STEM Articles & Stories

Joseph Whitworth is an SNHU Game Development instructor and helps to shape the curriculum as a subject-matter expert, with experience running a game studio, consulting, and leading a developer community.

If you're majoring in a STEM field, that means your degree program falls under the umbrella of science, technology, engineering or mathematics. While you can’t major in STEM itself, programs in this category include ones that emphasize research, innovation or the development of new technologies.

Raw data can provide a lot of information, but it takes someone skilled in interpreting data to make the information useful to a business. If you want a meaningful career gathering data and interpreting information to help an organization thrive, a data analytics career could be a great fit for you.

If you’re considering a game design and development degree, you may notice that some programs offer concentrations that align with the different stages of game development. Choosing a concentration can help position you for the part of the game development process that interests you most.