Game Design Thinking Minor, B.A., B.A.A., B.S.
The Game Design Thinking Minor offers students an interdisciplinary approach to the study of games and game design. Drawing upon several disciplinary approaches from across the university, it is structured to allow students to explore and apply the principles of good game design to a broad range of potential career options.
This is an interdisciplinary minor. Contact the Center for Learning through Games and Simulations (College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences) for more information or to declare the minor.
Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards
No more than 12 total hours may be counted from any one specific field tied to the minor. The other 12 credits must be counted from a selection of at least three other fields.
Program Requirements
Required Courses I (6 hours)
Required Courses II: Tools and Skillsets (9 hours)
Select three of the following:
| ART 207 | Introduction to Animation: Traditional Media I | 3(0-6) |
| ART 231 | Introduction to Graphic Design | 3(0-6) |
| ART 308 | Storyboarding for Digital Media | 3-6(Spec) |
| CPS 282 | Introduction to Multimedia Design | 3(3-0) |
| CPS 382 | Advanced Multimedia Design | 3(3-0) |
| CPS 480 | Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | 3(3-0) |
| ENG 294WI | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3(3-0) |
| GAM 161 | Worldbuilding for Games | 3(3-0) |
| HST 260 | Games, History, and Conflict | 3(3-0) |
| PHY 212QR/STA 212QR/MTH 212QR | Games, Science, and Probability | 3(2-2) |
Required Courses III: Games in the Wild (6 hours)
Select two of the following:
| ART 483 | Nineteenth Century European Art | 3(3-0) |
| ENG 274QR | Odd Words and Word Odds | 3(3-0) |
| GAM 213 | Games in Isolation | 3(3-0) |
| HST 120 | Unlikely Princesses: Women of World History | 3(3-0) |
| HST 222WI | Cherokees, Slaves and the Struggle for Racial Justice | 3(3-0) |
| HST 331WI | Time Travelers for Social Justice | 3(3-0) |
| PES 373 | Esport in Society | 3(3-0) |
| SPN 360 | Comics, Graphic Novels, and Film as Postmemory in Spain | 3(3-0) |
Required Capstone (3 hours)
Select one of the following:
Total 24 semester hours