Entertainment Technology Center

Entertainment Technology Center
TypePrivate
Established1999
DirectorDrew Davidson[1]
Location
CampusUrban
Websitewww.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]

  1. ^ "Faculty / Staff | Entertainment Technology Center".
  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.