Computer "Game" Science

UC Irvine is always be known for its preeminence in fields such as computer science and engineering. Nevertheless, this university is still making progress in these realms. Game is often thought as an entertainment in most people's minds. However, Irvine has made it to a new step. The campus now offers the students to be able to be a major in "Computer Game Science", which is a field where people study in games with computer science knowledge.

This thought has been seen as a joke or a ridiculous idea in most people's minds. Nevertheless, faculties in Irvine do no think so. "Many things are always been thought as ridiculous at first. It just takes time." (According to a professor). Moreover, many professors in Irvine believe that many companies in software engineering need their employees to have that kind of skill to build up a dream world. As the rapid development of technology, many students in computer science realm are not satisfied with the boring textbook stuff. While they "played" with computer since they grew up, they want to get in touch with some new interesting contents and techniques. That's might be the case for Irvine to build up this new major---let students become well-skilled programmers in algorithm, software development and processing and bring a broad view for students according to a multi-discipline study.

Besides the arguing, gaming is actually closely related to computer science. The technology and knowledge for the computing are mostly well used into gaming industry. In other word, gaming is a main application of computer science. Many disciplines and techniques, such as 3D--modeling, 3D painting, AR and IE are all the basis knowledge for a good programmer in gaming industry.

Notwithstanding, the argument about whether "game" could be a "major" for students to study has never stopped. Many people see nothing in commons about "game" and "university". They think that game is a kind of mindless stuff and cannot be studied seriously. Also, some parents are worried about their children will be addicted in playing games. In this case, these people caught skepticism for game in university. However, there are still some other people support the idea. The game is a world for imagination, that means to create your own world based on your ideas. Many students think that this is pretty cool. Just as what a student mentioned--Many students are jealous of what I am doing... So this "debate" would not get to end in a very short period.



Reference:
1.http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/30/local/la-me-uci-video-games30-2009nov30
2. https://www.csc.ncsu.edu/academics/undergrad/bs-csc-gdc.php

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