FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - UOIT

Bachelor of
Information
Technology
(Honours)
GAME DEVELOPMENT
AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
This program is designed to provide you with expertise in the
field of game design and technology, while encompassing
its core value of entrepreneurship. The curriculum will
enable you to quickly advance your career through its focus
on the knowledge and skills of business and management
necessary to facilitate rewarding employment in existing
corporations and entrepreneurial opportunities in gaming.
UOIT’s Gaming Lab is equipped with state-of-the-art
workstations including all the required software for
development of animations, models, sound production,
game engines and gameplay code.
Career opportunities include:
• Game designers;
• Game product managers;
• Project managers; and
• Simulation specialists
(military and civilian
domain).
“UOIT was the only university to offer a unique Game
Development program, easily making it my first
choice during the application process. Thanks to the
efforts of our professors, we are able to visit big name
development studios and have industry leaders come in
for guest lectures.”
– Ryan Wang, Game Development and Entrepreneurship student,
class of 2011
YEAR 1
Semester 1
• Business of Gaming;
• Creative Writing and Narrative Concepts;
• Discrete Mathematics;
• Graphic Design I; and
• Introduction to Programming.
Semester 2
• Graphic Design II;
• Introduction to Entrepreneurship;
• Linear Algebra and Physics for Games;
• Object-Oriented Programming; and
• General elective.
YEAR 3
Semester 1
• Game Engine Design and Implementation;
• Intermediate Modelling Techniques;
• Introduction to Project Management; and
• Two general or Business minor electives.
Semester 2
• Animation and Production;
• Distributed Systems and Networking;
• Filmmaking;
• Game Design and Production II; and
• General or Business minor elective.
YEAR 2
Semester 1
• Algorithms and Data Structures;
• Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques;
• Computer Architecture;
• Introduction to Computer Graphics; and
• Principles of Marketing.
Semester 2
• Accounting for IT;
• Entrepreneurial Finance;
• Game Design and Production I;
• Intermediate Computer Graphics;
• Introduction to Computer Graphics; and
• Sound and Audio for Games.
YEAR 4
Semester 1
• Advanced Entrepreneurship;
• Artificial Intelligence for Games;
• Capstone Study Project;
• Virtual Reality and User Interaction; and
• General or Business minor elective.
Semester 2
• Demo Reel Development;
• Multiplayer and Online Game Development;
• Special Topics in Game Development and
Entrepreneurship; and
• Two General or Business minor electives.
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