Entertainment Technology Center

Entertainment Technology Center
Type	Private
Established	1999
Director	Derek Ham
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Campus	Urban
Website	www.etc.cmu.edu

The Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) is a department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the Pittsburgh Technology Center.

The ETC offers a two-year Masters of Entertainment Technology (MET) degree, jointly conferred by Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science. Students enrolled in the ETC learn interdisciplinary skills in design, art and technology, and are prepared for environments where artists and technologists work hand-in-hand, such as theme parks, interactive museum exhibits, website design and development, and the creation of video games.^[2]

History

The ETC was co-founded by Donald Marinelli, a Professor of Drama, and Randy Pausch, a Professor of Computer Science, in 1999. The ETC has a history of having agreements with certain companies, such as Electronic Arts, Activision, and Rockstar Games, where the companies agree to hire a set number of ETC graduates each year.^[2]

Curriculum

The ETC's curriculum is split into 4 semesters, with a required industry internship in between the second and third semesters. The first semester includes required classes, such as Building Virtual Worlds, Fundamentals of Entertainment Technology, Improvisational Acting, and a Visual Storytelling class. The next three semesters all consist of a semester-long project course, and one elective class, which can be any other class taught at Carnegie Mellon University. The project course consists of 5 team-based projects, each of which is completed with a scrambled team of students, and in a two-week period.^[2]

Faculty

Don Marinelli
Drew Davidson
Brenda Bakker Harger
Mike Christel
Ruth Comley
John Dessler
Chris Klug
Jiyoung Lee
Michelle Macau
Carl Rosendahl
Shirley Saldamarco
Jesse Schell
David Culyba
Scott Stevens
Jessica Trybus
Ralph Vituccio

Adjunct Faculty

John Buchanan
Mk Haley
David Gurwin
Kerry Handron
Jessica Hodgins
Eric Paulos
Luis von Ahn
William J (Chip) Walter
John Wesner
Josh Yelon

Staff

Steve Audia
MaryCatherine Dieterle
Rebecca Lombardi
Bryan Maher
Cari Marty
Julie McKenzie
Vicki Poklemba
David Purta
Valerie Sofranko
Susan Timko
Jon Underwood
Caitlin Zunic

Corporate partners

Maiy El-Wakil
Craig Lipchin
Shawn Walters

Visiting scholars

Anthony Daniels
Nick Fortugno
Michael Keaton
Oscar Garcia Panella
Mickey McManus
Katie Salen

In memoriam

Anne Humphreys
Randy Pausch

References

^ Entertainment Technology Center https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2024/may/derek-ham-named-director-of-cmus-entertainment-technology-center; Entertainment Technology Center. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c Pausch, Randy; Don Marinelli (July 2007). "Creating a Science of Games - Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center: Combining the Left and Right Brain". Communications of the ACM. 50 (7): 50–57. doi:10.1145/1272516.1272539. S2CID 3229767.

External links

Official website

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[1] Entertainment Technology Center https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2024/may/derek-ham-named-director-of-cmus-entertainment-technology-center; Entertainment Technology Center. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autogenerated1-2] Pausch, Randy; Don Marinelli (July 2007). "Creating a Science of Games - Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center: Combining the Left and Right Brain". Communications of the ACM. 50 (7): 50–57. doi:10.1145/1272516.1272539. S2CID 3229767.

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