All GDD students are required to do at least one semester of experiential learning. This can be a co-op with one of our partner organizations, an internship either on the East Coast or through our QU in LA program, or study abroad. Throughout your time here, we announce opportunities to work with clients on real-world projects and encourage you to take advantage of them. We also support you if you want to start your own company and publish your work through our Entrepreneurship Center and Accelerator.
We partner with businesses and organizations who collaborate with our students on mutually beneficial projects. Students from the GDD 311 class collaborated with the CT Regional Water Authority to create a 3D visualization of the reconstruction of the Whitney Dam in Hamden. The goal of the project is to educate stakeholders about how the reconstruction will occur and address any concerns.
If your passion is to publish your own games, then we have a plan for you. You will work with our faculty in the Business and Entrepreneurship program to start you own company. Our GDD 311 class is designed to help students who want to start their own company, working with the QU Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to do so. In 2023, we also launched the QU Summer Accelerator, designed to support taking student projects to market.
The Interdisciplinary Program for Research and Scholarship (QUIP-RS), which runs for eight weeks over the summer, allows Quinnipiac students to work on a research project or creative endeavor side-by-side with a faculty mentor and receive $5,000 in support of their collaborative efforts. The game Ligand Quest, a collaboration between game design and nursing, was created as a part of this program.