[game_edu] ESA Foundation Computer and Video Game Scholarship Program

[Taghavi-Burris, Akram]

The reason I brought up the question is because I'm program director for the Game Design Program at the Oklahoma City Community College.
Our A.A.S degree and certificate is offered in our Computer Aided Technology department. Our department is a cross between computer science and art. We teach CAD, GIS, Multimedia, Computer Animation and Game Design.
Both the CS and Art departments didn't feel like Game Design was a valid degree, but we ran with it. Currently we have over 25 declared majors and the program just started last fall so we're really excited.
An outline of our program can be found at: http://catblog.occc.edu/wordpress/degree-options/game/
Feel free to give me you thoughts on the program. The degree focuses on design (graphics) not actual game programing, however we suggest sutdents take programing as an elective.

-- Ms. Akram Taghavi-Burris
    Professor of Computer Aided Technology
    Program Director of  CAT :  Game Design

   Oklahoma City Community College
   7777 South May Ave
   Oklahoma City , Oklahoma 73159

   ataghaviburris at occc.edu
  405.682.1611 x 7498
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From: game_edu-bounces at igda.org [game_edu-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Ian Schreiber [ai864 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 5:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [game_edu] ESA Foundation Computer and Video Game Scholarship      Program

Are there even any community college programs in game design? Every time I've tried to think of what a game design degree should look like, I can barely fit it into four years.

Or did you mean game development in general?

--- On Fri, 2/27/09, Taghavi-Burris, Akram <ataghaviburris at occc.edu> wrote:
From: Taghavi-Burris, Akram <ataghaviburris at occc.edu>
Subject: Re: [game_edu] ESA Foundation Computer and Video Game Scholarship Program
To: "IGDA Game Education Listserv" <game_edu at igda.org>
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 6:29 PM

Are there any scholarships for community college students in game design?


--Akram Taghavi-Burris
Professor of Computer Aided Technology
Oklahoma City Comunity College

On Feb 27, 2009, at 4:10 PM, "S. Gold" <goldfile at gmail.com<mailto:goldfile at gmail.com>> wrote:

ESA Foundation Computer and Video Game Scholarship Program

In 2007 the ESA Foundation established a scholarship program to assist women and minority students who are pursuing degrees leading to careers in Computer & Video Game Arts. This year we are pleased to extend this opportunity to graduating high school seniors, doubling the amount of awards granted from 15 to 30.

The scholarships are offered each year for full-time study at accredited four-year colleges and universities. Up to 30 scholarships of $3,000 each will be awarded annually, 15 to graduating high school seniors and 15 to current college students. The number of awards given in each category will be determined by the number of qualified applicants.

This scholarship program is administered by International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc. To apply, please visit <https://www.applyists.net/> https://www.applyists.net<https://www.applyists.net/> <<https://www.applyists.net/>https://www.applyists.net/>  and use the access key “ESAF” between March 1 and May 15, 2009 for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Applicants must be:
        Women or minority students,
        Pursuing degrees leading to careers in computer and video game arts,
        Enrolled in a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited four-year college or university, and
        Maintaining a grade point average of 2.75 or above on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent)


For more information about the ESA Foundation, please visit <http://theesa.com/foundation> http://theesa.com/foundation.
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