Name: Advanced Game Development
Brand: Advanced Game Development

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Advanced Game Development is a full-time, two-year program comprised of industry-level courses covering game development’s core disciplines: art, design, programming, and production. Students will create various assignments, projects and games that will be assembled into a portfolio that is fit for working in the games industry.

Complete junior and industry-quality live action and full computer graphic (CG) shots. Apply practical lighting techniques within a full CG environment, film practical footage using industry-standard data acquisition, green screen, cinematography techniques, and fundamentals. Integrate student-crafted CG assets and animation into live-action plates and games. Design mechanics produce beautiful art and program functionality for over a dozen games and prototypes. Work under tight creative and time constraints to make your ideas into reality by producing engaging and interactive games.

Software and hardware taught and provided to students during this program:

Unity Engine
Unreal Engine
Visual Studio
C#
Machinations
Maya
Houdini
Marmoset Toolbag 3
Substance Painter
Substance Designer
Sketchfab
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe XD
Git
Perforce
Confluence
Jira
MS Office

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Admission requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent

English 30-1, English 30-2 or equivalent

Satisfactory results on the Bow Valley College Admission and Placement Test

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Portfolio submission of 15-20 pieces of artistic/technical work (e.g., sketches, renderings, games, design variations, code snippets) in digital format. The portfolio should showcase the applicant’s proficiency in digital design software, creativity, artistic range, and/or technical ability. Portfolios should reflect the applicant’s personal artistic interests and identity. Successful applicant portfolios will reflect a broad range of techniques, influences, styles, and subject matter. Submissions must represent the original work of the applicant; if an item is a collaborative piece, list all contributors and describe your contribution.

If you have questions or would like an informal pre-assessment of your portfolio, please email ceaportfolio@bowvalleycollege.ca. Watch this video for more information.

Students who do not have adequate samples for the portfolio submission may wish to enroll in the Foundation in Entertainment Arts Certificate before pursuing a diploma.

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September 2, 2025

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January 7, 2026

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Tuition and fees

Term

Tuitions fees

Additional fees*

Total fees*

Term 1

$5,880

$356

$6,236

Term 2

$5,880

$356

$6,236

Term 3

$5,880

$356

$6,236

Term 4

$5,856

$356

$6,212

Term 5

$5,856

$356

$6,212

Term 6

$8,254

$356

$8,610

Term

Additional fees*

Tuitions fees

Total fees

Term 1

$356

$10,404

$10,760

Term 2

$356

$10,404

$10,760

Term 3

$356

$10,404

$10,760

Term 4

$356

$10,404

$10,760

Term 5

$356

$10,404

$10,760

Term 6

$356

$14,005

$14,361

*Per term: Student Service Fee

To register in a course in Open Studies:

email registrar@bowvalleycollege.ca indicating the course you would like to take,
or phone 403-410-1400,
or visit the Registrar’s Office at the Bow Valley College main campus.

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Courses

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Course is eligible for PLAR

Term 1

Code	Course	Credit	PDF
GAME1101	Game Design	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME1401	Game Programming I	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME1304	2D Art for Games move_down hide_source	3
GAME1305	3D Art for Games I move_down hide_source	3

Term 2

Code	Course	Credit	PDF
GAME1202	Visual Scripting	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME1402	Game Programming II	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME1306	3D Art for Games II move_down hide_source	3
GAME2102	Storytelling and Narrative Design	3	picture_as_pdf

Term 3

Code	Course	Credit	PDF
GAME1501	Rapid Prototype Development	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME2401	Game Programming III	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME2301	Technical Art	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME1307	Animation for Games move_down hide_source	3

Term 4

Code	Course	Credit	PDF
GAME2101	Systems Design	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME2501	Rapid Game Development I	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME2302	Procedural Art	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME2507	Capstone Development I move_down hide_source	3

Term 5

Code	Course	Credit	PDF
GAME2502	Rapid Game Development II	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME2503	Developing for Extended Reality (XR)	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME2508	Capstone Development II move_down hide_source	3
GAME1102	Level Design	3	picture_as_pdf

Term 6

Code	Course	Credit	PDF
GAME2504	Industry Project I: Pre-Production	3	picture_as_pdf
GAME2505	Industry Project II: First Production	4	picture_as_pdf
GAME2506	Industry Project III: Production move_down	4	picture_as_pdf
GAME2999	Capstone Industry Project: Game Development	5	picture_as_pdf

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Advanced Game Development

This program is comprised of industry-level courses covering game development's core disciplines: art, design, programming, and production.

About

Admission requirements

English Language Proficiency Requirements

Academic upgrading

Available intakes

Starts in

Domestic

International

Domestic

International

Domestic

International

Tuition and fees

Term

Tuitions fees

Additional fees*

Total fees*

Term

Additional fees*

Tuitions fees

Total fees

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