| Pilot Site: | |
| This is a pilot course for Clairemont and Mission Bay High schools. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdistrict Curriculum Committee. | |
| Grade Range: | |
| 10–12 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| None. | |
| Course duration: | |
| Two semesters. | |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: | |
| College Preparatory Elective | |
| UC subject area satisfied: | |
| g - College Preparatory Elective | |
| Course Description: | |
| Game Design 1,2 Honors is a comprehensive introduction to the process of creating, designing, programming, and marketing a computer game. Students acquire programming and design skills while studying the history of game design, game theory, trends in game design, and the societal impacts of gaming. The course is rich in hands-on lab activities that allow students to develop and master programming concepts, and explore and gain facility with different gaming platforms, software and graphics applications. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 8141 - Intermediate Games and Simulation (Concentrator) | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| Ploor, Video Game Design Foundations, Goodheart-Wilcox Publishing, 2nd edition. | |
CTE-420