{"683750":{"#nid":"683750","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Launches Arts, Entertainment, and Creative Technologies Degree","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is establishing a Bachelor of Science in Arts, Entertainment, and Creative Technologies that will prepare students to become leaders in the film, gaming, immersive media, and music industries. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe degree will offer experiential, industry-relevant learning, including studio-based courses, capstone projects, and partnerships with creative studios and tech companies. The interdisciplinary curriculum will include new core classes and collaboration from many of Georgia Tech\u2019s seven Colleges, building on existing strengths in arts, literature, music technology, and digital media. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe College of Design is the home for Georgia Tech students who are as driven to be creative as they are to build new technologies and think like engineers,\u201d said Ellen Bassett, dean and John Portman Chair in the College of Design. \u201cThis new bachelor\u2019s degree gives students the most creative option in the state of Georgia for combining those talents into viable, thriving careers. Georgia Tech is truly pioneering this kind of creative technology field of study.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe news follows the recent announcement of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/27\/artistic-innovation-heart-georgia-techs-newest-district\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECreative Quarter\u003C\/a\u003E, a planned innovation district on the west side of campus that will serve as an arts and entertainment hub for Atlanta.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy Now?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBetween 2008 and 2019, Georgia\u2019s creative industries expanded by\u202f\u003Cstrong\u003E210%\u003C\/strong\u003E, generating\u202f\u003Cstrong\u003E$14.7 billion \u003C\/strong\u003Ein annual revenue and employing over\u202f\u003Cstrong\u003E40,000 Georgians\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia is \u003Cstrong\u003Eone of the top states in film production \u003C\/strong\u003Enationally and is rapidly growing in immersive media and media entrepreneurship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s strengths in design, computing, engineering, and entrepreneurship position it to become a key driver of innovation in these industries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe degree program was approved by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, and will begin enrolling students in Fall 2026.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe degree will offer experiential, industry-relevant learning, including studio-based courses, capstone projects, and partnerships with creative studios and tech companies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The degree will offer experiential, industry-relevant learning, including studio-based courses, capstone projects, and partnerships with creative studios and tech companies."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2025-08-12 18:17:31","changed_gmt":"2025-09-09 01:18:01","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677678":{"id":"677678","type":"image","title":"Neoarcade performance in 2024","body":"\u003Cp\u003ENeoarcade performance in 2024\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1755080821","gmt_created":"2025-08-13 10:27:01","changed":"1755080821","gmt_changed":"2025-08-13 10:27:01","alt":"Neoarcade performance in 2024","file":{"fid":"261609","name":"feature.neoarcade.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/08\/13\/feature.neoarcade.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/08\/13\/feature.neoarcade.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":402622,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/08\/13\/feature.neoarcade.jpg?itok=2ModWcm7"}}},"media_ids":["677678"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:media@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emedia@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}