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    Colleges Offering Gambling Degrees

    San Diego colleges set to offer gaming degrees,
    betting that casino boom will spark demand.
    Imagine going to school to get a degree in gambling. Though poker pros like Amarillo Slim Preston probably do have a university’s worth of poker knowledge to impart upon aspiring card sharps, two San Diego schools have a different kind of gambling education in mind.

    It makes sense that in the county that has become the center of California gaming, San Diego State University and Grossmont College in El Cajon are hoping to offer certificate programs to help students prepare for jobs in one of California’s fastestgrowing industries — tribal casinos.

    Grossmont College, which has offered gaming classes for about three years, will take a more historical approach in their degree program, offering an associate of arts degree in Tribal Gaming Culture and Policies. SDSU announced recently it plans to offer a certificate program in casino gaming through the university extension program.

    The curriculum at SDSU is tentatively slated to cover everything from how to spot cheaters to how to design a slot machine that is more attractive to a would-be gambler.

    The University’s Web site says two preview classes will be offered this spring, with the
    entire certificate program beginning in the summer and fall of 2004.

    The first two classes offered will be “Introduction to Indian Gaming, Past and
    Present” and “Gaming Regulations of Sovereign Soil.”

    The university is also offering to make house calls, offering to “bring the classroom
    to the casino” for employers who are interested in having their employees take the classes. For those looking for on-the-job training, the university is offering a 15 percent discount for all San Diego casino employees who enroll in any of the classes.

    Word of the new classes was welcomed by local casino managers. “This legitimizes the industry in this community, which was a long time coming,” Steve Penhall, general manager of Sycuan Casino & Resort, told the Los Angeles Times.

    According to a San Diego County study, tribal casinos are visited by more than 40,000 people per day, and have created more than 12,000 jobs in San Diego alone.

    Other gaming states, such as Nevada, already offer university-level education for people interested in the field of gaming. Similar programs exist at Tulane University, Michigan State University and the University of Massachusetts.

    Education Beat
    2004-02-13

    INDEX OF OUTRAGES

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