North Country Career Center

Instructor John Wagner

Instructor

John Wagner

802-334-5469 x 3434

A logo featuring two video game controllers, a lightning bolt, and the text 'COMPUTER PROGRAMMING & GAME DESIGN' in a pixelated font.

►2 Year Program: Prerequisite Co-Enrollment in Algebra or higher and this program is open to eleventh and twelfth grade students in good standing. Tenth grade students may apply with permission. It is recommended that students have successfully completed Algebra I.

►YEAR 1: Students will gain foundational knowledge of the Internet, computer game programming, and entertainment related careers ranging from Computer Programmer (covering applications, web and game programming), Game Designer (for web-based graphics, print-media, and game graphics) and Database Designer. Web programming (using JavaScript and PHP) and E- Commerce are covered.

►YEAR 2: Programming languages such as Java, Java-Script, PHP, and SQL will be covered as well as multimedia tools: Photoshop, Blender, Inkscape and Game Programming tools (Unreal Engine). Additional topics such as interactive websites with JavaScript and 3D Game Programming will be covered.

GRADES 10-12 | 120 MINUTES DAILY
Co-Enrollment in Algebra or higher
VTSU CIS 1151 Website Development

3 credits

VTSU CIS 2271 Java Programming

3 credits

AP Computer Science
ACT National Career Readiness Certificate

W3 Schools HTML Certificate

W3 Schools CSS Certificate

Class Overview

This program forms the groundwork for the increasing number of Internet and Computer Game and Entertainment Related Careers ranging from Computer Programmer (covering applications, web and game programming), Game Designer, Web Designer, Graphic Designer (for web-based graphics, print-media and game graphics) and Database Designer. Web programming (using JavaScript and PHP) and E-Commerce are covered. Programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, PHP and SQL will be covered as well as multimedia tools: Photoshop, Blender, Inkscape and Game Programming tools (Gamemaker). Additional topics such as interactive websites with Javascript and 3D Game Programming will also be covered.