Our Game Development program might be a perfect fit for you. Game Development is a flexible field that is both artistic and can lead to a variety of jobs. You can work for a large game company or as an independent developer making and publishing your own games. You can develop games for entertainment, training or therapy. At AACC, you’ll enjoy small class sizes, one-on-one time with faculty and state-of-the-art software, hardware and labs. You’ll develop skills and experience that can help you jump-start your career right now or prepare to transfer to a game program at a four-year institution.
AACC offers the following Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree. The state of Maryland refers to the A.A.S. as a career degree, because it's intended to provide you with skills to enter the workforce. In some cases, AACC has entered into transfer agreements that allow these degrees to transfer to select colleges. A list of active agreements may be found on this website. You can also learn more about transferring from AACC to continue your education.
Learn how to make your own games and gain the skills to become a game developer. We'll teach you about game design, how to produce 2D and 3D game art, how to work with game engines and how to publish games for various platforms. You’ll also gain valuable experience through a gaming internship or practicum course where you will work on developing a real game.
The Visual Arts and Humanities department is proud to offer the Associate of Arts (A.A.) in Game Art and Design.
Obtain a basic understanding of how games are made and what careers are available. You'll form a solid foundation in art and design, taking courses that are commonly taken in the first two years at a four-year institution. When you finish, you’ll be well prepared to transfer to a four-year college or university. In fact, our transfer students are better prepared and more apt to receive scholarship money than many of their four-year peers.
The following certificate prepares you for employment and feeds into the A.A.S. degree, if desired.
Gain experience designing and making your own games. This certificate is for professionals already holding a degree who wish to make a career change or add game development to their existing skills. Those interested in taking courses in just gaming development are also welcome.
If you decide to earn your A.A. degree in game art and design, you can transfer to complete your four-year degree. We have partnerships and transfer agreements in place with many colleges and universities so you can easily transfer when you're ready. Transfer agreements (or “articulation agreements,” as they’re officially called) are formal arrangements between institutions that allow certain credits to transfer seamlessly from one school to the other. After completing our program, you can seamlessly transfer to:
In addition to the University of Baltimore, you can work with a transfer advisor to set up a specific plan to transfer to the four-year school of your choice.
Paying for college should be simple! Scholarships are available to help you prepare for your career in art history:
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Interests: Puzzle games; reading sci fi and fantasy; environmental issues; native birds, plants and animals
A Little More: Like many AACC grads, it took Drew Snyder more than four years to complete his undergraduate education. Originally interested in studying the relationship between brain chemistry and psychology, Snyder took his first art class on a whim.
"Community college is great for somebody like me that had a few ideas of maybe what I wanted to do out of high school or as a career in general. Having a close-knit community college that was, one, close to where I lived, and then two, it was not a huge campus so it wasn't too scary."
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