Ateneo De Manila University to Offer Game Development Course
Ateneo De Manila University, one of the premiere colleges in the Philippines, is seriously considering offering a Game Development Course. I was shocked myself when I heard about this but you can’t really ignore the growing global demand for games - and I’m not just talking about the online games that we’re used to here in the Philippines. There are also thousands of titles being released every year for consoles like the PS3, Nintendo Wii, and Xbox 360. How I wish this course was offered when I was still in College a few years ago, hehe.
If ever this does push through, I’m confident that we will see local game development companies come up with really top caliber games! Some snippets from the article after the jump.
THE ATENEO de Manila University here hopes to soon offer a full-blown degree program in game development, school officials have said.
In the past few years, the university has been offering a variety of programming courses and other subjects related to game development. But come 2009, the university hopes to “string them together†into one degree program, said Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo, associate professor and chairperson of the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS) of the university’s School of Science and Engineering.
Rodrigo said Ateneo is working closely with local game development houses, who, in turn, are giving them ideas about the technical and non-technical skills required by the industry.
“We would like to be actively engaged with the industry,†she added.
She, however, noted that the degree will not be limited to computer science students. In fact, for the past semesters, the department has engaged other disciplines to help create a variety of offerings.
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October 31st, 2007 at 2:41 pm
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October 31st, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Too bad di ako aabot ng 2009. Ha ha.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:40 pm
DLS-CSB is also considering new courses like game development and photography next school year but it is still under negotiations pa.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:38 pm
sayang ^_^
para sa mga future game developer… dapat noon palang meron na ganitong course malamang marami mag-eenroll ^_^
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:56 am
DLS-CSB was first in Philippine game development. They had electives offered since 2000. The students also collaborated with the production of Anito.
November 3rd, 2007 at 12:54 am
Go Ateneo!!! First or not, this will definitely be good for the Gaming Industry. :)
December 17th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Its about time. Although mejo bitter ako at hindi ko sya naabutan. During our time, there were only about 2 game related courses in Ateneo. One is Game design(if i remember correctly) and the one i enrolled to, Game development. it was fun considering that i was not the programmer… hehehe..