Ready to Tackle Real-World Challenges?
Join a cross-disciplinary team at Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, Canada to take on a real-world challenge from an industry client. You’ll collaborate with graduate students, apply agile development, and create an interactive media prototype you can showcase in your portfolio. You'll also gain hands-on experience, expand your network, and push your creative limits in a supportive environment.
Qualifications
- Be a current LCV Bachelor of Science in Game Programming Student
- Have completed VGP240, VGP233, and VGP135 with a minimum grade of a C+
- Have a CGPA of 3.0 or higher
- Have excellent teamwork skills with a recommendation from at least 2 instructors o Commit to a minimum of a *3 credit course with 10-20 hours per week during the Spring and Summer terms with a reduced course load (12 credit minimum for international students)
- Be available to work 2 days per week onsite at the Centre for Digital Media. (Specific meeting arrangements subject to their team's mutual agreement. Please note, CDM is easily accessible by bus and SkyTrain.)
- Send your resume and LCV Transcript to CDM * A minimum of 3 credits per term, and a maximum of 9 credits per term, may be dedicated to the practicum through the production stream of courses (CC310, CC449, CC451, CC452) or an elective block.
Tips
Heavy load: Be aware before you join that you will be working with Masters students from various disciplines at CDM who will be committing about the equivalent of a full-time job’s worth of work to the project. (The course is 12 credits for them.) At 3-9 credits, you will be expected to do about a half-time’s job worth of work. Be sure your schedule alongside school is reasonable so you can be successful and create an amazing portfolio piece!
Tight-knit cohort: You’ll be joining a group of students who have already been through at least 4 months of a small, intense, cohort-based program together (8 months if you join a summer offering). Come in expecting to dedicate substantial time to the project, including being in-person and onsite at CDM 2 full days per week. Also plan to work hard on integrating yourself into your team and maintaining good communication with your CDM team, CDM mentor, and your team’s client.
Professionalism and communication: Unlike LCV project courses, the CDM course is primarily for graduate students and primarily aimed at external, industry clients. Expect a substantial focus on things like prototyping/ideation, market research, professionalism, client service, documentation, and business goals.
From ideation to development: Your work during the term tends to start with heavy involvement in activities like idea creation, prototyping, research, and client discussion. The technical side of that is often exploring potential alternate systems or approaches to support development and reporting on their tradeoffs (risks and benefits). After a few weeks, you tend to transition more toward developing software in heavy collaboration with any other developers on your team and with your team’s designers and other members. Be aware that many teams end up having to pivot substantially because of concerns from the client or external factors (like licensing or business changes on the client side)! That is challenging but probably the best learning experience any team gets.
FAQ
How does this fit into your degree?
Please refer to LaSalle’s information sheet.
A minimum of 3 credits per term, and a maximum of 9 credits per term, may be dedicated to the practicum through the production stream of courses (CC310, CC449, CC451, CC452) or an elective block.
Do I have additional assignments?
To fulfill your requirements, you will participate in all assessments assigned by the CDM faculty project supervisor, and you will also be required to submit:
Weekly check in and report with your LCV instructor
3–5 page report and presentation on the project and experience.
Who is my home institution’s faculty supervisor?
Amir Jahanlou , is your home institution’s faculty supervisor.