Computer Games (Undergrad)

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There are several ways to get involved in games programming. You can either enroll in the new major in computer science - computer games option, a special version of the computer science major with an emphasis on games, or you can include relevant courses in any of the computer science and software

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There are several ways to get involved in games programming. You can either enroll in the new major in computer science - computer games option, a special version of the computer science major with an emphasis on games, or you can include relevant courses in any of the computer science and software engineering major programs. 

There are a variety of courses offered at the School of Computer Science at McGill and many directions you can specialize in and pursue if you want to concentrate your studies on computer games, whether you want to do game research, find a job in the game industry, or just want to understand them better.

Courses

  • It is easy to incorporate game related courses into the Computer Science major and Software Engineering programs. A number of core and complementary computer science courses either focus on games or develop techniques that are considered important to computer game development. 

The main game-related courses are:

  • COMP 308:  Computer Systems Lab
  • COMP 322:  Introduction to C++
  • COMP 303:  Software Design
  • COMP 361:  Software Engineering Project
  • COMP 409:  Concurrent Programming
  • COMP 424:  Artificial Intelligence
  • COMP 521:  Modern Computer Games
  • COMP 535:  Computer Networks
  • COMP 557:  Fundamentals of Computer Graphics

Any of the research project courses, COMP 396, COMP 400 can in general include computer games as a topic.

Computer Games Research

  • Several professors use computer games in their research, or do research on computer games. You can find out more about current projects by consulting individual lab research pages.

Industry and Community

  • Montreal has several local game companies and branches of large game companies. Graduates have found work in EA, Ubisoft, among many others.
  • Montreal Branch

    3415 McTavish Street, Montreal

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