Polytechnic Instute offers a B.S. degree in "Interactive Media and Game Development". The program is jointly administered by the Computer Science Department and Humanities and Arts Department, and focuses on both the technical and artistic sides.

  6. Re:USC job posting: Tech writer wanted... by mobiux · · Score: 2, Informative

    Whoops, good idea.

    http://uat.edu/subPages/learningEnvironment/subPag es/toys/subPages/gameMachines/

  7. Quite an old news by Sleeper · · Score: 2, Informative

    SJ Mercury News reported about this few months back. But you should have seen this paper. The business section had two major stories side by side. One was about new game development education program and corresponding degree at USC. And another story about increasing outourcing of game development jobs abroad.

    Oh the irony.

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  8. Re:Graduate Program? by CyberBill · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm actually a graduate student at DigiPen, I graded from dP with my Bachelors two semesters ago and will be getting my Master's degree in about 5 months. I'm currently the only "real" graduate student (We have 11 others who are currently taking undergrad credits to 'catch up' to the degree) and will be the first to graduate for a year. The degree is actually an MSCS, only with a focus on graphics and game programming. Keep in mind dP is NOT a game design school, we focus on graphics programming and other game-related programming topics. My thesis topic is actually about optimizing server farms for MMO's. Other topics I've studied are pixel and vertex shaders, advanced ray casters (shadows, complex shapes, reflection, refraction, transmission, texturing), 3d animation techniques, and I took an independent study two semesters ago where I made a simplistic MMO that had a sustained 10,000 players (AI controlled remote players). Sound credible enough to you? ;)

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