Brock University is one of the top few universities in Canada. For a decade, Brock has had the second-highest growth of students of any Ontario university. Brock also has the fifth largest co-op program in Canada. It offers an expansive undergraduate system as well as advanced research, post graduate and doctoral programmes.  Its cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary programs offer multi-faceted degrees that help students build careers and get jobs.

INTERACTIVE ARTS AND SCIENCE (IASC)
The Interactive Arts and Science program (IASC), offered through the Centre for Digital Humanities, provides students an opportunity to study and work in:

• New digital media
• Social media (such as Facebook, wikis etc)
• 3D online environments (such as Second Life)
• Video games
• And any other environment that combines digital media and interactivity.

 IASC majors take a small number of required core courses. Beyond this core students are free to follow different streams. If you were interested in graphic design for video games, for instance, you would choose courses that they share with the Visual Arts Department. If you were more interested in the performance aspect of new media you could take courses cross listed with Drama and Studies in Arts and Culture. If you wanted to write scripts or dialogue for new media you could take classes that they share with the English Department.

They also have a close relationship with nGen, the St. Catharines interactive media incubator. Their students do internships with companies based in nGen and in the surrounding area to get practical experience in new digital media. Their program combines theory and practice so that you not only look at why and how new media are emerging; you also get to make your own integrative digital media projects!

STUDY PATH

Having passed your Diploma in Game Design at MAGES you are eligible to enter into the 2nd year of the degree programme BA Interactive Arts and Science subject to meeting the entry criteria of the Brock University.

CAREER PATH
The kind of job that the IASC (Interactive Arts and Science) program will prepare students for will depend on the concentration that the student chooses within the programme and could range from a job in the video game company, special effects for video, web design and writing text or creating graphics for various kinds of social media. For more information on this please visit http://www.brocku.ca/humanities/departments-and-centres/interactive-arts-and-science

For more information please visit www.brocku.ca