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Game Design Courses

Game design courses can help you learn level design, character development, storytelling techniques, and game mechanics. You can build skills in prototyping, user testing, and balancing gameplay to enhance player experience. Many courses introduce tools like Unity and Unreal Engine, that support creating interactive environments and implementing game logic. Additionally, you might explore programming languages such as C or C++ to bring your ideas to life, along with graphic design software for creating compelling visuals.


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Popular Game Design Courses and Certifications


  • U

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Financial Management Graduate Certificate

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Management Accounting, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Credit Risk, Marketing, Risk Management, Machine Learning Algorithms, Business Strategy, Revenue Recognition, Financial Auditing, Variance Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Data Governance, Generative AI, Financial Market, Statistical Inference, Strategic Decision-Making

    Credit offered

    Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months

  • H

    HEC Paris

    Executive MSc & MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    Skills you'll gain: New Product Development, Research Methodologies, Intellectual Property, Innovation, Performance Measurement, Design Thinking, Value Propositions, Financial Modeling, Private Equity, Social Media Strategy, Business Modeling, Team Building, Active Listening, Sustainable Business, Business Planning, Business Strategy, Social Impact, Supplier Relationship Management, Ideation, Entrepreneurship

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • U

    Universidad de los Andes

    Principios de ingeniería de software automatizada y ágil Certificado MasterTrack®

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, Test Automation, Unified Modeling Language, Software Architecture, Version Control, Software Testing, Continuous Integration, Agile Methodology, Test Data, Maintainability, Test Script Development, JavaScript Frameworks, Software Design, Usability, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, System Testing, Angular, Agile Software Development, Application Design, Software Design Patterns

    Credit offered

    Mastertrack · 6 - 12 Months

  • D

    Dartmouth College

    Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Digital Signal Processing, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Probability & Statistics, Distributed Computing, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Image Analysis, Convolutional Neural Networks, Generative AI, Software Design, Electronic Systems, Electronics Engineering, Text Mining, Student Support and Services, Professional Development, Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • U

    Universidad de los Andes

    Maestría en Inteligencia Artificial

    Skills you'll gain: Real-Time Operating Systems, Semantic Web, LLM Application, Unsupervised Learning, Cloud-Native Computing, Model Evaluation, Continuous Deployment, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, Project Closure, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Responsible AI, Game Theory, Probability & Statistics, Model Deployment

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • P

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Magíster en Business Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Large Language Modeling, Database Design, Customer Analysis, Descriptive Analytics, Revenue Management, FinTech, Model Evaluation, Spatial Data Analysis, Unsupervised Learning, Social Network Analysis, People Analytics, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Predictive Analytics, Biostatistics, Social Determinants Of Health, Gerontology, Governance, Matplotlib, Deep Learning, Bayesian Statistics

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

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In summary, here are 6 of our most popular game design courses

  • Financial Management Graduate Certificate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Executive MSc & MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship: HEC Paris
  • Principios de ingeniería de software automatizada y ágil Certificado MasterTrack®: Universidad de los Andes
  • Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering: Dartmouth College
  • Maestría en Inteligencia Artificial: Universidad de los Andes
  • Magíster en Business Analytics: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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