Level up your game development skills in Lethbridge College’s new micro-credentials, and you’ll gain the tools and experience you need to be ready to work in Alberta’s rapidly growing video game industry.
Complete all five categories of micro-credentials to show proficiency in video game design – and be ready for an exciting and in-demand career designing and developing the games people love to play.
Choose micro-credentials from 5 series:
You’ll be introduced to the core concepts of board and video game development and explore video game production.
Includes four 10-hour micro-credentials:
- Game Design Document
- Game Production Foundations
- Introduction to Game Engines
- Game Art - Foundational Modelling
Courses start Aug. 1
You’ll prepare for a career as a junior game level designer by learning game development and narrative, game flow, 3D basics, lighting and materials, and more.
Includes five 10-hour micro-credentials:
- Blockout / Greyboxing
- Prop Creation
- Materials and Shaders
- Interior Environments
- Exterior Environments
Courses start Sept. 1
You’ll prepare for a career as a junior character modeller and animator by learning 3D character modelling, rigging, animation fundamentals, sculpting and more.
Includes five 10-hour micro-credentials:
- 3D Sculpting Fundamentals
- 3D Character Body Sculpting (Stylized)
- 3D Character Retopology
- Bipedal Character Rigging
Courses start Nov. 1
You’ll prepare for a career as a junior game-play programmer by learning how to plan and code play interactions, encounters, logic, audio and animation programming optimization and tools. You’ll also develop an understanding of programming fundamentals and mathematics applied in game making.
Includes three 10-hour micro-credentials:
- Intro to Problem Solving
- Blueprint Fundamentals - Game-play Systems
- Blueprint Fundamentals - Interaction
- Blueprint Fundamentals - Player
Courses start Feb. 1, 2024 – Registration details coming soon
You’ll prepare for a career as a junior sound artist by learning how to create sound FX and music for games. You’ll also discover how to record and edit sounds and dialogue, optimizing in-game sound for interaction and narrative.
Includes three 10-hour micro-credentials:
- Introduction to Sound Design
- Sound Design for Games
- Audio Middleware for Game Engines
937
the number of active video game companies in Canada
35%
the percentage increase in video game companies in Canada since 2019.
$5.5 billion
the contribution of video game development to Canada’s gdp
How it Works
Micro-credentials are fast and flexible. All five of these categories are offered online and asynchronously, which means you can move at the pace and space that works best for you.
You can enrol, start and complete a micro-credential in as little as seven hours, and only spend time learning what you want to learn. Our prices are affordable so you can explore a new profession or personal interest without a big financial risk.
After completing a micro-credential – which involves seven to 10 hours of online asynchronous learning with an assessment – you’ll earn a badge. You can share your badges on your social networks and your resume to validate a specific skill you’ve achieved.
Introductory cost for each micro-credential is $150