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Studio Champlain College Request Info Visit Us Apply The Studio The Studio Experience Burlington Campus Montreal Campus Esports Academy Hands-On Opportunities Contact Us Majors Majors Overview Art Major Business & Publishing Major Design Major Production Management Major Programming Major Sound Design Major Interactive Narrative for s & Digital Media People People Overview Faculty Alumni Career Collaborators Current Students Gallery Senior Show 2024 Past Shows For Recruiters Hide/Show Mobile Menu Enter Your Search Terms Enter the Studio The Studio at Champlain College brings together seven collaborative majors all taught by industry-expert faculty to provide students with a world-class education in game development. Seven Majors. One Experience. The Studio at Champlain College is the premier destination for students who want to prepare for a career in game development in a real-world setting that mirrors how the professional game industry actually works. At Champlain, your game classes will start in your first semester and continue through your last. Our industry-expert faculty will guide you through the rigorous courses that will shape you into a polished game industry professional. There are two main factors that land people the most highly prized jobs in the game industry: the right education and a strong portfolio. Champlain’s Studio delivers both. The Studio Experience Art Major Champlain’s Art program was one of the first in the country and remains the strongest among top Art programs because of our industry-expert faculty, skill-building curriculum, and Studio experience. As a Art major, you will apply your imagination and creativity to the challenge of taking video game art to the next level—literally. You will learn how to develop the graphic assets that define the visual aspects of games including the environments, props, characters, animations, user interface and visual effects that bring the game experience to life. Art – Bachelors Degree BFA Business & Publishing Major The game market represents $150 billion per year. That’s a huge market with endless possibilities. This major will teach you the business drivers that can make or break a game as it is published in the growing game market. As a Business & Publishing student, you will learn all aspects of the games industry, including prominent technologies, genres, and business practices. The game industry is fast moving and ever-evolving, and this major will prepare you to take advantage of new career opportunities in emerging business areas like Esports management, digital product management, and risk analysis. Business and Publishing – Bachelors Degree BS Design Major Design comprises three distinct areas of the game production process: System Design, Level Design, and Narrative Design. As a Design major, you will learn to excel in these complex and interdependent parts of the game production cycle. This program’s unmatched combination of creative, aesthetic, technical, and professional skills attracts some of the most promising Design students in the country. Many of our graduates go on to work in AAA studios. Design – Bachelor’s Degree BS Production Management Major Gain the skills you need to be a player in the game industry and lead a development team to produce the next big video game. The game industry needs people with an aptitude for business, strong communication skills, and a passion for video games to manage the game production process. As a student in the Production Management major, you’ll develop essential skills for organizing, motivating and overseeing groups of game artists, designers, and programmers through the end-to-end production cycle. Production Management – Bachelor’s Degree BS Programming Major Champlain’s degree in Programming—one of the first bachelor’s degrees of its kind in the nation—combines games and game theory with the intellectual challenge of software engineering to produce a highly versatile, valuable, and in-demand skill set. As a Programming major, you will learn to write the code that takes game art and conceptual game design ideas and transforms them into complex characters and full-blown game worlds. Explore artificial intelligence behaviors, game physics, game architecture, and 2D and 3D graphics rendering. Programming – Bachelor’s Degree BS Sound Design Major As a Sound Design major, you’ll learn music composition, scoring, voiceover recording, game engine scripting, and more, all while working directly with game engines on a game development team in the Studio. You’ll learn to develop game scores, create music, and record sound to serve specific functions in different media. Get hands-on experience in audio direction for full games and specific game assets using traditional and digitally facilitated methods. Sound Design – Bachelor’s Degree BS Interactive Narrative for s & Digital Media Tap into your imagination and be the one behind exciting stories that make games great. Write and design game narratives that put players first and the storylines in their hands. BS BRAGGING RIGHTS THE BEST The Studio at Champlain College consistently ranks in the Top 20 Design Schools by The Princeton Review. 100% 100% of classes are taught by game industry experts, who have been or remain highly active professionals in the industry. the most Champlain was named a Most Innovative School” by U.S. News & World Report for the seventh consecutive year in its America’s Best Colleges” 2022 rankings. More industry Degree options from ONE OF THE TOP GAME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS Boasting more degree programs in game development than any other college in the country, Champlain College’s renowned Studio consistently ranks among the top game development programs, and many of it’s graduates go on to land coveted positions at AAA studios. Apply Today! Just a few of the studios where you’ll find champlain alumni Interested in Learning More? We’ll send you Studio info plus a game art poster designed by our students when you fill out this form! First Name* Last Name* Email* Address* Address 2 Zip/Postal Code* What type of student are you?* What type of student are you? First Year Transfer International Exchange What are you interested in?* Select a program… When do you want to start?* Select… Submit Thank you. We will be sending you your poster soon. challenge accepted: student work View Gallery Studio Highlights STUDIO OVERVIEW Ideate, collaborate, create, & build OUR FACULTY Work with game industry experts Studio Majors Explore degree & career opportunities Student Work See student games & portfolio samples 7 Majors 1 experience Enter Into the Experience What I love most about working with Champlain students is that they are prepared to hit the ground running when it comes to developing games. Any student coming out of their program has the tools to make an immediate positive impact to a game development studio. Steve Meim , West Coast Producer Senior Show 2024 Join Us Friday, May 3 Studio News from The View April 25, 2024 88 Talented Students, Five Exciting s, One Unforgettable Studio Senior Show March 25, 2024 Princeton Review Again Ranks Champlain as Top School for Design October 12, 2022 New Esports Arena Debuted at Champlain April 7, 2022 Champlain’s Studio Highlighted for Inclusivity January 24, 2022 Champlain Esports Launches with the Naming of Its First Varsity Teams Next Steps Plan a Visit Come See Our Campus Apply Find Out How to Apply Questions Connect with Our Staff Transfer Transferring Here is Easy Interested in Learning More? We’ll send you Studio info plus a game art poster designed by our students when you fill out this form. First Name* Last Name* Email* Address* Address 2 Zip/Postal Code* What type of student are you?* What type of student are you? First Year Transfer International Exchange What are you interested in?* Select a program… When do you want to start?* Select… Submit Thank you for your submission! Stay connected! Champlain College...