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Article: Education: Summa Cum Laude in Grand Theft Auto?(video games industry)(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek
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- July 14, 2003
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Byline: Jason McLure
Once the domain of dropouts who couldn't stay away from the computer long enough to attend class, the videogame industry is fast developing its own branch of academia. Nearly 200 colleges worldwide now offer coursework in videogame development, and roughly two dozen more offer comprehensive programs.
Among them is Southern Methodist University, which will open its doors this week to its first class of gamers. For $37,000, the 31 students in the 18-month certificate program will take classes in programming, animation and physics while creating their own game prototypes. The program's director, David Najjab, says the recent ...