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Interactive Design and Game Development
Offered in:
ATLANTA
eLEARNING
SAVANNAH

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Professionals in interactive design and game development fuse artistic and technical knowledge to design and develop digital and non-digital games, rich-media Internet and mobile applications, virtual and physical computing environments, and emerging forms of human/computer interaction.

Art director
Concept artist
Creative director
Environmental artist
Experience designer
Flash developer

Game designer
Instructional designer
Interaction designer
Interactive designer/developer
Interactive installation artist
Interface designer

Level designer
Mobile games designer/developer
Modeler/texturer
Online games developer/designer
Technical artist
Web designer/developer

SCAD graduates are in demand at the United States' most recognized companies. Each year, more than 175 companies and organizations visit SCAD to meet and recruit our students and alumni. More than eight out of 10 SCAD 2008 alumni surveyed had been placed in jobs in their fields or had been admitted to graduate school within six months of graduation.

Some employers of SCAD interactive design and game development alumni

Activision
Apple Inc.
Blizzard Games
Blue Sky Studios
Cartoon Network
Clear Channel Communications Inc.
Disney Interactive Studios
Electronic Arts
Fathom Studios
Firaxis Games

Kiz Toys Inc.
Pendulum Games
Perception Studios Inc.
Primal Screen
Red Storm Entertainment
Rhythm & Hues Studios
Snowblind Studios
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Vicarious Visions Inc.
Vivendi Games

Contact Interactive Design and Game Development

itgm@scad.edu
admission@scad.edu
Hong Kong/Savannah/eLearning: 800.869.7223 or 912.525.5100
Atlanta: 877.722.3285 or 404.253.2700

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Events

SCAD eLearning Chat (Noon-3 p.m. EST)
Dec. 11, 2009
Winter Quarter Begins
Jan. 04, 2010

News

Aug. 06, 2009
Alumni Forby and Clagett create iPhone app
Mar. 30, 2009
SCAD makes a splash at South by Southwest
Feb. 26, 2009
Game industry's stars converge at SCAD

Recognition

Professor Brenda Brathwaite honored for game
Interactive design and game development chair Brenda Brathwaite recently won the Vanguard Award for her game "Train" at IndieCade, an international festival for independent gamemakers. Brathwaite and her work were recognized for "pushing the boundaries of game design, and showing what games can do."
SCAD receives iDMAa Innovative Program Award
The International Digital Media Art Association presented SCAD with the 2009 Innovative Program Award in recognition of our leadership and excellence in digital media.
Tseng wins second at SIGGRAPH
Non-degree student Wei-Chieh Tseng won second place in the physical installation category of the "SpaceTime" student competition and exhibition at SIGGRAPH. He created his piece, "Color Plant," under the guidance of interactive design and game development professor Andrew Hieronymi.
The Art History of Games is Gamasutra feature
Gamasutra's SIGGRAPH wrap-up included coverage of "The Art History of Games," a panel discussion led by Peter Weishar, dean of the SCAD School of Film, Digital Media and Performing Arts, and John Sharp, an interactive design and game development professor in Atlanta. The session introduced a topic that will be the subject of a SCAD symposium event in February 2010.

Interactive Design and Game Development Offered in:ATLANTAeLEARNINGSAVANNAH