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Earning a Game Programming degree is your hot ticket to an even hotter industry. Pick a specialty, like 3-D Modeling and Animation, Digital Illustration 3D animation, broadcast graphic design, advergaming and storyboard art. With 2005 revenues in excess of $7 billion (source: Entertainment Software Association), the Gaming industry provides plenty of room, upward mobility, and creative license for you to flourish.
The video game and entertainment industry has seen a steady increase over the past 6 to 7 years averaging 14% growth per year, and is expected to continue this strong growth for years to come. A love of games is an advantage in an industry whose stock in trade is fun and fantasy. But game development also requires serious technical skills, and only highly qualified people will find jobs focused on interactive software that run from game design to the military, health care, television and even education.
Programs Available: Video Game Art & Design, Game Software Development

Today’s successful companies depend on strong visual representation to stay a step ahead of the competition. Full Sail University’s Media Design Master of Fine Arts program explores the role that creative direction plays in effectively delivering a company’s message. Bridge the gap between the boardroom and the design studio. Get prepared to enter the fast-paced world of media design and utilize your artistic skills to create an overall vision that’s both creatively fulfilling and professionally demanding.
Program Available: Master in Media Design

With a Bachelor of Digital Design degree students will learn the principles, practical applications and methodologies used to complete competent and creative graphic solutions for specified design problems. Throughout the Digital Design curriculum, they will create a portfolio of projects from each of their courses, the intent of which is to prepare them to pursue such opportunities as Flash animators, graphic designers and many other creative career opportunities.
Program Available: B.S. in Digital Design

 



At the completion of this degree you will be able to design and create real-world e-media products. If you are interested in starting or advancing your technology career, the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology program will help you meet your career goals.

Multimedia and Animation Emphasis: You'll learn how to develop cutting-edge websites that blend interactive media with consumer-targeted information. You'll also learn animation and producing games and virtual tours.
Program Available: Multimedia & Animation (Bachelor's)



In today's world, Animation is a visual art. But also it's a business, and it's a high-tech endeavor as well. The University of Phoenix proudly offers its Bachelor of Science in Information Technology/Multimedia and Visual Communication degree program, which focuses on the analysis, design, and development of information technology within the context of business systems. The program's main focal point is on the design and development of digital media presentations.
Program Available: B.S. in Multimedia and Visual Communications


You will quickly notice this degree's deliberate two-sided approach: It prepares you for immediate entry into the gaming industry while equipping you with Computer Science fundamentals. It adds scientific component to the art of designing video games, including coursework in algorithms, data structures, artificial intelligence, operating systems and software engineering. It also instills the critical thinking and adaptability you need to enter, and flourish,  in an ever-evolving industry.
Program Available: Video Game Programming Specialization