4月2日, 2024 — Marist has once again been recognized for featuring one of the top gaming design programs in the country by The Princeton Review. The education services company ranked Marist in the 前10名 for gaming design in the Northeast for undergraduates 和 included it on its national 前50名 list for the ninth consecutive year.

由 School of Communication 和 the Arts 和 School of Computer 科学 和 Mathematics玛丽斯特学院的学生 Games 和 Emerging Media program learn how to become designers, writers, programmers, artists, 和 producers. The program features industry experts 和 state-of-the-art facilities to help students become game 开发ers 和 offers concentrations in “Technical Development 和 Programming” 和 “Design, 写作, 和文化,” along with unique electives such as “Storytelling Across Media,3-D建模,” 和 “Human-Computer Interaction.”

Students enrolled in Marist’s Games 和 Emerging Media major have access to innovative computer 和 game prototyping labs, audio/video production studios 和 industry-st和ard tools. Graduates of the program have established careers at a number of gaming 和 media organizations such as Epic Games, Nickelodeon, 和IBM, with many having gone on to design, 开发, 和 launch their own games for popular gaming platforms.

Students in a capstone class of the Games 和 Emerging Media program discuss their designs. Photo by Carlo de Jesus/bet亚洲365欢迎投注.

“We created Marist's game program to be a caring, 包容, 和 supportive community w在这里 we can games 和 learn about emerging media,”医生说。. Karen Schrier, Director of Games. “I am excited 和 honored that this interdisciplinary, innovative program has been recognized again."

“I was recruited to play football for a few schools but the reason I chose Marist was because of the Games 和 Emerging media major as I wanted to be a game designer after my athletic career ended,” said Tristan Shannon '24, a Games 和 Emerging Media major with a concentration in design, 写作与文化. “After graduation, I intend to 开发 my own games 和 collaborate with indie studios. The program did a great job teaching the necessary skills for game design.”

Students in a capstone class of the Games 和 Emerging Media program discuss their designs. Photo by Carlo de Jesus/bet亚洲365欢迎投注.

The Princeton Review's game design school rankings are based on more than 40 data points derived from the company's 2023 survey of administrators at 150 schools offering game design courses 和/or degrees. Most of the institutions are in the U.S., with two in Canada 和 four abroad.

The 50-question survey covered four areas: academics, faculty, technology, 和 career topics. Detailed information about the survey methodology 和 rankings criteria is 在这里.