Sheridan College Bachelor Game Design Fees, Eligibility, Admission & Deadlines

• Bachelor’s in Game Design at Sheridan College is offered as a 4-year teaching program.
• This bachelor program has a co-op work option.
• In order to be eligible to participate in a full-time Co-op Work Term, students must meet the GPA requirements.
• The student to faculty ratio is 16:1 which bridges the gap between faculty and students.
• Some of the main courses that students will study in this program are:
  • Introduction to Design Thinking
  • Narrative Skills for Game Designers
  • Introduction to Game Studies
  • Programming for Game Designers 1: Fundamentals
  • Composition and Rhetoric
• The student will be able to apply techniques and methods in the production of a diverse portfolio of industry-standard game-art animation assets, game prototypes ad documents.
• Assignments and class work focus on case studies, simulations and lab projects. Students will also complete a Co-op Work Term within the industry. The final semesters in the program are project-based, in which students work in teams to develop a game.
• This program contains a mandatory internship for all students during the spring/summer semester (May–August) between the 6th and 7th academic semesters (3rd year).
• All new international students beginning their full-time postsecondary studies (ESL and programs with tuition reduction excluded) in Spring 2023, Fall 2023 or Winter 2024 semesters in Year 1 (Semester 1) will receive an entrance scholarship ranging from $500 to $2,000.

Learning Outcomes & Careers:

• Create compelling game content for multiple gaming applications, including triple-A, serious, casual, and mobile games, utilizing industry-standard tools and software.
• Deploy a comprehensive knowledge of the historical, cultural, sociological and psychological aspects of computer games to engage with an audience.
• Deploy technology as a discipline, understanding its relationship to other disciplines and its implications and impact on the individual, society and the future.
• Design within the framework of an overall narrative structure to create interesting plots, subplots and gameplay for an area or level.
• Evaluate the degree to which a game can be intuitively engaged by a user.
• Communicate orally, graphically and in writing, employing the professional skills and techniques used in the design, development and documentation of computer games
• The development of critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, written, and oral communication.
• Implement game assets to execute the production of a game within a team setting.
• Career positions may include: 
  • Game Designer
  • Level Designer
  • Systems Designer
  • Artist and Designer
  • Mobile or App Developer, etc