Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

Bexar County
Downtown San Antonio
Est. 1945

Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today’s world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Serving more than 6,000 students from the ten Metrocom Communities and northeast San Antonio. Named “Best Institutional Facility” by Live Oak Economic Development.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunities for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Palo Alto College is committed to building a college-going culture in our community through a new community effort, Educate South. This exciting new initiative focuses on beginning educational awareness at the earliest years.
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St. Philip’s College

St. Philip’s College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College has been named the top community college in the nation by the Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Northwest Vista College

Dream Big - You Belong at Vista
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Student Centered Leadership

Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing students with the highest quality educational experience and fulfilling our mission of Creating Opportunities for Success.
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Academics
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Associate of Applied Science Programs – Career and Technical Education

Our Programs Include: Associate of Applied Science – Career and Technical Education, Associate of Arts, Associate of Science Degrees. a variety of Certificates, and more.
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Admissions & Aid
Admissions & Aid
Student Services Now in DWWC (NOT CCC)

Student Services are now located in our new building, Desert Willow Welcome Center (DWWC). This includes admissions, advising, and more. They are no longer in Cypress Campus Center (CCC) currently being renovated.
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Northwest Vista College

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Northwest Vista College Schedule/Catalog 2023-24 [Archived Catalog]

Game Concept Art Level 2 Certificate

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The Game Concept Art Certificate prepares students for entry-level positions in 3D animation, film special effects, and video game industries. Concept Artists illustrate and mock up concept art for characters, environments or are responsible game interface, such as menus and other aspects of the game that allows the player to navigate. Character Designers work in pre-production to create signature characters for game or film.

With this award, you may seek jobs such as:

Concept Artist, Digital Painter, Forensic Animator, Storyboard Artist, Texture Artist, Visual Development Artist

Related awards:

3D Animation A.A.S.

3D Animation Level 1 Certificate

Total Credit Hours Required: 30

Semester I

GAME 1303 - Introduction to Game Design and Development
ARTC 1302 - Digital Imaging I
ARTS 1316 - Drawing I
ARTV 1341 - 3D Animation I

Semester II

ARTV 1345 - 3-D Modeling and Rendering I ***
ARTV 2345 - 3-D Modeling and Rendering II
ARTS 1317 - Drawing II
GAME 1302 - Interactive Storyboarding

Semester III

GAME 1314 - Character Sculpting

Semester IV

ARTV 2335 - Portfolio Development for Animation

Milestone Course(s)

*** denotes Milestone course(s)

A milestone course is a course that is critical for success in this program as determined by the Faculty of the Alamo Colleges District.

Notes:

A course may be used only once to fulfill degree requirements.

Program CIP: 10.0304

Major Code: GMCA

Gainful Employment Information

The U.S. Department of Education requires colleges to disclose information for any financial aid eligible program that “prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.”

In accordance with these requirements we are providing the following information:

1. Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes
2. On-time graduation rates
3. Cost of the program to include books and fees
4. Placement rate for students completing the program
5. Median loan debt incurred by students who have completed the program

The information provided s the best available and represents data for one year.

More specific information about occupations can be found at the O*NET Resource Center.

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