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Graphic Design: Major in Game Art Degree

Degree level: Bachelor's

game_artAnyone can play a video game. The real challenge is having a role in creating one. Game artists are essential to the development and creation of the vision and visual content of a video game. Westwood graphic design: major in game art students are not only prepared to start successful careers, but have also been featured in notable industry publications. Through the creation of a student portfolio, 3D animations and game characters, you'll learn everything you need to know to begin a career as a video game artist.

Program features include:

  • a final game art portfolio to demonstrate your skills to potential employers
  • courses that help you prepare for industry-standard Adobe certificates*, such as InDesign®, Illustrator®,, Dreamweaver®, and Photoshop®
  • the opportunity to enter the annual Westwood College 2D Game Development Competition that is judged by a panel of industry professionals

*Westwood prepares graduates for certification. Graduates wishing to attain certification must take and pass any applicable test/exams.

 

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Graphic Design: Major in Game Art Course Information

A graphic design: major in game art degree opens up a world of possibilities. Course topics include:

  • Game Design Process
  • Texture Mapping for Games
  • Game Art Project
  • Level and Environment Design
  • Character Development and Setup
  • Character Animation for Games

Course breakdown

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Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

  • Create professional quality visual design compositions
  • Use various drawing techniques to illustrate the design process
  • Develop effective sequential art and interactive media
  • Validate that design projects meet ethical, copyrighted and fair use guidelines
  • Develop professional quality 3D graphics
  • Design interactive game assets

Locations offering the bachelor's degree in
Graphic Design: Major in Game Art*

California
Anaheim - Anaheim, CA 
Inland Empire - Upland, CA
Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
South Bay - Torrance, CA

Colorado
Denver North - Denver, CO
Denver South - Denver, CO

Georgia
Atlanta Midtown - Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Northlake - Atlanta, GA

Illinois
Chicago Loop - Chicago, IL 
DuPage - Woodbridge, IL 
O'Hare Airport - Chicago, IL 
River Oaks - Calumet City, IL

Virginia
Annandale - Annandale, VA
Arlington Ballston

*Not all programs are offered every term.  Check with the campus of interest for current program offerings.

 

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Our fast-track approach can help you earn your associate degree in as little as 17 months or a bachelor's degree in as little as three years.

 

Where could your Graphic Design: Major in Game Art degree take you?

Our graphic design: major in game art program provides the educational background and hands-on experience necessary to successfully begin a career as a game artist. Our faculty of professionals who work in their fields will provide you with the knowledge, training and insight that you’ll use in your career.Take a look at a few of the career fields that may be available to graduates with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design: major in game art from Westwood College.*

     Character animation

     Graphic design

     Video game design

*Graduates without experience in the field will likely start in entry-level positions.

 

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Our graduates receive hands-on, career-focused training. Don't wait another day; start transforming your life into the one you've always wanted.
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Did You Know?

Our fast-track approach can help you earn your associate degree in as little as 17 months or a bachelor's degree in as little as three years.

 

Westwood has prepared our graphic design: major in game art graduates for careers with employers such as:

 

 Backflip Studios   iBeta Software Quality Assurance
 Chesney Design  McNair Entertainment
 Crave Entertainment  Menlo Park Media
 Endicott Interconnect Technologies        MGA Entertainment
 Face the Ace Games  Turbo Squid
 Frame Pictures  Vonira Technologies
 Hype Enterprises  Zazzle, Inc.
 
*Westwood College tracks the initial employers of its graduates for regulatory and accreditation purposes. This information is based upon graduates from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, as reported to ACICS on the Campus Accountability report, and is not intended to represent an endorsement of Westwood College by the listed employers.
 

Graphic Design: Major in Game Art Occupation Disclosures

The Department of Education does not currently list occupations as potential careers for graduates of our Graphic Design: Major in Game Art program.*

For graduates of our Game Art program at our Denver North, Denver South, Anaheim and Inland Empire campuses the following occupations are listed:

15-1021 Computer Programmers                    
15-1099.13 Video Game Designers
27-1024 Graphic Designers

 
Additional information is available by visiting www.onetonline.org and entering the six-digit Standard Occupational Code (SOC) in the Occupation Search Area.

*This list is based on Department of Education standards. Actual entry-level jobs for graduates in this program may vary from this list. The job code data was pulled from IPEDS CIP-SOC crosswalk as of 4/22/2011. Although the Department of Education requires all job titles to be listed, Westwood College has not found the program to prepare graduates for all the jobs listed.

 

General Program Disclosures

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