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Ubisoft and Quebec to Create GameDev Courses 38

Ubisoft and the Canadian government are coordinating to create a game development university on the scenic Ubisoft campus, reports Gamespot. Marking continued cooperation between Ubisoft and the Quebecois government, the new 'university' would be in direct competition with EA's similar program set in California. From the article: "Ubisoft Campus students will receive degrees accredited by Québec's Ministry of Education. For undergraduates, each study program will be 45 weeks long, divided into three 15-week terms. The school will also offer master's programs in computer science and software engineering, with added courses in digital imaging and electronics."
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Ubisoft and Quebec to Create GameDev Courses

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  • by Nos. ( 179609 ) <`ac.srrekeht' `ta' `werdna'> on Monday February 14, 2005 @09:39AM (#11667237) Homepage
    If this is aimed at kids in high school that have little or know technical knowledge, how far is this really going to get them? I mean 45 weeks is not exactly a lot of time to learn coding for performance and reliability. I don't think grads with this "degree" are going to be snatched up the day they graduate by big game producers.
  • Lets hope... (Score:3, Insightful)

    by boeserjavamann ( 655642 ) on Monday February 14, 2005 @09:51AM (#11667383) Homepage
    ...for those Students that the boom in video games will continue. right now, big titles make more money then most big hollywood flicks (compare a well-sold ego-shooter to a movie like "pirates of the carribean"), but there once was a time where there was a huge downturn in that industry in the early 80's,
    • The most surprising part about the video game industry is that the publisher pockets more than 50% of the total profit.

      Unlike the film industry where the producer funds almost everything, the publisher kind of just burn CDs and throw in a commercial here and there.

  • by slot32 ( 815657 ) on Monday February 14, 2005 @10:07AM (#11667564) Homepage
    I remember, back in the early 90's (1993?), Middlesex University (England) done a BSc in Games programming... About 1/2 way through the course, Nintendo and Sega (IIRC) representatives came in, and offered EVERYONE on the course jobs, which they all accepted... The course died, Middlesex Uni didn't bother starting it up again...
  • by CrazyJim1 ( 809850 ) on Monday February 14, 2005 @10:39AM (#11667888) Journal
    I always doubted my math and physics professors in school. But they could come up with arguments to back up their claims. And when they showed me the facts, I accepted their teaching as superior. How can I accept a game design professor's ideas when I disagree fundamentally on what I think is fun?
    • by flibuste ( 523578 ) on Monday February 14, 2005 @10:58AM (#11668099)

      Because it's not about *fun* but *design*.

      The art part and the storyline is not given to a developer to produce you know...You may not even ever see a sprite on your screen while working.

      How can I accept a game design professor's ideas when I disagree fundamentally on what I think is fun?

      Because you say I always doubted my math and physics professors in school and it sounds nothing wil change it. If you cannot trust someone that is your teacher in some field, forget it and learn by yourself. But you will never find anyone to trust you either.
  • by Guspaz ( 556486 ) on Monday February 14, 2005 @10:52AM (#11668030)
    I'm referring to this line: "scenic Ubisoft campus".

    I've been to Ubisoft's offices in Montreal to apply for a job. They don't have a campus. They only have one floor in a run-down multi-floor building in Old Montreal (Semi-downtown). There IS no campus...
  • URL (Score:1, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward
    It should be noted that the URL is http://www.ubisoftcampus.com/ [ubisoftcampus.com]

    (it's not in the article)
    --------------- AC's do with with no Karma
  • Going to try and take over the Ubisoft course?
    • Is the EA course Going to try and take over the Ubisoft course?

      No, but EA's course will have a class on buying stocks in rivals companys and how to slowly crush everyone to death.
  • What a scam! (Score:3, Insightful)

    by YGingras ( 605709 ) <ygingras@ygingras.net> on Monday February 14, 2005 @05:06PM (#11672331) Homepage
    The current government just chopped 103 M$ in the student
    loan program an now they take that money from public education
    and give it to the private sector. Free access to public
    education is in danger here. I fear that the next generation
    will leave many brilliant people to sell burgers because they
    couldn't afford to go to the state sponsored private
    universities.

    : (

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