📖Introduction

Bow Valley College is a public, board-governed college operating as a comprehensive community institution under the Post-Secondary Learning Act of Alberta. Bow Valley College has been a student-centered community college since 1965, assisting students in achieving their career objectives. It provides a low-cost education with an 88 percent graduate employment rate.

The College emphasizes on small classes, applied learning, focused work experience, and extensive learner support services. The faculty and staff at the college provides a fantastic learning experience to students who come from all walks of life and who hail from distant countries or are just from the local community.

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📖Program Curriculum

Courses (Preview)
Term 1
REQUIRED COURSES
GAME1101 - Game Design
GAME1201 - Technical Design
GAME1301 - Environmental Art
GAME1401 - Game Programming I

Term 2
REQUIRED COURSES
GAME1102 - Level Design
GAME1202 - Visual Scripting
GAME1302 - Character Art
GAME1402 - Game Programming II

Term 3
REQUIRED COURSES
GAME1103 - User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) Design
GAME1303 - Character Animation
GAME1501 - Rapid Prototype Development
GAME2401 - Game Programming III

Term 4
REQUIRED COURSES
GAME2101 - Systems Design
GAME2301 - Technical Art
GAME2402 - Shaders and Rendering
GAME2501 - Rapid Game Development I

Term 5
REQUIRED COURSES
GAME2102 - Storytelling and Narrative Design
GAME2302 - Procedural Art
GAME2502 - Rapid Game Development II
GAME2503 - Developing for Extended Reality (XR)

Term 6
REQUIRED COURSES
GAME2504 - Industry Project I: Pre-Production
GAME2505 - Industry Project II: First Production
GAME2506 - Industry Project III: Production
GAME2999 - Capstone Industry Project: Game Development

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🏫About Bow Valley College

Bow Valley College is an innovative, world-class college with more than 600 faculty and staff who speak more than 50 languages. It is ideally located in the heart of downtown Calgary, a young, vibrant metropolitan centre.  Bow Valley College closely follows national and international trends in business, health care and human services to create certificate and diploma programs that are relevant and useful all over the world. Practicum work terms provide graduates with the competitive skill sets they need to be successful in today’s workplace. Courses are also transferable for further post-secondary study through agreements with other higher education institutions.

Bow Valley wants students to have the best experience on campus, so they offer volunteer opportunities, student events, student services, workshops and engagement activities year-round to make the most of student's time at Bow Valley College. Activities and programming are designed to allow international and Canadian learners to connect, develop intercultural skills and build strength through volunteer opportunities.

 

Vision
We open doors and open minds by creating opportunities for learners, employees, employers, and communities, and by shaping the future of college education.
Mission

  • To include all learners.
  • To challenge our thinking.
  • To remove barriers.
  • To provide opportunity.
  • To make all learning count.

Values
Respect, Inclusion, Creativity, Teamwork, Resilience

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🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

1,013 RMB

Tuition fee:

11,283 CAD per semester

67,699 CAD in total

Entry Requirements

You are not eligible to apply to this program because:

English fluency is required.
You need to be either:
- A native English speaker
- Studied a degree in English before
- Can demonstrate a high level of English
- Having an English certificate such as IELTS level 6 or TOEFL 95 and above is an advantage.

Minimum education level: High School.

You need to have above average grades for the program. C average or above 55%.

All students from all countries are eligible to apply to this program.

Is this not correct? You can edit your profile or contact us.
Or see the list of programs you are eligible for here .
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📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a University

Application step 1

Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Portfolio
  • English Language Certificate
  • Your Highest Academic Transcript (in English)
  • Your Photograph
  • Your Graduation Certificate (in English)
  • Your Passport Copy

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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Here is some more information about the enrollment process after you have been accepted.

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