[game_edu] game_edu Digest, Vol 59, Issue 12

[Kevin O'Gorman]

Thanks, John.  I knew if I kept scrolling I would find someone who would lay
out the accreditation system and save me the trouble.  : )  Funny how the
folks accredited by SACS have such a handle on this.  By the way, there are
regional and national accreditors, and different ones for universities and
trade schools.  So you will not find one answer to fit all situations.

Come to think of it, if someone would just launch a game development PhD
program that is available online thye would have packed classes and we
wouldn't have the terminal degree issue anymore.

--Kevin O'Gorman
Art Institute of Atlanta



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> Accreditation varies from institution to institution. At Savannah

> College of Art and Design, we're accredited as an institution by the

> Southeastern Association of Colleges and Schools. Within SCAD, some

> departments are further accredited by industry-specific organizations

> as required by that particular field and or law. Architecture and

> interior design, for example, both have outside accreditation, for

> example.

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> As far as I know, there isn't an accreditation body for game design/

> dev, though it has been a topic of conversation within the education

> SIG from time to time.

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