Gaming Degree?

Gaming is now big business and universities across the nation have started to notice. Game design programs are springing up across the nation at places like Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Tech, and University of Southern California.

Officials at Southern Methodist University have also noticed the trend:

We believe that in 5 to 10 years, every university will have some form of interactive media or gaming education program in their curriculum,” said Ron Jenkins, the deputy director of external affairs and development at Southern Methodist University, where students can earn a master’s degree in interactive technology and video game development. “This is the 21st century’s new media of expression. It’s like making movies or writing books, but done now with pixels.

Seems a bit more interesting than accounting!