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Algoma University College (AUC) will become the third university in the world to offer a master's degree program in computer games.
This is just one of the spinoff opportunities created from the $6.1 million ICT Centre at the university.
The 40,000-square-foot facility houses a 20-seat amphitheatre, three computer labs and a fourth experimental lab, which will be used for the graduate program.
"We will be the third university in the world to offer a (master's degree in computer games)," Bruno Barban director of university services and information technology says.
Sault Ste. Marie instructors will help students design and develop some of the highest level of computer games in the world with help from Scotland's University of Abertay professors.
"They are the main university in the world that offers this program right now," Barban says.
Graduating students will receive a...