Graduate Certificate - Game Development - Advanced Programming (PGDAP)
About Graduate Certificate - Game Development - Advanced Programming (PGDAP)
Program Description
Sheridan College's Game Development courses encompass both 2D and 3D game development. In this one-year graduate certificate program, students will learn advanced game programming techniques, utilize industry-standard technologies, and apply their programming skills to animation, artificial intelligence and multiplayer systems.
Game programmers play a vital role in the industry, and are commonly involved in a project from initial conception through to production. Sheridan College Game Development – Advanced Programming certificate will prepare students to step directly into an exciting game development career.
The benefits of the program include:
- Outstanding job prospects in a growing industry.
- Hands-on curriculum emphasizing job-specific skills.
- Collaboration with Sheridan College renowned Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design.
In this program, students will gain important industry-specific skills such as:
- Gameplay programming
- Graphics programming
- Mobile game development
- Project management
- Game documentation
- Playtesting
- Tool development
In the final semester, students will also collaborate with students from the Game Level Design program to develop and produce an original video game capstone project.
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