Enhance Your
Game Art & Design
Skills
The multi-billion dollar video game industry is continually advancing as developers compete to come out with the latest and greatest in graphics, performance, creativity and more. This means that the industry is constantly looking for fresh talent armed with the most advanced training and skills so they can create the next games that will captivate audiences – and generate revenues.
The Bachelor’s Degree in Game Art & Design program at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division is designed to provide students with every challenge, course and assistance that will help them prepare for a career in the game design programming industry.
Students will find that classes and instructors are there to help them sharpen and strengthen their core art and design skills, as well as provide them with the advanced game design programming skills that will be needed upon graduation.
In this program, students will have the opportunity to learn how to design game play and backgrounds, create characters and their environments, and apply their knowledge of video and computer games to evaluate products. They will also study video game programming, learning the coding, production, artistic concepts and game play strategies that create the video games that are enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Career Portrait
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, “Demand for multimedia artists and animators will increase as consumers continue to demand more realistic video games, movie and television special effects, and 3D animated movies.
Additional job openings will arise from an increasing need for computer graphics in the growing number of mobile technologies. The demand for animators is also increasing in alternative areas such as scientific research and design services. Some lower priority animation has been offshored, negatively affecting employment of animators.”
Accreditation
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).