Survival Skills

Catalog description

Game design is a professional discipline that can lead to many careers. This course provides you with an overview of the professional possibilities of being a game designer in the real world, including resume and portfolio preparation, finding and applying for jobs, and consideration of different kinds of careers, both in and outside of the game industry. The main purpose of this class is to expose you to a wide variety of career options. We’ll do that mostly through guest speakers sharing their experiences entering the workplace. Along the way, we will gain a concrete understanding of how the game industry works from the point of view of charting a professional life after school.