Professional Certificate

Game Art Professional Certificate Program

The Sessions College Game Art Professional Certificate program prepares you for a career you'll love in the video game design industry. You'll learn the cutting-edge software and visual arts practices that are essential for anyone turning a love of video games into a career.

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Program Overview

The Game Art Professional Certificate program provides students with a foundation in 3D modeling, imaging, and animation for video games. Core courses explore the challenges of modeling, texturing, and animating 3D characters and environments using Autodesk Maya and Adobe Photoshop. At the end of the program, you'll have built a portfolio of imaging, modeling, and animation work that showcases your professional skill set. Review the goals of the Game Art Professional Certificate program.

How It Works

The Game Art Professional Certificate program includes six required courses and you can complete in nine months or less.

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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

View a syllabus for any of the courses listed above by visiting the 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 Game Art Professional 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.

Want to take this program further? Look into the Game Art Advanced Certificate program.

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