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Learn More About Full Sail's Degree Programs
Full Sail University is dedicated to helping creative students follow their dreams in the entertainment and media industry. Located just outside of Orlando, Florida, the Full Sail campus has the look and feel of a creative studio environment, allowing students to gain real-world experience as they work with the tools and technologies currently found in the industry. If you are interested in a career path creating art that moves people, Full Sail offers a variety of degrees to get you started.
Game Art
Campus and Online
In Full Sail’s Game Art program, you’ll learn to create 3D content to suit any game – no matter the mood, genre, or platform. Students entering this program must provide evidence of artistic skill. Evidence includes submission of two art samples for review by the program.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
Students learn techniques to digitize motion, edit sequences, and develop an understanding of simulated motion.
Students have their first opportunity to produce animated sequences for gameplay, developing an understanding of animation as it applies to the game industry.
Game Business & Esports
Campus and Online
The Game Business & Esports program gives you the opportunity to build skills for the business side of gaming – strategic, community-centered, revenue-boosting skills. You’ll gain marketable business acumen that allows you to pursue a variety of professional pathways in the gaming industry.
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COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
Explore how gaming and esports organizations operate and evaluate models of game publishing, licensing, and emerging business strategies for generating revenue.
Examine various team structures, partnership strategies, and corporate cultures while building leadership skills in performance and team management.
Interactive Technology - Game Design Concentration
Campus and Online
The Interactive Technology program with a concentration in Game Design is designed for students to enhance their ability to work in a game studio environment. This concentration consists of high-level game design and production courses that will take you deep into the game development pipeline.
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COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
In this course, students learn how pacing and thematic structures incorporate conflict resolution and generate a plausible challenge and reward system.
Students learn how to use level-design and gameplay-design fundamentals to create levels that capitalize on the strengths of their own designs while also learning about communicating to the player through a user interface.
Game Development
Campus and Online
Full Sail’s Game Development program guides students through the entire game development cycle, from preproduction to finished product. Your education will enhance your ability to create program code for 3D graphic display, multiplayer gaming, artificially intelligent opponents, and real-time virtual environments.
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COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
Students learn techniques for designing intelligent behaviors and creating lifelike behaviors in characters in order to provide realism, and computer opponents that continue to challenge players even after repeated gameplay.
This course emphasizes debugging, development of problem solving skills, reading and understanding pre-written code, requirements analysis, and working toward being a better software engineer upon graduation.