<p>UCSC is the only school offering this degree in the UC system, do you think it is a good degree to get?</p>
<p>No not really there are better schools like FullSail for Game design. seems like a joke, but i have a few friends who went and are still there and they all get excessively good jobs. </p>
<p>Id go for Pure CS</p>
<p>they said i get a BS in CS game and go for graduate school for pure CS....</p>
<p>I can't imagine getting into a real competitive grad school with an undergraduate degree in game design.</p>
<p>My friend was a computer engineering major and got a job offer at Suckerpunch (the guys that make the Sly Cooper series), so you don't really need a game design degree to get in with a decent company. I'd say go with a more traditional program and get involved in game design clubs and activities. Most schools have a group of CS kids that like to make their own games and things like that. I know at CMU the club actually gets some pretty big name speakers.</p>