Realize Your Game Designing Future
Get the software and hardware experience you'll need for your career in the video game industry by concentrating your studies with SNHU's Game Development and Supporting Technologies concentration. Available to students in both the BA and BS in Game Design and Development programs, this concentration builds on a base on solid IT skills - from programming software to designing databases to managing network and telecommunications. By balancing these classes with the major courses specific to game designing, you will gain a broad set of technological, analytical and problem-solving skills that you can apply.
Get the Technical Training You Need
Designed for students who want to pursue a career involving the tech side of video game design, this specialized game designing program explores areas such as software programming and hardware maintenance. Through a relevant and real-world curriculum that includes several hands-on projects, you will gain the technical skills needed to help companies manage their multimedia products and bring them to market. The many topics you will explore include how to apply innovative software systems, engineering principles in the workplace, and issues involving the analysis and design of networking applications.
Make Yourself a Hot Commodity in a Hot Industry
As more companies implement gaming technology for entertainment, educational and business purposes, the need for skilled professionals who understand the software and hardware needed to bring their ideas to life will continue to grow. According to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, several IT-related careers offer a lot of growth potential. For example, between 2008 and 2018, the BLS projects that computer software engineer positions will grow by 32 percent, computer network, systems and database administrator positions will grow by 30 percent, computer and information systems manager positions will grow by 17 percent and computer support specialist positions will grow by 14 percent.
Game Development and Supporting Technologies Concentration
Choose 4 of the following:
IT 201 Computer Platform Technologies
IT 230 Software Development With C#.Net
IT 232 Software Development w/C++.NET
IT 315 Object Oriented Analysis and Design
IT 330 Database Design and Management
IT 340 Network and Telecommunication Management