Game and Level Design
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Overview
Turn your passion for video games into an exciting career with this Game and Level Design ACS course. Learn to use the latest software, create your own video game, gain knowledge with courses designed together with leading game studios and make the most of our cutting-edge IT labs.
Living on the North Shore? This program is also offered at our Laval campus!
About the Program
With LaSalle College Montréal's Game and Level Design program (ACS), learn game mechanics to program interactions with players and to incorporate 3D elements in a game engine.
Practice your skills with cutting-edge software, work in teams to create your own video game to replicate industry conditions, and make a playable demo (demo reel).
Admissions Criteria
Exceptions to these admission criteria may be applied.
Every application is reviewed by the College.
To be eligible for acceptance into an ACS program, applicants are generally required to meet one of the following criteria:
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Have computer skills that are deemed sufficient; and
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Have interrupted their full-time studies for at least two (2) consecutive semesters or one (1) full school year; or
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Have followed post-secondary studies for a period of at least one (1) year; or
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Have a Secondary School Diploma (DES) or a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS), and the program allows them to receive a technical training that is not available in a DCS program; or
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Have an equivalent education or an instruction deemed sufficient and meet the admission criteria set for college studies.
Academic Dates
LaSalle College has three annual start dates: fall, winter, and summer.
We accept applications at any time. Registration is open year-round.
Processing time:
- Canadian applicants: up to two weeks,
- International applicants: up to six months.
Submit your application as soon as possible to ensure a spot in your desired semester.
Note that applications are not processed until all required, validated documents and admission fees are received.
Start date | Language | Schedule | Location | |
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| Jan 8, 2026 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Online | Apply now |
| Jan 8, 2026 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Laval | Apply now |
| Jan 8, 2026 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Montréal | Apply now |
| May 11, 2026 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Montréal | Apply now |
| May 11, 2026 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Laval | Apply now |
| Sep 3, 2026 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Montréal | Apply now |
| Sep 3, 2026 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Online | Apply now |
| Sep 3, 2026 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Laval | Apply now |
| Jan 7, 2027 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Online | Apply now |
| Jan 7, 2027 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Montréal | Apply now |
| Jan 7, 2027 | French | Full-time - Daytime | Laval | Apply now |
List of Courses
ACS programs are based on DCS program curricula, but do not have general education courses like French, English, or Philosophy.
Concentration Courses
- Introduction to Video Games (45 h)
- Modeling (60 h)
- Texture (60 h)
- Animation (45 h)
- Game Design (60 h)
- Level Design (60 h)
- Advanced Game Design (120 h)
- Advanced Level Design (120 h)
- Narrative Design (45 h)
- Visual Programming (45 h)
- Professionnal Practice and Ethics (60 h)
- Demo Reel (90 h)
- Virtual Reality (120 h)
- Advanced Visual Programming (60 h)
- Production Simulation (360 h)
* The College reserves the right to substitute certain courses.
Tuition & Aid
LaSalle College programs qualify for the Loans and Bursaries Programs offered by the ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur du Québec, and for several other types of loans and bursaries.
