MAJOR CURRICULUM
Total credits required for a BFA in Game Design: 120.0
If a Studio and Humanistic Studies major, a minor in the Liberal Arts, or the MAT preparatory curriculum is chosen, the total credits would be 126.0.
The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2019 - 20 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
First-Year-Experience Requirements |
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| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3.0 |
| Frameworks: Themes in Humanistic Studies | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| Forum I | FF 111 | 3.0 |
| Forum II | FF 112 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Tradition and Innovation | FF 161 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Contemporary Practices | FF 162 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Color/Design category | ||
| Color/Design/Process |
FF 120A | 3.0 |
| Color/Design/Pattern | FF 120B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Form/Space category | ||
| Prototype/Situate/Fabricate |
FF 130A | 3.0 |
| Body/World/Machine | FF 130B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Systems/Time category | ||
| Haptics and Optics |
FF 140A | 3.0 |
| Cartographies | FF 140B | 3.0 |
| First-Year-Experience Elective | 3.0 | |
Liberal Arts Requirements |
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| Modernism and After | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 9.0 |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3.0 | |
| Intellectual History I | -IH1 | 3.0 |
| Intellectual History II | -IH2 | 3.0 |
| Theory | -TH | 3.0 |
| Science/Math | NSCI | 3.0 |
| Academic Electives (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 6.0 | |
Game Design Major Requirements |
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| Game/Play | GMD 225 | 3.0 |
| Narrative Design | GMD 220 | 3.0 |
| Advanced 2D Game Design | GMD 250 | 3.0 |
| Choose two courses from the following | ||
| Game Design Special Topics | GMD 298 | 3.0 |
| Internship | INT 402 | 3.0 |
| Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship | PD 390 | 3.0 |
| 2D Game Design | GMD 305 | 3.0 |
| 3D Game Design | GMD 312 | 3.0 |
| 3D Game Studio | GMD 316 | 3.0 |
| Level Design | GMD 320 | 3.0 |
| Senior Project Studio I | GMD 498 | 6.0 |
| Senior Project Studio II | GMD 499 | 6.0 |
| Studio Electives | 18.0 | |