Discover an Exciting Career in Game Design & Development
Turn your passion for information technology and gaming into a full-time career in game design and development. SNHU's MS in Information Technology with a concentration in Game Design and Development is a 36-credit hour program that explores subjects such as artificial intelligence, interaction of three-dimensional objects, and game production techniques to give you the skill set and knowledge base you need to break into this burgeoning $68 billion industry. Courses for SNHU's Game Design and Development Master’s program are offered on campus and online, so you can earn a degree on your schedule, according to you how you learn best.
Master Game Design and Game Development Skills
SNHU's MS in Information Technology, with a concentration in Game Design and Development prepares you to make an impact in a worldwide industry that’s growing rapidly. The 36-credit hour program combines information technology courses with classes specific to game design and development, to explore subjects such as:
- Understanding the similarities and differences between computer games and human behavioral simulations.
- Graphical user interfaces, processing and data storage used in video game construction.
- Computer game editors and programming languages such as the UDK3 editor, the Unity editor, Python and HTML5.0.
- Storyboarding and other game production techniques as they apply to human behavior simulation.
- The major requirements of human behavior simulations and the legal and ethical issues involved in the creation and use of computer simulations.
Join the $68 Billion Game Design and Game Development Industry
As more organizations incorporate gaming technology for a variety of purposes - from entertainment to education and training - the need for skilled professionals in game design and game development continues to grow rapidly. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the information technology field is expected to grow 41 percent by 2016, and 49 percent for system analysts in that decade. Also, because of the diversity of opportunities in the field, you can pursue careers in video game design and video game development, programming, game production and direction, software quality assurance and testing, storytelling, editing, and more.
Gaming Design and Development Courses
IT518 Game Design and Development
IT 620 Object-Oriented Systems Design
IT 660 Artificial Intelligence
MS in Information Technology Required Courses
IT 501 Object Oriented Application Development
IT 510 Advanced Information Systems
IT 600 Operating Systems
IT 610 Object-Oriented Systems Analysis
IT 625 IT Project and Team Management
IT 630 Computer Simulation and Modeling
IT 640 Telecommunications and Networking
IT 650 Principles of Database Design
IT 700 IT Strategy and Policy
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