2023-2024 Course Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Nov 03, 2024  
2023-2024 Course Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Game Developer Certificate Program Fact Sheet


What is Game Development? The computer game developer certificate provides learning opportunities, which develop academic, technical, and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention and advancement. The program emphasizes a combination of programming theory, game design, game artificial intelligence, game physics, and practical application necessary for successful employment in gaming development. Program graduates receive a technical certificate of credit in gaming development. Technical courses apply to degree and diploma program in game development.
Semester Program Begins Fall, spring and summer semesters.
Application Process
  1. Applicants to the Game Development program must meet all admission requirements; complete an application and pay the application fee. Individuals apply to Gwinnett Technical College at GwinnettTech.edu and submit all transcripts from high school and previous college work, and take the ACCUPLACER test, if required.
  2. Students applying for this program must be accepted into the computer game developer degree or diploma program unless they have completed the required prerequisite courses for this certificate.
Program Prerequisites Diploma level proficiency in English, reading and math.
All prerequisite courses for this program must be met through exemption testing, transfer credit or course completion. (CIST 1305  , CIST 1001  , FYES 1000  and MATH 1103  or MATH 1113  or MATH 1111  ) Please refer to course descriptions in the online catalog for specific prerequisites.
Suggested First Semester Courses
Program Deadlines You may enter in the fall, spring or summer semesters.
Program Costs and Requirements Please see advisor regarding MATH requirement.
For more information, contact: Fernando Aragon, program director, faragon@GwinnettTech.edu, 678.226.6502.
For admission and enrollment, contact: Enrollment Support Center in Building 100 at the Lawrenceville campus, or Building A at the Alpharetta-North Fulton campus, or email CISTeam@GwinnettTech.edu.

Quick Facts

(This data was compiled from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.)

2017 Median pay           $50,000
Entry level education           Associate degree
Number of jobs, 2017           1,114,000
Job growth, 2017 - 2024           17%

Nature of the Work

Game Developers are the creative minds behind computer games. They develop video games, game levels, avatars, worlds, etc.

Work Environment

Many developers work for firms that deal in computer systems design and related services or for software publishers.

Employment

Employment of software developers is projected to grow 17 percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the average for all occupations. The main reason for the rapid growth is a large increase in the demand for computer software.

Earnings

The median annual wage for software developers, applications was $100,080 in May 2017.

The median annual wage for software developers, systems software was $106,860 in May 2017.


Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2016-17 Edition,
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm

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