- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Some companies do get a bit wary about "computer game design" courses. Many universities will do a game design, or game programming degree, but in actual fact very few are academically rigourous, and teach proper software engineering practices (which, in professional software development, is the most important thing). The best thing to do is go get a degree in Computer Science from a good university, or get a degree in a related field such as Physics or Math.
Also, you could try looking in your local bookstore. There are many fine books covering areas of game design and game programming in there. Also, try going to www.gamedev.net -they are pretty much the definitve site on game development, and have articles on everything from programming, to animation and design.
Hope this helps.