Rebekah Sanchez
Division Chair, Information Technology
Corinth
(940) 498-6480
rsanchez@nctc.edu
The Game Development & Application Programming Associate of Applied Science Degree and the Game Development Certificate are designed to prepare students for a variety of careers in gaming and mobile app design. The curriculum provides learning and hands-on training in a variety of skills related to this exciting field, including game development, application programming, animation programming, and video game design.
Upon completion of these programs, students may work for gaming companies and businesses that use multimedia artists and animators, graphic designers, video game developers, and application programmers.
Program curriculum has been developed with the assistance and advice of the Business & Industry Leadership Team (BILT) which is composed of service area industry professionals.
Prerequisite: Students in this program must be able to keyboard at a minimum rate of 40 words per minute. Those who cannot meet this requirement must take a keyboarding class to improve their skills prior to enrollment.
Associate of Applied Science Degree
Upon completion of the Associate of Applied Science, students will be able to:
- Communicate technical issues related to gaming and application programming through presentations and reports, both written and verbal.
- Demonstrate the ability to work effectively in teams.
- Develop and manipulate digital media products.
- Demonstrate an understanding of data structures, variables and classes.
- Build a portfolio.
The Associate of Applied Science can be completed through a mix of face-to-face, hybrid, and online classes. Several of the courses are offered in an 8-week term, rather than a 16-week term. The program is designed to take two years, or 64 weeks, to complete and consists of the following suggested pathway or course of study.
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