[game_edu] Ph.D. in Digital Game Design

[Mike Sellers]

As a non-PhD (but there's still time), one thing I would require is actual
industry experience in designing and developing games (full cycle, from
start to post-launch). I know this goes against a lot of what academia is
about for some, but I believe this is crucial. Is there another discipline
where it's possible to get an advanced degree without actually having
experience in the subject area?

I guess the other question I'd ask is, what is a PhD in this field intended
to indicate and facilitate? "Research" in game design is pre-Newtonian at
best, so other than checking the "terminal degree" box for university
appointment, this is one I'm not sure about.

Mike Sellers



On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 4:06 PM, George D. Phillies <phillies at wpi.edu>wrote:


> Not at great length:

>

> We are preparing to offer a Ph.D. (we may well make a habit of this, but

> the local custom is that you start with a single degree to a single person)

> in Digital Game Design.  We do actually have a moderate idea of what we are

> planning to do, tuned to the particular credentials of the particular

> candidate, but I would be interested in hearing opinions as to what sort of

> things ought to go into a doctorate in the field.  I am deliberately being

> vague to encourage discussion.

>

> Now, of I were doing this in my home discipline (Physics) I would know

> with great clarity what I would propose, and most physicists at most

> doctorate-granting schools would I expect be in agreement. There seem to be

> rather fewer precedents in game design, so I thought I would throw out this

> very open-ended question and see what responses I had.

>

> George Phillies

> Professor, Physics, and

>   WPI Associated Faculty in Interactive Media and Game Development, and

>   WPI Associated Faculty in Biochemistry

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