Game Design Minor

The minor in Game Design is a multidisciplinary program that gives students the chance to study, design, and implement computer games. The minor includes a disciplinary sequence as a foundation for which role a student might play on a game-building team. In addition, it requires two courses on the study of games and two courses in which students team up and create the games.

A minor in Game Design requires the following:

Required Courses:

GAM 201GAME DESIGN

4 sh

GAM 301COMPUTER GAME PRODUCTION

4 sh

GAM 401COLLABORATIVE GAME DEVELOPMENT I

4 sh

GAM 402COLLABORATIVE GAME DEVELOPMENT II

4 sh

 

Choose one of the following sequences:

Art

ART 212EXPLORATION OF INTERMEDIA

4 sh

ART 260INTRODUCTION TO INTERMEDIA AND PHOTOGRAPHY

4 sh

Communications

COM 220CREATING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT

3 sh

COM 210WEB AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

1 sh

Choose one of the following:
CTA 316WRITING FOR TELEVISION AND CINEMA

4 sh

CDE 318WRITING FOR VISUAL MEDIA

4 sh

Computer Science

CSC 130COMPUTER SCIENCE I

4 sh

CSC 230COMPUTER SCIENCE II

4 sh

CSC 435GAME PROGRAMMING

4 sh

English

ENG 213INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING

4 sh

ENG 317INTERMEDIATE CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION

4 sh

ENG 255TOPICS IN LITERATURE

4 sh

ENG 255 only applies if it is taken as ENG 255 Graphic Novels

Music Production

MUS 210INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

4 sh

MUS 305STUDIO TECHNIQUES I

4 sh

MUS 356MUSIC POSTPRODUCTION

4 sh

Professional Writing and Rhetoric

PWR 212MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS I

4 sh

PWR 312MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS II

4 sh

 

Total Credit Hours: 24-28

Program Outcomes

Describe the elements of game design and use them to create novel game ideas.

Analyze existing games and their impact on society.

List the tasks and contributions of each part of the production team.

Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Use rapid prototyping and playtesting to develop a game.

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