20% more colleges are offering video game design classes this year than last, and Southern Oregon University has been ahead of the trend.
Southern Oregon University has been offering video game programming classes since 2005.
This year, the Entertainment Software Association reported that 300 colleges and universities are offering courses and degrees in video game design and development, a 20% increase from last year.
“When I first started doing this, people thought it was a joke,” said Greg Pleva, chairman of SOU’s Computer Science department who teaches three courses in game programming as part of a computer science degree program.
Pleva said that video games have many applications, from medical training and advancement to educational games, but he also would like to see more simulations for training or planning purposes.
Read more at the Ashland Daily Tidings.
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