Shawnee State University’s Bachelor of Science in Digital Simulation and Gaming Engineering Technology degree just might be the right fit for your aspirations.
The curriculum has its foundation in computer science, programming and graphics programming, supplemented by courses in art, design, math and physics. You’ll get a deep dive into the technical skill development you need to have a competitive edge in video game design.
You’ll learn critical software development skills. The degree curriculum also works closely with Shawnee State’s Gaming & Simulation Arts program, giving you knowledge and tools for transforming ideas, art, sound, animation and music into actual working games and simulations.
Your career preparation needs a healthy balance of theoretical instruction and hands-on experience to make you competitive in the globalized 21st Century employment marketplace. Shawnee State University’s Bachelor of Science in Digital Simulation and Gaming Engineering Technology degree enhances the theoretical with two unique experiential resources:
Our state-of-the-art Motion Capture Studio lab is your experiential training ground for video game design. Here, you’ll convert gaming concepts to live animation and fine-tune playability. The lab will give you a competitive advantage and make you more marketable in the real world.
Students in Shawnee State University’s Bachelor of Science in Digital Simulation and Gaming Engineering Technology degree curriculum have a great networking opportunity right at their fingertips. We host an annual interactive digital technology conference that attracts game developers, industry leaders and students from all over the country. The connections you make here can open many doors throughout a long and successful career in video game design.
Shawnee State University: a regional leader in higher education value As a student at Shawnee State University—recognized as a Center of Excellence in Immersive Technology—you’ll get one of the best values in higher education, in Ohio and beyond. We are a public university committed to offering a highly personalized, affordable and accessible education focused on investigating emerging technologies and ideas, and students always come first. Princeton Review has recognized Shawnee State’s game design program as one of the nation’s best for seven consecutive years.
Our tuition is among the lowest in the state, but you still get access to academic opportunities, challenges and higher education value that far exceeds even the reasonable investment you make. By design, we keep our class sizes small to facilitate more personal attention from faculty. Student and parent surveys indicate that this personal attention is the biggest benefit of a degree from Shawnee State University.
Call us today at (740) 351-3205. Let’s talk about your video game design career dreams and how a Bachelor of Science in Digital Simulation and Gaming Engineering Technology from Shawnee State University can help you realize them.
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*Prices listed are for Fall 2018. Tuition for Fall 2019 will increase, based on Consumer Price Index and approval by the Ohio Department of Higher Education and will be posted Spring 2019. Final costs vary depending on your selected housing, meal plan, and course options.
