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Game design & programming concentration within the computer science curriculum

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Ron Coleman,

Mary Krembs,

Alan Labouseur,

Jim WeirAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 545 - 550

https://doi.org/10.1145/1047344.1047514

Published: 23 February 2005 Publication History

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This paper describes initiatives at Marist College to develop a Game Concentration in the undergraduate Computer Science curriculum. These initiatives contemplate recommendations for existing courses as well as adoption of new courses. We also consider activities of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) in this area and opportunities for students beyond the classroom.

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SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

February 2005

610 pages

ISBN:1581139977

DOI:10.1145/1047344

Conference Chairs:
Wanda Dann
Ithaca College
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Tom Naps
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
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Paul Tymann
Rochester Institute of Technology
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Doug Baldwin
SUNY Geneseo

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 37, Issue 1
2005
562 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/1047124
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