Video Game Design Degrees
Did your mom or your teacher ever tell you to stop wasting your time playing video games? Well, you can have the last laugh if you turn your passion for gaming into a lucrative career in video game design! Yes, this is an actual degree program, and it's one offered by many prestigious colleges and universities nationwide.
At the entry level, you can earn an Associate of Applied Arts (AAS) in such subjects as computer game design or electronic game and simulation design. In such a program, you will learn to identify the basic elements of different types of games, particularly those elements that work best in a digital platform. You'll lean how to evaluate games, and then all of the art and the science that goes into designing and creating your own games.
At the bachelor's level, many computer science degree programs allow for a specialization in game design, while others offer specific degree programs, usually the Bachelor of Science in computer game design or gaming and simulation. At some of the larger universities you will have access to some state-of-the-art computer labs and equipment with which to create your games. Upon completion of such a program, you could find work not only with one of the many game software companies, but also in creating certain types of marketing applications, education software, or simulation training systems used by various industries, government agencies and the military.
You can even earn a master's degree (MA or MFA) in game design, perhaps one specializing in "serious games" meant to educate, as well as entertain. As many educational theorists have speculated, gaming may well be the educational platform of the future.
Westwood College
Bachelor's Degree in Game Art
Game Art: Imagination + Technology = Magic
Conceptual art... character modeling... game testing. Game art is a diverse and growing 21st century career field. Game ar...
Conceptual art... character modeling... game testing. Game art is a diverse and growing 21st century career field. Game ar...
Game Art: Imagination + Technology = Magic
Conceptual art... character modeling... game testing. Game art is a diverse and growing 21st century career field. Game artists are essential to the development and creation of visual content for the booming video game industry. And with hands-on training in software such as 3DMax, Maya and Flash under the guidance of our faculty of working professionals, you'll launch your career with in-demand skills and knowledge.
Love video games? Turn that love into a career! Click here and start building your future now - with Westwood College, A Place Where You Can Succeed.®
Not all programs available at all campuses.
Conceptual art... character modeling... game testing. Game art is a diverse and growing 21st century career field. Game artists are essential to the development and creation of visual content for the booming video game industry. And with hands-on training in software such as 3DMax, Maya and Flash under the guidance of our faculty of working professionals, you'll launch your career with in-demand skills and knowledge.
Love video games? Turn that love into a career! Click here and start building your future now - with Westwood College, A Place Where You Can Succeed.®
Not all programs available at all campuses.
More details on Bachelor's Degree in Game Art
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division
Bachelor of Science in Game Art & Design
The Game Art & Design program
concentrates on the artistic side of games - not computer programming. This
unique program is your first step toward becoming an artist an...
The Game Art & Design program
concentrates on the artistic side of games - not computer programming. This
unique program is your first step toward becoming an artist and designer in the
multi-billion dollar game design industry. You will strengthen your basic art
and design skills, and then you'll learn how to design game play and
background, create characters and their environments, and apply your knowledge
of video and computer games to evaluate game products. You will also learn to
plan the game environment and determine choices for characters. When you
graduate from the Game Art & Design program, you will have the training and
skills you need to compete for entry-level positions in the game industry,
including positions such as: Game-play tester, 2-D conceptual artist, 3-D
character builder, 3-D object modeler, Interactivity designer, Background
artist and more.
More details on Bachelor of Science in Game Art & Design
Click here for
degrees in Liberal-Arts-and-Graphic-Design