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A Master's In CS or a Master's In Game Programming?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the career-choices dept.

Rustcycle asks: "I'm attending the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, which has just announced that they are offering a Master's Degree in their Games and Media Integration (GMI) program. There is a fair amount of overlap between the GMI curriculum and the CS courses, so I'm considering a switch in degrees. If you were hiring MS grads outside the game industry for visualization work, am I worth more to you with the more specialized program or would you be more interested in me if I had more exposure? Within the gaming industry, how much does a specialized degree compel a company to hire a recent grad?"

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  1. discrete math by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yup. You definitely don't want to use loud math in a game. It's very distracting.

  2. Re:Nope by OG · · Score: 5, Funny
    Passion is the strongest dye on the planet and it stains everything that someone does.


    Yeah, just turn on a blacklight in a room at a Motel 6 for proof.
  3. Re:I say stick with the CS by Glonoinha · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd agree with you, but for the simple fact that when a surgeon says to a doctor 'I'm a surgeon' - the doctor doesn't laugh in his face.

    That said - if you are going for an advanced degree, go MS/CS.

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    Glonoinha the MebiByte Slayer
  4. Re:Get the CS degree by Broken+scope · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm using a thing in my colleges degree to get a BS in game design and a MS in CS. In case i prove to be a complete creative failure in the industry and add nothing new, I can still throw myself into a corporate hell hole to survive.

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    You mad
  5. Re:Get the CS degree by Zadaz · · Score: 3, Funny

    If he leaves for EA he gets what's coming to him.