Each year, Miami University students are invited to participate in the Game Developer’s Conference mini course.  Students receive 1-credit hour for prepared for and then attended the Game Developers Conference, a yearly event in San Francisco that this  topped 22,500 attendees in 2012. GDC is one of the premier professional interactive media experiences we can provide AIMS students. Students typically love their experience at GDC as it is both eye-opening and invigorating. The conference is a high energy event filled with game design and development celebrities, presentations, workshops, tutorials, career expo and fantastic opportunities to network with people in all the facets of gaming – from developers to journalist, artists to academics.  The event is organized around thematic summits for the first days, then the main conference and a lost cost final day. Students who attend the mini course are required to join a pre-event meeting, prepare appropriate materials for the event and attend the event. Students present and write about the experience once they return.  Students interested in participating should begin by completing the basic application listed here   Students who attend the mini course are required to join a pre-event meeting, prepare appropriate materials for the event and attend the event. Students present and write about the experience once they return.  Students interested in participating should begin by completing the basic application listed here