If I have posted this in the wrong forum or if it''s been asked a million times please excuse me as the search function doesn''t seem to be working. Looking around at the requirements of some game development companies I''ve seen that a bachelor''s degree in computer science is a must. The school I''m thinking of attending, CDIS (www.artschool.com), has a program for game programming but it doesn''t mention a BS in computer science. Is having this but not a computer science degree going to hurt me if I''m trying to apply for a job at one of these companies and should I go to another school to get my BS?

Not all game programmers have a Computer Science qualification, I have a BA in Computer Animation, but kinda fell into the programming side by accident. I also know people with physics, maths, or engineering qualifications, some with no degree at all.

I think the biggest requirements are the ability to show determination, hard work, a love for game programming and a enough knowledge about the subject to do the job.

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A game programming course may briefly touch on some of these subjects, but most likely won''t go in-depth enough to give you enough information to get very far in an interview loop.

I don''t agree with that. It all depends on the course you do and how much you have researched the course beforehand. Choose a bad course, get a bad education. We did ASM,C,C++, Algorithms, Maths , mel scripting, plugin writing as well as the fundamentals of computers and Operating Systems. The main advantage I had when I started working, was the ability to understand every facet of the game production process, and the ability to communicate with every department. A lot of computer science people don''t have the ability to understand the artists requirements and why their tools suck.....