What careers will students be prepared for after completing the specialization?
Students completing the specialization will gain the knowledge, skills, and experience for jobs in three industries. • Most students are interested in the interactive entertainment (game) industry. Depending on the major and emphasis of the student they will be prepared for traditional game development team roles, such as programmer, designer, artist, or producer. • With the increasing application of digital games for more than purely entertainment purposes, students will also be prepared for jobs in what has been dubbed the “serious games” industry, developing games for such tasks as education, business or military training, and advertising (creating “advergames”). • While developing games is the focus of the specialization, the knowledge and skills the students obtain transfer directly to the larger interactive media and information technology industries, opening up a wide range of career paths.
