[CSENews] [Fwd: Game Specialization ]

[Teresa Isela VanderSloot]

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Apply now for the Specialization in Game Design and Development!

This specialization brings together undergraduate students majoring in Media Art & Technology, Computer Science, and Art to explore modern digital games. The specialization complements the breadth and depth of knowledge you acquire in your majors with a multidisciplinary understanding of game design and development.

NOTE: For CSE students, the specialization fulfills most of your cognate requirement.

The specialization contains four courses, totaling 15 credits, usually taken during the your junior and senior years, including:

TC339 Digital Games and Society (Spring offering, 3 credits)
TC445 Digital Game Design (Spring offering, 4 credits)
TC455 3D Game and Simulation Design (Fall offering, 4 credits)
TC498 Collaborative Game Design (Spring offering, 4 credits)

Through these courses, you learn the technology, design fundamentals, and development process of digital games, as well as the history, social impacts, and business of games. You also gain valuable skills in communicating and collaborating in team-based projects while building a strong portfolio of games.

Complete details on the specialization, including how to apply, are available at http://gamedesign.msu.edu.

We will review applications periodically between now and the end of September 2010 for students wishing to begin the specialization in Spring 2011 semester. Apply early, Apply now!


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Teresa Isela VanderSloot, MSA
Academic Specialist/Adviser
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Michigan State University
3201 Engineering Building
East Lansing, Mi 48824
(517) 353-5455

To Schedule an appointment, visit: https://www.egr.msu.edu/adcalendar/

Web: http://www.cse.msu.edu/~iselava1/