Get in on video game design
Filed in archive Design Programs by mstandaert on October 03, 2005
Story out of E-school News on how video game design has become a hot area of education:
"We need to give him a real squish when he lands," Lawson advises his students.
Animation I, Cognition & Gaming, and Computer Music are being offered as part of the year-old minor in game studies at RPI, one of dozens of schools that have added courses or degree programs related to video gaming in recent years.
RPI, which plans to offer a major in the field next year, graduated 27 gaming minors in its first year and expects a jump this year.
"The concept of designing good video games, or designing good human-computer interactions--that's what I'm interested in," said Chelsea Hash, a senior with a video game minor and a major in Electronic Arts
.
"We need to give him a real squish when he lands," Lawson advises his students.
Animation I, Cognition & Gaming, and Computer Music are being offered as part of the year-old minor in game studies at RPI, one of dozens of schools that have added courses or degree programs related to video gaming in recent years.
RPI, which plans to offer a major in the field next year, graduated 27 gaming minors in its first year and expects a jump this year.
"The concept of designing good video games, or designing good human-computer interactions--that's what I'm interested in," said Chelsea Hash, a senior with a video game minor and a major in Electronic Arts
. 
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