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Advanced Certificate

Advanced Game Art Certificate Program

Looking to up your game in the world of game art and design? The Game Art Advanced Certificate program builds your foundational 2D and 3D skills and enables you to add concentrations that round out your portfolio.

Program Overview

The Advanced Game Art certificate program builds a solid foundation in 2D game art, 3D modeling, and animation. Choose one or more concentrations that focus on advanced game art techniques or complementary areas of the visual arts. As you work through advanced courses, practical projects challenge you to create portfolio-quality work.

You can add one or more concentrations to a Game Art Professional Certificate to build your Advanced Certificate. Recommended concentrations for the Game Art program are shown below, but you may choose from our complete list or build your own custom concentration.

How It Works

The Game Art Advanced Certificate program begins with six core classes. You then complete one or more concentrations, which typically consist of three or four courses. At the end of your advanced program, you'll participate in a faculty-led portfolio review that carefully examines your advanced game art and design work against your career goals.

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Core Curriculum

Students are required to complete the following six courses:

• Level 1

• 8060 intro to game development
• 8095 photoshop for game artists
• 8025 maya basics

• Level 2

• 8050 tiling textures
• 8067 game lighting and color
• 8085 character animation

Recommended Concentrations

Sessions College certificate students choose from a wide range of available concentrations. The following concentrations are recommended for Game Art students. Explore all available concentrations, or consider building your own concentration from our individual courses.

• Advanced Game Art

• 4240 figure drawing
• 7015 character setup and rigging
• 4227 game design documents
• 4232 maya advanced

• Flash Design

• 5500 flash basics
• 5520 flash animation
• 5513 actionscript 3 for designers (or 5512 flash actionscript game design)

• Digital Video

• 8040 digital video production
• 6225 digital video editing I
• 6010 after effects I

View a syllabus for any of the courses listed in the above advanced Game Art certificate program curriculum by visiting the online Certificate Courses page, and explore how course materials and instruction work on our Course Tours page.

Do you already have some game art or design experience? You may be able to customize your Advanced Game Art Certificate program by substituting courses with others from the same subject area. For example, you may be able to take Maya Advanced in place of Maya Basics. Your advisor can help you make the best course selections.

Need a shorter program? Look into the Game Art Professional Certificate.