Anyone Else Majoring In Game Design and Development?

Liesel
Sun, 09 May 2010 04:58:33 +0000

I don’t know a whole lot about the upper division class for the CS major, but here’s what I know.

I’ve been told that CS:GD is named so for a reason. It’s very heavily CS with only a bit of art thrown in on the side, it is essentially a focused CS degree. Supposedly you should be able to get a job in any kind of CS field with it. But I think they’re stretching the truth a bit on that one.

Don’t feel like you have to decide yet. The programs are very similar. Many upper div classes will fulfill requirements for either major. Take CMPS 20 (I think it’s offered on winter only) which will intro you to game design with programming and 3-D elements. How you feel about that class will indicate how you’ll like the major.

The senior design classes are very very time-intensive. You get to make a game that is retail-ready with a group of your peers and whatever artists/writers/etc you drag into it. My friend in senior design is busy all the time, but is loving it. You’d have an equivalent project in CS, as most majors require some kind of “capstone” project.