Washington school to offer world's first degree in interactive visual simulation technology; DigiPen Institute of Technology to educate students for burgeoning high-tech field.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 1996--The DigiPen Institute of Technology History DigiPen was founded in 1988 by Claude Comair in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. The school relocated to Redmond in January 1998. In May 1996 the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board granted DigiPen the ability to award an Associate and Bachelor of Science today announced it will offer the world's first baccalaureate degree of science in Real Time Interactive Simulation. This will be a non-profit, higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. institution -- the first ever dedicated to video game development, and will open in Seattle in September 1997. The four-year program will focus on video game and computer animation programming with an emphasis on real-time interactive simulations by giving students the tools to support the burgeoning world of high-tech video game and special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. development. The DigiPen Institute will begin accepting applications immediately for the 100 openings in the institute's inaugural class of 2001. The program is expected to draw more than 10,000 applicants from around the globe. Selection of first-year applicants will be completed by June 1997. Establishment of the Washington state site is being actively supported by Nintendo of America Inc. in the form of hardware and software development tools. Currently, DigiPen Applied Computer Graphics in Vancouver, Canada, conducts non-degree courses in computer/video game technology and computer animation, from which companies already are hiring talented students. Students now enrolled in DigiPen's program in Canada can transfer their course work to the new degree program in Washington state. The DigiPen Institute currently is authorized in Washington state and is in compliance with the requirements of the Washington Degree Authorization Act (RCW RCW Revised Code of Washington (state law) RCW Runtime Callable Wrapper (Microsoft .NET) RCW Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides Borealis) RCW Real Color Wheel 28B.85). The institute will be eligible to apply for Veterans Education approval after two years of operation, and full accreditation after five years. "The video game, computer animation and special effects industries are thirsting for new talent," explains Claude Comair Claude Comair was born in and raised in Tannourine, Lebanon until he was 18. He has two degrees, one in Architecture and one in Environmental Engineering. He was invited to be a faculty member at the Osaka University in 1983. He founded the DigiPen Institute of Technology. , president and founder of DigiPen. "Literally, the demand for trained personnel in these fields is so great that our current students are weighing offers from the major players in the video game design, computer animation and other computer fields, as well as from Hollywood." "Authorizing The DigiPen Institute of Technology to offer such an innovative degree program in Washington state acknowledges that the Pacific Northwest is the new hotbed hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipes, or naturally with partially fermented stable manure, which for advanced software development," says Dr. Cedric Page, associate director of the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board is a Washington state agency with a 10-member citizen board to improve higher education. See also
"With the introduction of this program, the state will draw a wealth of technology-savvy students -- giving further support to the already flourishing industry here. Without question, Washington state will continue to be the source of new talent and innovation for these companies." "As we have since the establishment of DigiPen's first campus, Nintendo is pleased to support the institute with curriculum development guidance and active membership on the advisory board," says Howard Lincoln Howard Charles Lincoln (born February 14, 1940) was a former chairman of Nintendo of America and is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, representing absentee majority owner Hiroshi Yamauchi. , chairman, Nintendo of America. "Our involvement with The DigiPen Institute is a unique way to support and foster growth in the video game and computer animation community, as well as to encourage today's youth to continue excelling in math and science." Classes offered at The DigiPen Institute of Technology will include nine levels of math, physics, courses in computer environments and operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , computer languages, graphics, image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished , data structure and algorithms, animation and creative aspects of video games. While most undergraduate institutions require approximately 120 credits toward graduation, The DigiPen Institute of Technology will require more than 140 credits, to ensure students are exposed to the rapidly multiplying number of techniques available. Tuition to the institute will be approximately $300 per credit, or about $11,000 per year, and includes course instruction and lab time for project work. Admission is open to high school graduates with 3.0 (B) or better GPA GPA abbr. grade point average Noun 1. GPA - a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted in mathematics, physics, chemistry and computer science courses; or to current college transfer students with the same grade requirements in the same types of courses. More information is available to prospective students by writing to DigiPen, Fifth Floor, 530 Hornby St., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6C 2E7; or by calling 604/682-0300, or via e-mail to jchu@digipen.com. CONTACT: Eileen Tanner, 509/628-1993 Julia Dube, 206/462-4220 |
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