Dive Brief:

• More colleges are developing courses to focus on the $21.5 billion video game industry, according to the Houston Chronicle.
• One example is the University of Texas at Austin, which has a new program for studying video game business.
• Another example is New York University’s Game Center, part of the Tisch School of the Arts, which studies video games as an art form.

Dive Insight:

It only makes sense that higher education would develop programs to fill the void, as video games become more and more significant as an entertainment form and economic driver. The University of Texas’ nine-month game development certificate program is under the new Denius-Sams Gaming Academy. The aim of the program is to teach future leaders of the industry, and to give video game artists and programmers the business and management skills they need to succeed. The goal of the NYU program is to educate game designers and developers, as well as to foster advanced scholarship and study in the field.