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06-24-2011, 19:21
WVU to Offer 'Serious Gaming' Certificate Program
Posted Friday, June 24, 2011 ; 02:42 PM
Professors hope it becomes a full fledged major.
MORGANTOWN -- Starting this fall, computer science students at West Virginia University will have the chance to earn a graduate certificate in interactive technologies and serious gaming, WVU officials announced Friday.
“Notice it’s called serious gaming,” said Tim Menzies, associate professor in computer science and electrical engineering. “We’re serious. This is the future of human interaction of all societies.”
The program will include courses in graphics, databases and artificial intelligence. Students will also take course from the English department on multimedia writing and digital humanities. As their final project, students will have to make their own game.
“You have to be good at physics if you want to model how hair moves or how a piece of fabric moves in a game,” she said. “You need to know partial differential equations. Students who develop games come out with solid skills applicable in a lot of areas,” said Frances Van Scoy, associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering.
“Every peer university of our size has some major initiative in computer gaming,” Sandy Baldwin, associate professor of English said. “In some cases, they offer certificate programs like this one. In other cases, they have major programs. In the long run, we hope to build this certificate program into something bigger, perhaps an actual major.”
SOURCE: http://wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=102082
Posted Friday, June 24, 2011 ; 02:42 PM
Professors hope it becomes a full fledged major.
MORGANTOWN -- Starting this fall, computer science students at West Virginia University will have the chance to earn a graduate certificate in interactive technologies and serious gaming, WVU officials announced Friday.
“Notice it’s called serious gaming,” said Tim Menzies, associate professor in computer science and electrical engineering. “We’re serious. This is the future of human interaction of all societies.”
The program will include courses in graphics, databases and artificial intelligence. Students will also take course from the English department on multimedia writing and digital humanities. As their final project, students will have to make their own game.
“You have to be good at physics if you want to model how hair moves or how a piece of fabric moves in a game,” she said. “You need to know partial differential equations. Students who develop games come out with solid skills applicable in a lot of areas,” said Frances Van Scoy, associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering.
“Every peer university of our size has some major initiative in computer gaming,” Sandy Baldwin, associate professor of English said. “In some cases, they offer certificate programs like this one. In other cases, they have major programs. In the long run, we hope to build this certificate program into something bigger, perhaps an actual major.”
SOURCE: http://wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=102082