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Game Development minor added.

Game Development minor added.

The United States and global games industry continues to be one of the most diverse and healthy available for job-seekers. In the United States alone, the games industry employs more than 32,000 people across 34 states, reaching a total compensation of over three billion dollars annually. 
 
As one of a growing number of interdisciplinary programs at Penn State Behrend, students can now opt to enroll in a minor in Game Development.
 

Registration for College for Kids is Now Open

New class topics, including dinosaurs, music, snow creation, roller coasters, underwater robotics, and movie making, will be offered at this year’s College for Kids, the summer youth program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

Included in the new offerings is “Survivor: Behrend Edition,” a class inspired by the popular television show of the same name. In the class, students will learn survival techniques while interacting with local search and rescue specialists.