Michigan State starts video game studies program

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EAST LANSING — Local students looking to make a living by designing video games now can attend a school close to home. Michigan State University is offering an academic program aimed at video game enthusiasts.

Beginning in September, MSU will give students a chance to study video games and design through its Specialization in Game Design and Development program.

"Game development is a very hot industry right now," said Brian Winn, co-founder of the program and an assistant professor of telecommunications, information studies and media at Michigan State.

"It's an important program for students who want to go into this as a career," Winn said.
"Games have been an important medium in our culture and important to study. (Games) have been pushing the forefront of technology."

The program is offered to students as an academic minor and will provide students with 15 credit hours for a four-course sequence of classes on video game design and the history and social aspects of video games.
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